Cherry Creek

E199204
river stream

Cherry Creek is a stream in present-day Denver, Colorado, historically notable as one of the earliest and most important locations of gold discoveries that helped spark the Colorado Gold Rush.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Cherry Creek canonical 5
Cherry Creek (Denver neighborhood) 1

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
stream ⓘ
associatedEvent Colorado Gold Rush ⓘ
confluenceLocation Denver, Colorado ⓘ
confluenceWith South Platte River ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
earlyGoldDiscoveryDate 1858 ⓘ
flowsThrough Denver, Colorado ⓘ
hasAdjacentNeighborhood Cherry Creek self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cherry Creek (Denver neighborhood)
hasFeature Cherry Creek Dam ⓘ
Cherry Creek Reservoir ⓘ
historicalSignificance helped spark the Colorado Gold Rush ⓘ
site of early gold discoveries in Colorado ⓘ
inMetropolitanArea Denver–Aurora–Lakewood metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Denver metropolitan area
knownFor early placer gold discoveries ⓘ
role in early settlement of Denver area ⓘ
locatedIn Colorado ⓘ
Denver, Colorado ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
mouthLocation confluence with South Platte River in Denver ⓘ
passesThrough Arapahoe County, Colorado ⓘ
Denver County, Colorado ⓘ
region Front Range Urban Corridor ⓘ
sourceRegion Rocky Mountains foothills ⓘ
surface form: Colorado High Plains foothills
state Colorado ⓘ
tributaryOf South Platte River ⓘ
usedFor flood control ⓘ
recreation ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Colorado Gold Rush → significantSite → Cherry Creek ⓘ
Denver, Colorado → hasNeighborhood → Cherry Creek ⓘ
Cherry Creek → hasAdjacentNeighborhood → Cherry Creek self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cherry Creek (Denver neighborhood)
Auraria, Colorado Territory → separatedBy → Cherry Creek ⓘ
Denver County, Colorado → feature → Cherry Creek ⓘ
Colorado State Highway 86 → crosses → Cherry Creek ⓘ