National and State Register
Ralston Gold Discovery Site (Gold Strike Park)
Jefferson County
The Lewis Ralston Gold Discovery Site is the location of one of the early Euro-American gold discoveries in Colorado.
Although the 1850 strike never yielded large quantities of gold, reports of the discovery led to the return of other prospectors in 1858, specifically the William Russell party, whose subsequent search for gold resulted in several discoveries which began Colorado’s first gold rush.
State Register
Address
56th Ave. & Fenton St., Arvada
Site Number
5JF.419