I roto i te 1858, Green Russell me te rōpū o Georgians, kua rongo i te kōrero o te koura i roto i te South Platte i Cherokee i muri i hoki mai ratou i California, whakaturia atu ki te maina i te rohe whakaahuatia e ratou. taua raumati i whakaturia e ratou he puni maina Auraria (i huaina mo te puni maina koura i Georgia) i te confluence o te South Platte me Cherry Creek. haere nga Georgians ki to ratou whenua kāinga te hotoke i muri mai. i Bent o Fort i te taha o te awa Arkansas, ka korerotia e Russell William Larimer, Jr., he Kansas whenua speculator, placer e pā ana ki te koura i kitea e ratou. Larimer, ite i te whai wāhitanga ki te moni i runga i te reira, hohoro ki Auraria. i roto i te Whiringa-a-rangi 1858, ka mea ia ki te whakahonore i te rohe puta noa i Cherry Creek i Auraria, ka huaina te reira "Denver City" i Denver.
i te taha o te awa o Arkansas