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January-February 1859 – Thomas Aikins’ son finds gold along a fork of Boulder Creek; the city of Boulder is founded to serve the mining camps.

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Early Gold Hill

After members of the Aikins party discovered gold in January 1859, prospectors rushed to Gold Hill, which became the first permanent mining camp in the Colorado mountains.
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