National and State Register

Chance Gulch Site

Gunnison County

The Chance Gulch site is important for its prehistoric archaeology pertaining to economics, industry, settlement, and social history. 

Excavations during the summers of 1999 to 2002 and subsequent analysis of site assemblages revealed a multi-component prehistoric campsite where Late Paleoindian, Middle Archaic, and Late Prehistoric peoples (possibly even Fremont) exploited nearby resources such as springs, stone quarries, plants, and animals.