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2 unusual facts about Auraria


Auraria

Auraria, Denver, a former territorial capital, now a neighborhood in Colorado

Auraria, Georgia, a town in Lumpkin County, Georgia, United States


Auraria Stakes

The Schweppervescence Stakes, registered as the Auraria Stakes is a SAJC Group 3 thoroughbred horse race for fillies aged three years old at Set Weights with penalties, over a distance of 1800 metres at Morphettville Racecourse in Adelaide.

Laporte, Colorado

In L. Neil Smith's North American Confederacy series of novels, beginning with The Probability Broach, an alternate-history LaPorte is one of the major cities of North America, occupying roughly half the area of Larimer County, and with a population of over two million people; whereas the city of Denver does not exist: In its place are the two small historic settlements of Saint Charles Town and Auraria.

Lincoln Park, Denver

Based on data from 2000 for the combined Auraria and Lincoln Park neighborhoods, the racial makeup of the neighborhood is 32.38% White, 7.23% African American, 3.97% Asian, 1.51% Native American.


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