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The rugged nature of Boulder Canyon challenged early road and rail engineers. While a stagecoach road was built up the canyon to the town of Nederland, the Colorado and Northwestern Railway opted to go up Four Mile Canyon to reach the mining towns of Gold Hill, Eldora and Ward.

Image/Location Date Photographer Source/Copyright
Boulder Canyon at Castle Rock 1900 Louis Charles McClure DPL
Boulder Falls 1919 Philip Munz University of Chicago
Stage Stop Near Boulder Falls 1880 J. B. Sturtevant DPL
Boulder Hydro Power 1910 Louis Charles McClure DPL
Boulder Canyon 1898 Louis Charles McClure DPL
Lover's Leap 1898 Louis Charles McClure DPL

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