1965 Map of Golden

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Golden serves as the focal point of this mid-1960s study, where the transition from industrial mining to suburban residential expansion is clearly visible. The landscape is dominated by the massive flat-topped silhouettes of North Table Mountain and South Table Mountain, which loom over the emerging subdivisions of Arvada to the east. Along the Denver and Rio Grande Western rail line, older industrial sites like the Claypit near Leyden sit adjacent to water infrastructure like the North Table Mtn Filtration Plant. A concentration of civic and social history is evident at Mount Olivet Cemetery and the sprawling military grounds of Camp George West (National Guard). The survey records a network of irrigation ditches and reservoirs, including Standley Lake, that supported the region's agricultural past as it was being repurposed for a growing metropolitan population.