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History and culture - Denver County

Why Denver grew up where Cherry Creek meets the South Platte

Denver started at the meeting of the South Platte River and Cherry Creek during an 1850s gold rush, which is why the old city center sits where it does.

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Outdoors and wildfire - Park County

Eleven Mile Canyon cuts through Pikes Peak granite below the dam

Below Eleven Mile Reservoir near Lake George, the South Platte carved a steep canyon through Pikes Peak granite, now a forest recreation area on an old railroad grade with a day-use fee.

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