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Historic map titled Map of the Gold Regions in the Vicinity of Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado Territory, surrounded by black-and-white illustrations of buildings and landscapes.
Map of Colorado gold regions in 1862 Map of the gold regions in the vicinity of Central City, Colorado Territory, 1862.

Central City

Colorado, United States
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Central City, city, seat (1861) of Gilpin county, north-central Colorado, U.S. It lies along North Fork of Clear Creek in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, 26 miles (42 km) west of Denver. A historic mining town on a rocky hillside along Gregory Gulch (elevation 8,560 feet [2,609 metres]), it originated soon after the first important gold lode was discovered there in 1859 by John H. Gregory. It became known as Central City because...

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