Tag
gold rush
8 Porch Notes tagged “gold rush,” from counties across Colorado.
History and culture - Clear Creek County
Why Idaho Springs exists: an 1859 gold strike
Idaho Springs grew up around an early 1859 gold discovery on Clear Creek that helped launch Colorado's gold rush.
Read note ->History and culture - Boulder County
Boulder started as a supply town for gold miners in 1859
The city of Boulder began in 1859 as a base where miners outfitted before heading into the mountains, and it took its name from Boulder Creek.
Read note ->History and culture - Arapahoe County
Englewood's city story starts with gold on Little Dry Creek
Englewood began with gold found near where Little Dry Creek meets the South Platte, drawing mid-1800s prospectors to the south side of Denver.
Read note ->History and culture - Gilpin County
Central City and Black Hawk grew out of an 1859 gold strike
Gilpin County's main towns trace back to an 1859 gold discovery in Gregory Gulch, one of the events that pulled prospectors into the Colorado mountains.
Read note ->History and culture - Jefferson County
Golden grew as a supply town, not a mining camp
Golden was founded during the 1859 gold rush as a supply and transportation hub for miners heading into the mountains, and it took its name from early settler Tom Golden, not from gold itself.
Read note ->History and culture - Park County
Fairplay was born in the gold rush, and Alma grew with the mines that followed
Fairplay began as a gold-rush camp, Alma grew later as a supply and smelting town for nearby mines, and the mining era still shapes the towns, place names, and disturbed ground around South Park.
Read note ->History and culture - Gilpin County
Nevadaville: the quiet ghost town just above Central City
A couple of miles above Central City sits Nevadaville, an early gold camp that emptied out and now makes a free, easy, photogenic side trip.
Read note ->History and culture - Denver County
Why Denver grew up where Cherry Creek meets the South Platte
Denver started at the meeting of the South Platte River and Cherry Creek during an 1850s gold rush, which is why the old city center sits where it does.
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