Central City-Black Hawk Historic District


  • Address: SR 119
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District

We have this day personally visited nearly all the mines or claims already opened in this valley, (that of a little stream running into Clear Creek at this point) have witnessed the operation of digging, transporting, and washing the vein-stone...have seen the gold plainly visible in the riffles of nearly every sluice, and in every pan.... Horace Greeley

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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1859/04/00 William F Cody Life In spring of 1859, Buffalo Bill spends two months prospecting for gold near Black Hawk, Colorado during the Pikes Peak Gold Rush.
1859/05/05 John H Gregory discovers gold near the North Platte River in the Rocky Mountains. By May 20th 150 miners descended on Gregory's gulch, soon thousands of miners joined the Pike's Peak Gold Rush.
1859/06/08 Horace Greeley Work The Boston Journal's A D Richardson, The Cincinnati Daily Commercial's Henry Villard and The New York Tribune's editor, Horace Greeley interview Gregory and investigate the gold operations.
1859/06/08 Albert D Richardson Work The Boston Journal's A D Richardson, The Cincinnati Daily Commercial's Henry Villard and The New York Tribune's editor, Horace Greeley interview Gregory and investigate the gold operations.
1859/06/08 Henry Villard Work The Boston Journal's A D Richardson, The Cincinnati Daily Commercial's Henry Villard and The New York Tribune's editor, Horace Greeley interview Gregory and investigate the gold operations.
1859/06/08 New York Tribune The Boston Journal's A D Richardson, The Cincinnati Daily Commercial's Henry Villard and The New York Tribune's editor, Horace Greeley interview Gregory and investigate the gold operations.

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Particulars for Central City-Black Hawk Historic District:
Area of Significance Commerce
Historic Use Extractive facility
Owner Federal
Sight Category Historic District
Criteria Historic Event
Historic Use Hotel
Area of Significance Industry
Level of Significance National
Owner Private
Historic Use Single dwelling



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 66000246
Resource Type:
Owner: Private, Federal
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: No style listed
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Commerce, Industry
Applicable Criteria: Event
Period of Significance: 1850-1874
Significant Year: 1859
Historic Function: Industry, processing, extraction, Commerce, Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Hotel, Extractive facility, Single dwelling
Current Function: Commerce, Trade, Industry, processing, extraction, Domestic
Current Sub-Function: Hotel Single dwelling

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