Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Black Hawk (Colo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Central City, Black Hawk and Nevadaville
Author: Central City, Black Hawk, Nevadaville Colorado
Author: Colorado Information and Advertising BureauPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Black Hawk (Colo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 61
Book Description
Up the Gulch
Author: Cathleen NormanPublisher:
ISBN: 9780965434324
Category : Black Hawk (Colo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Each community has a story to tell, and what better way than through its architecture? This portable, easy-to-read guide takes you on tours of historic Black Hawk, Central City and Nevadaville. Up the Gulch tells their story as seen from the business buildings, picturesque cottages, proud schoolhouses and churches and the mining ruins that remind us of the day when gold was king. It includes the history of these three fascinating towns and biographies of famous Colorado leaders whose lives and fortunes were shaped in this gulch.Gilpin County, the ?Cradle of Colorado,? is the place that launched Colorado?s first gold rush in 1859. Gilpin?s three towns boast a wealth of history and abundance of historic places that have delighted and enchanted long time locals and first time visitors alike. Join us on a walk up the gulch?
Ghost Cities of Colorado
Author: Muriel Sibell WollePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Black Hawk (Colo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 61
Book Description
Central City, Black Hawk, Nevadaville, Colo
Author: Colorado Information and Advertising Bureau, DenverPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 61
Book Description
The Gilpin Railroad Era
Author: Dan AbbottPublisher:
ISBN: 9780913582794
Category : Black Hawk (Colo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
A COMPANION TO COLORADO CENTRAL RAIL ROAD,this pictorial presents the Gilpin Tramway two-foot-gauge Shay steam locomotives running out of Black Hawk, Colorado, to gold mines surrounding the communities of Central City, Nevadaville and Russell Gulch. The route is covered mile-by-mile with detailed in-depth captions and eyewitness newspaper articles of the day within the text. Drop-bottom ore cars, flat cars, excursion cars and cabooses made up the roster of rolling stock traversing the 4%+ grades. Maps are profusely augmented with gleanings from numerous research trips, and provide knowledge of tracks to shaft houses on the upper slopes and mills within Black Hawk. Some 280 mines and mills were served by the Gilpin's network of trackage. A detailed station listing, measured from the Engine House, supplements information provided in photograph captions. Also included are roster charts of the locomotives and other equipment, details of the Gilpin Tramway purchase by the Colorado & Southern Railway, plus a listing of employees and associates.
Central City Water Development Project, North Clear Creek Basin
Author: History and Laws of Nevadaville
Author: Nolie MumeyGulch of Gold
Author: Caroline BancroftPublisher: Big Earth Publishing
ISBN: 9781555662998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The discovery of the first lode of gold in the gulches around Central City is what really brought the colorful state of Colorado into being. Bancroft captures the broad sweep of the city's history through the details of the personalities that created its swirling events. Here are the pioneers who lived, worked, loved, grew rich, and sometimes died in the Gulch of Gold.
Central City and Gilpin County
Author: Robert L. BrownPublisher: Caxton Press
ISBN: 9780870043635
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press Gold brought people to 19th century Colorado. Central City was known as "the richest square mile on earth" at that time. This is the story of a remarkable area, its growth, and its people.