Russell party

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The Russell party was a group of prospectors led by William Greeneberry Russell whose gold discoveries in the late 1850s helped spur settlement and town founding in what became Colorado.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf group of prospectors
activity gold prospecting
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dissolvedIn 1860s
ethnicComposition Cherokee prospectors
white American prospectors
fieldOfWork mining
genre gold rush expedition
hasMember Cherokee prospectors
Green Russell’s brothers
William Greeneberry Russell NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod American Old West NERFINISHED
impact contributed to the creation of the Colorado Territory
encouraged establishment of mining camps in the Rocky Mountains
stimulated migration to the Pike’s Peak region
leader William Greeneberry Russell NERFINISHED
locatedIn Kansas Territory NERFINISHED
region that later became Colorado
namedAfter William Greeneberry Russell NERFINISHED
notableFor contributing to the Colorado Gold Rush
gold discoveries along the South Platte River
helping spur Euro-American settlement in the Colorado Front Range
influencing the founding of Auraria
influencing the founding of Denver
operatedIn late 1850s
partOf Pike’s Peak Gold Rush NERFINISHED
significantEvent 1858 gold discovery on the South Platte River near present-day Denver
prospecting expedition from Georgia to the Rocky Mountains
startTime 1858

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Auraria, Colorado Territory foundedBy Russell party