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By Bill Wilson Do you know where Georgetown's Devil's Gate is - or was? It was the rock promontory that formed the narrows on Clear Creek, just below the High Bridge of the Georgetown Loop. At one time a footbridge spanned the narrows, but the bridge and even the rock promontory are long gone, the latter having been blasted away during road construction. But the "gate" still symbolizesthe historical link between Georgetown and Silver Plume - thus the name Devil's Gate History Club! |
In April the Devil¹s Gate History Club concludedits eighth year of monthly presentations. Co-authors Chris Bradley and Duane Smith gave an overview of their new book, to be published by University of Colorado Press. Their talk was titled, "Authors' Preview: A History of 19th-Century Georgetown." Other topics this year included dinosaur discoveries near Morrison, studies at Alvarado Cemetery, the birth of I-70, and the history of Colorado's water law. The Humphrey Memorial Park and Museum in Bergen Park was the site of the year-end field trip in May. |
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history club is sponsored by Historic Georgetown, Inc., and meeting sare
free and open to the public. They are usually held on the third Friday
of the month at the Georgetown Community Center. An audio tape is made
of each one, so if you missed a talk that you particularly wanted to hear,
you can check out the tape from HGI. We hope to see you in September for
the start of another exciting series!