
The Site of Gold Discovery by Russell along Russellville Gulch stands as a focal point of this late 1930s survey, marking the early prospecting efforts that shaped the region. Centered on the town of Elizabeth, the landscape reveals a transition from frontier ranching to more settled agricultural communities. A network of rural one-room schoolhouses, including Flintwood Sch, Hilltop Sch, and Gold Dale Sch, anchors the various gulches and flats, while the presence of a CCC Camp near Dry Creek indicates public works activity during the New Deal era.
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1890 · East Denver
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1894 · Castle Rock
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1913 · Castle Rock
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1935 · East Denver Nos. 3 and 4
USGS Topo · 1:48,000
1940 · Piney Creek
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1940 · Elbert
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1940 · Castle Rock
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1942 · Parker
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1942 · Piney Creek
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1944 · Elbert
USGS Topo · 1:62,500