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This #71 is Located in Black Hawk, Colorado.

Black Hawk was founded in 1859, during the Pikes Peak Gold Rush.The name BLack Hawk Either came from a Chief near the area, or from a mill. The Black Hawk ore mill came from the Black Hawk Mill Company, in Illinois. One of the stamp mills was purchased by some mine and moved to the (new) city, so the city was named after the stamp mill. The other theory is that the city was named after a famous chief named Black Hawk. The one that sounds reasonable, is the stamp mill theory. Back at the time when the city was named, It was full of prospectors and miners (the area is called the richest square mile in the world). The Native Americans hated the new miners, and believed that the miners were destroying their land. I doubt that a city full of miners would name their town after a chief, that was from a civilization that hated the white men.

Description
This #71 is Located in Black Hawk, Colorado.

Black Hawk was founded in 1859, during the Pikes Peak Gold Rush.The name BLack Hawk Either came from a Chief near the area, or from a mill. The Black Hawk ore mill came from the Black Hawk Mill Company, in Illinois. One of the stamp mills was purchased by some mine and moved to the (new) city, so the city was named after the stamp mill. The other theory is that the city was named after a famous chief named Black Hawk. The one that sounds reasonable, is the stamp mill theory. Back at the time when the city was named, It was full of prospectors and miners (the area is called the richest square mile in the world). The Native Americans hated the new miners, and believed that the miners were destroying their land. I doubt that a city full of miners would name their town after a chief, that was from a civilization that hated the white men.