Muna 1858, Green Russell neboka revaGeorgia, pavakanzwa nyaya yegoridhe muSouth Platte kubva kuCherokee mushure mekunge vadzoka kubva kuCalifornia, vakaenda kunochera nzvimbo yavakatsanangura. Zhizha iro vakatanga musasa wekuchera Auraria (akatumidzwa zita remusasa wekuchera goridhe muGeorgia) pamusangano weSouth Platte neCherry Creek. VaGeorgia vakaenda kunharaunda yavo yeimba muchando chinotevera. PaBent's Fort pamwe neRwizi Arkansas, Russell akaudza William Larimer, Jr., Kansas land speculator, placer pamusoro pegoridhe ravakanga vawana. Larimer, achiona mukana wekuishandisa, akakurumidza kuenda kuAuraria. MunaNovember 1858, Bentaria akataura kuti aida kukudza nzvimbo iri mhiri kweCherry Creek kubva kuAuraria uye akaitumidza kuti "Denver City" muDenver.
nomurwizi rwaArkansas