Preserving the Past

Historical marker location:

Ouray, Colorado

( Marker is on Million Dollar Highway (U.S. 550) 0.1 miles south of County Highway 16, on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2003

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.