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Clear Creek is a tributary of the South Platte River, approximately 66 miles (106 km) long, [3] in north central Colorado in the United States. The creek flows through Clear Creek Canyon in the Rocky Mountains directly west of Denver, descending through a long gorge to emerge at the town of Golden, finally ending in the Colorado Eastern Plains where it joins the South Platte.
Clear Creek, ca. 1870 Crystalline gold specimen from the Dixie mine, Lamartine District, SW of Idaho Springs, Colorado.Size: 1.8 x 0.9 x 0.2 cm. [3] Clear Creek County was one of the original 17 counties created by the Colorado legislature on November 1, 1861, and is one of only two counties (along with Gilpin) to have persisted with its original boundaries unchanged.
Golden is a home rule city that is the county seat of Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. [ 1 ] [ 6 ] The city population was 20,399 at the 2020 United States Census . [ 4 ] Golden lies along Clear Creek at the base of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains .
October 7, 1971 (Northeast of Silver Plume, adjacent to the Interstate 70 right-of-way: Silver Plume: 16: McClellan House: McClellan House: December 5, 1972 (919 Taos St. Georgetown
The Central City Parkway is a four-lane, 8.4 miles (13.5 km) highway in Clear Creek and Gilpin counties in Colorado, United States, that connects Interstate 70/U.S. Route 6/U.S. Route 40 (I-70/US 6/US 40), immediately south of Central City (and about 3 miles [4.8 km] east of Idaho Springs) with Nevadaville Road and Nevada Street in the historic mining town and gambling area of Central City.
Where: 2048 Highway 6 NW, Oxford The largest county-owned area, F.W. Kent Park is at the western edge of the Clear Creek Trail. It features more than 1,000 acres of space equipped with a little ...
Guadaloupe County was the first Colorado county to be renamed after only six days in 1861. 8. Las Animas County was the first new Colorado county to be created (in 1866) after the original 17 counties. 9. Greenwood County was the longest lived former Colorado county, existing four years from 1870 to 1874. 10.
The Guanella Pass Scenic Byway is a National Forest Scenic Byway and Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway located in Clear Creek and Park counties, Colorado, USA.The byway traverses Guanella Pass at elevation 11,670 feet (3,557 m) in Arapaho and Pike national forests.