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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXOZ_golden-and-clear-creek_Golden-CO.html
The history of Golden reflects the history of Clear Creek. Eons ago, this creek, then a raging river, coursed its way through the mountains, cutting out the canyon and leaving behind fertile soil where an abundance of plants provided food for wild…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXOY_gold_Golden-CO.html
In the mid-19th Century, prospectors coming into the Clear Creek valley discovered placer gold that had been carried downstream from mountain deposits. As the sandbars containing the placer gold were mined out, prospectors traced the fold upstream…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXOU_golden-city_Golden-CO.html
From the beginning, Clear Creek has determined the layout of the town first known as "Golden City." Golden is placed at an angle from the compass to align its streets to the river. The first river crossing also determined the location of Golden's …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXOT_irrigation-and-farming_Golden-CO.html
Clear Creek irrigation ditches provide water to farmers east of Golden. Many irrigation ditches were dug in the 1800s, making the Clear Creek valley the breadbasket of early Colorado. Golden's first resident, David King Wall, introduced irrigation…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXOS_transportation_Golden-CO.html
In 1860, Col. Thomas W. Know, a famous traveler and editor of the Western Mountaineer newspaper, believed the route up Clear Creek Canyon was a place he "never expected to see a mule go who had his senses, or a decent regard for his neck." When he…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXOR_the-white-ash-mine-disaster_Golden-CO.html
For many years, Golden's people have respected the flood waters of Clear Creek above ground. However, it was the flood below ground that claimed the most lives. On September 9, 1889, water broke into the White Ash Mine beneath Clear Creek at the w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXOQ_native-americans-on-clear-creek_Golden-CO.html
For many years, the Ute Indians lived in the mountains west of the mouth of Clear Creek Canyon, hunting and trading with area travelers. The Arapaho, refugees from the Great Lakes region, and the Cheyenne arrived in the area during the mid-18th Ce…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXOP_greeleys-crossing_Golden-CO.html
In June, 1859, while the first bridge was being built over Clear Creek, the famous reporter Horace Greeley passed through Golden. He attempted to cross Clear Creek from this point on the south bank. Horace embarked on his mule from the river bank …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXOO_bridge-load-ordinance-background_Golden-CO.html
Colorado Transcript, September 13, 1882: "Washington Avenue Bridge was badly damaged last Saturday evening by some ignoramus driving and crowding a big drove of cattle on to it. The damage has since been repaired."Golden Globe, September 23, 1882:…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXON_clear-creek_Golden-CO.html
Clear Creek is one of the most popular and historic waterways of the Front Range. The Clear Creek watershed covers approximately 1550 square kilometers (600 square miles), includes five counties, and more than thirteen communities. From the headwa…