This creek had two names before it became Clear Creek. Its first known name was Cannon Ball Creek—so named by Frenchmen. In 1820 the American military exploration team led by Stephen H. Long noted it was named Cannon Ball Creek "from the size and form of the stones in its bed." The creek's second name came in 1832 when Louis Vasquez, a fur trader, built a fort upstream of the creek's mouth. The creek then was called Vasquez Fork or Vasquez River. Louis Vasquez, for whom Vasquez Street in Golden is named, trapped and traded with natives and mountaineers along the river until around 1848. In 1859 gold rushers renamed the body Clear Creek reflecting the clarity of the waters.
Picture caption: Entrance of Clear Creek Canyon, circa 1870. Courtesy Denver Public Library, Western History Department.
HM Number | HMY5H |
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Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014 at 1:19pm PDT -07:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 13S E 480911 N 4400796 |
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Decimal Degrees | 39.75686667, -105.22283333 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 39° 45.412', W 105° 13.37' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 39° 45' 24.72" N, 105° 13' 22.20" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Area Code(s) | 303, 720 |
Closest Postal Address | At or near 1040-1050 Clear Creek Trail, Golden CO 80401, US |
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