La Plata County Freedom Trees

Historical marker location:

2600 Main Avenue, Durango, Colorado

( Marker is on Main Avenue (U.S. 550) north of 26th Street, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2002

The first documented discovery of gold in Colorado was in 1858, when a group of prospectors found gold near present-day Denver. This discovery led to the Pike's Peak Gold Rush and a population boom in the area.