Template:Did you know nominations/Rufus Clark

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The result was: promoted by Lightburst talk 00:15, 9 October 2023 (UTC)

Rufus Clark, South Denver, Colorado

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Rufus Clark, Colorado's Potato King

... that the Potato King of Colorado (pictured) survived a shipwreck, mined for gold in Australia, and helped establish an alcohol-free Methodist colony? Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of Denver and Vicinity, Colorado: Containing Portraits and Biographies of Many Well Known Citizens of the Past and Present, Together with Biographies and Portraits of All the Presidents of the United States. Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company. 1898. p. 545–547; Van Wyke, Millie (1991). The Town of South Denver: Its People, Neighborhoods and Events Since 1858. Boulder, CO: Pruett Publishing Company. ISBN 0-87108-813-4.
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- Comment: Both QPQs to come sometime today; I may also add an image of Clark to this nomination. The Rufus Clark article is only like 70% baked and will be substantially expanded during the next 24 hours as I needed to publish it before it had been a week since the South Denver, Colorado article had been published. Let me know if you have any concerns!

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