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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C2A_billy-drew-bridge_Golden-CO.html
(left side) Bridging Our HistoryThis bridge is the second Billy Drew Bridge erected on this site. The original Billy Drew Bridge was built in 1976 as part of Golden's celebration of the Centennial-Bicentennial, the nation's 200th anniversary an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13AN_front-range-foothills_Golden-CO.html
You are looking out over the edges of tilted and eroded layers of sandstone and shale that lie upon much older rocks in the mountains behind you. If the eroded layers were restored to where you stand they would be more than two miles thick. The sa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1345_red-rocks-amphitheatre_Golden-CO.html
Principle construction by Civilian Conservation Corps Company 1848, SP-13C, Mt. Morrison, CO.1936 - 1941Dedicated as a memorial to all who served at Mt. Morrison and to the 3 million who served in the CCC nation-wide, 1933 - 1942. The CCC left its…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM133A_red-rocks-park_Golden-CO.html
Red Rocks Park is a national Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places. The Trading Post and the Amphitheater are Denver Landmarks. The Trading Post, an example of the Pueblo-style architecture, is made of brick and stucco and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ15_tourism_Golden-CO.html
Clear Creek Canyon was also a popular tourist area. Resorts such as Beaver Brook Pavilion were built along the creek. Early travel was mostly by train. In the early 1900s automobiles became a viable way to tour. Golden Tourist Park was a popular c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ14_farming_Golden-CO.html
Since 1859 Clear Creek has provided water through irrigation ditches to farmers east of Golden. Many such ditches were dug in the 1800s, including the Welch Ditch (originally Vasquez Ditch), Church Ditch (originally Golden City & Ralston Creek Dit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY5K_gold-in-clear-creek_Golden-CO.html
From the mid-1800s, to the mid-1900s, gold mining and dredging represented an economic boon to the Clear Creek region.In 1904, the National Dredging Company, led by Herman J. Reiling, purchased the historic Arapahoe Bar in Clear Creek, which had b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY5J_settlement-of-clear-creek-valley_Golden-CO.html
In the 1700s French trading parties came to trade with the Utes. Around 1820 Americans such as the Long Expedition began to explore the Clear Creek valley. In 1834 the Estes Party discovered gold on a sand bar, later known as Arapahoe Bar, on the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY5H_early-history-of-clear-creek_Golden-CO.html
For thousands of years native peoples have lived, hunted, and battled along this creek. The earliest western nation to claim the creek was France when it created the New World Province called Louisiana in 1682. In 1765 the French ceded the provinc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY5F_down-by-the-old-mill-stream_Golden-CO.html
Golden had a variety of businesses and industries in operation during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Among these were four flour mills-the Rock Mill, the Brick Mill, the Binder Mill, and the Golden Mill. Mill races, or ditches dug from Cl…
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