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| | AllRefer.com - Front Range, United States (U.S. Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | Front Range, an eastern range of the U.S. Rocky Mts., bordering the Great Plains and extending c.300 mi (480 km) S from SE Wyo. to the Arkansas River, S central Colo. It has several peaks, including Gray's Peak and Pikes Peak, that are more than 14,000 ft (4,270 m) high. |
 | | The Front Range was scouted by U.S. explorers Zebulon Pike, in 18067, and Stephen Long, in 181920. |
 | | In 1858 gold was discovered at Cripple Creek, Colo., and goldseekers rushed into the S Front Range. |
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