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William Green Russel passed though Douglas County in 1849 with a party of miners, including some Native Americans from the Cherokee Tribe, on the way to California. He returned to Colorado in 1858 with a party that started Auraria (later Denver).
Photo courtesy of the Denver Public Library Western History Collection |
This map shows Colorado in 1861. Note that Douglas County stretched to the Kansas border. From Douglas County History Research Center. |
Peter Brannan came to Douglas County in 1860. He settled in the West Plum Creek Valley. Note Dawson Butte in the background. Photo courtesy of the Larkspur Historical Society. |
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