Cherry Creek settlements : [records], 1858-1860.
Inventory of the records of the Cherry Creek settlements (1858-1860)
Related collection: Auraria Town Company (MSS #23).Open to qualified researchers.Consisting of approximately 7000 pieces, the documents and scraps of paper in this collection attest to the early settlers need to record legal transactions and claims during the years 1858 through 1860.Cherry Creek settlements, (1858-1860) (MSS #190), Colorado Historical Society, Denver, Colorado.No part of this work may be photocopied, reproduced or in any other way published without the expressed written permission of the Curator of Books and Manuscripts, Colorado Historical Society.During the years 1858 to 1860, thousands flocked to the Pikes Peak region, many settling at the confluence of the Platte River and Cherry Creek, the present-day site of Denver, Colorado. In an effort to record mining claims, real estate transcations, and other legal proceedings, the settlers generated these scraps of paper to serve as receipts and evidence of transactions.Finding aid includes personal name indexes.Census Colorado Denver Region Manuscripts.Frontier and pioneer life Colorado Denver Region Manuscripts.Land titles Colorado Denver Region Manuscripts.Manuscripts, American Colorado Denver Region.Public records Colorado Denver Region Manuscripts.Real property, Exchange of Colorado Denver Region Manuscripts.Auraria (Colo.) Manuscripts.Cherry Creek (Colo.) Manuscripts.Colorado City (Colo.) Manuscripts.Denver City (Colo.) Manuscripts.Golden City (Colo.) Manuscripts.Highland (Colo.) Manuscripts.Independence City (Colo.) Manuscripts.Montana City (Colo.) Manuscripts.Saint Charles (Colo.) Manuscripts.Kansas (Territory) Manuscripts.Editors, Translators, and other contributors:View this collection description in WorldCat.org: