Boulder
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- Names
Boulder
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- Located in N central Colorado on Boulder Creek at foot of Flatiron Range; was founded as a mining community in 19th cen.; by 1873 was a thriving center & gateway to mines in nearby mountains; expanded with arrival of railroads & farmers.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990); Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);
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