Black Hawk Colorado Townsite - Ghost town
Black Hawk was named after an Indian Chief. After the initial gold rush into Gregory gulch Black Hawk became a mill town for all the mines in the area. Many floods took their toll on this town. Gaming came to Colorado in 1991. Numerous casinos have sprung up all along the streets of Black Hawk. I tried to focus on the older parts of the town. The town was dying a slow death. Now it is a boom town again.
Photos courtesy of Mike Sinnwell January 2006
A viewer writes - November 2009 - Just kinda stumbled upon the site. I really enjoyed looking at all the old pictures. Back about 1960 I was in Black Hawk, I was 10 years old then. It sure looks alot bigger now than then. We lived west of Denver up a big mountain called Cold Creek Canyon. I have always wanted to go back there, Oh well maybe someday. Keep up the good work Rocky. prisillahall@insightbb.com
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