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Aurora

Colorado, United States
Also known as: Fletcher
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Aurora, city, Adams, Arapahoe, and Douglas counties, north-central Colorado, U.S. An eastern suburb of Denver, Aurora was the third most populous city in Colorado at the start of the 21st century. It was founded during the silver boom of 1891 and named Fletcher after its Canadian-born founder, Donald Fletcher, and it flourished as a mining centre until 1893, when a silver panic closed the mines. In 1902 Adams county was created from Arapahoe county, and...

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