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<strong>Black</strong> <strong>Hawk</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Central</strong> <strong>City</strong> (<strong>Images</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>America</strong>) (David Forsyth) The neighboring towns <strong>of</strong> <strong>Central</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Black</strong> <strong>Hawk</strong> in Gilpin County played very prominent roles in the formation <strong>of</strong> Colorado. The two mining camps supplied millions <strong>of</strong> dollars in gold, giving them great economic <strong>and</strong> political power in the 1800s, <strong>and</strong> Colorado’s first two US senators <strong>and</strong> representative came from <strong>Central</strong> <strong>City</strong>. The two towns were home to popular theaters, schools, churches, baseball teams, <strong>and</strong> thriving businesses, all designed to prove they were permanent, law-abiding settlements. As mining began to die out in the late 1890s <strong>and</strong> early 1900s, the two towns entered a period <strong>of</strong> steep economic decline, but a new mining operation <strong>and</strong> the reopening <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Central</strong> <strong>City</strong> Opera House in the 1930s led to a revival, making the former mining camps major tourist attractions. The introduction <strong>of</strong> legalized gambling in 1991 added yet another chapter to the colorful history <strong>of</strong> <strong>Black</strong> <strong>Hawk</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Central</strong> <strong>City</strong>.<br />
<strong>Black</strong> <strong>Hawk</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Central</strong> <strong>City</strong> (<strong>Images</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>America</strong>)
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Author : David Forsyth<br />
Pages : 128 pages<br />
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing 2013-09-23<br />
Language : English<br />
ISBN-10 : 1467130087<br />
ISBN-13 : 9781467130080
<strong>Black</strong> <strong>Hawk</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Central</strong> <strong>City</strong> (<strong>Images</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>America</strong>)
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