I loved this recap of Denver’s original settlement and neighborhood. It offers a thorough description of issues past, present, and future…
“Auraria — that’s Latin for gold — sits next to the site of the original gold strike in 1858 that brought settlers to Denver. The modern neighborhood is a college campus that still attracts scores of newcomers, but Auraria has a different set of challenges today.
What began as a gold rush boomtown on Cherry Creek has morphed into a booming college campus — the largest in Colorado, with approximately 45,000 students.
Nearly 40 years have passed since the Auraria neighborhood became a campus, but integrating the area and its three resident institutions of higher education with the adjacent downtown remains a challenge, one that’s currently being faced head-on.”
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Hello to Dave Stauffer and Denver area history buffs–
My name is Molly Martin. I have been a resident of CO and this area since May or 2021. One of my interests in landing here after my retirement, is because my great great grandparents moved here from Ohio in 1863, and in 1868, purchased from the US Government what had been Camp Weld. Their names were Elijah and Lydia Millisen, and they made their home in what had been the officers’ quarters, as I had heard from my grandmother, and have been delighted to read about Camp Weld and some comments about my grandparentsin your writing, Dave,
I amrelatively new at genealolgy research, and am hoping to connect with people knowlegeable about Denver history, and perhaps even my grandparents and their community when they lived here.
I live in Thornton, and can best be reached by email (mollymartin1618@gmail.com) or phone (334) 714-0718 (text or call)
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