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The year of 1858 saw prospectors from Georgia begin the tenuous gold rush to Pikes Peak, Colorado. In the subsequent land grab the South Platte River formed the basis of aspirational claims on both banks. Confusion reigned, tension rose and violence was threatened by the rival prospecting camps. Eventually, a whisky fuelled agreement was brokered at Cherry Creek Bridge resulting in Denver prevailing as the predominant city in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains.
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Flannery, J.A., Smith, K.M. (2011). Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 Headquarters. In: Eco-Urban Design. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0369-8_1
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