A Babel-Tongued Multitude

Historical marker location:

35110 CO-194, La Junta, Colorado

( Marker is on Colorado 194 south of State Highway 194.)

Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site.

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.