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Denver City

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November 1858 – William Larimer, Jr., jumps the claim for the town of St. Charles on the west bank of Cherry Creek and renames it Denver City after James Denver, the governor of Kansas Territory. Denver City eventually merges with Auraria, forming the nucleus of modern Denver.

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Early Denver Illustration

An artist's depiction of early Denver, c. 1859. The drawing shows the confluence of Cherry Creek (foreground) with the South Platte River, with early cabins, tents, and wagons on the Creek's left bank and Indian tipis on the right.
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