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<br /> <br /> <br />Introduction <br />and History <br /> <br />Lured by a dream, by the cry of gold!, and <br />by wonders above and below the land, men came <br />to Colorado and discovered in the mountains <br />and plains much more than they had sought. <br />Less than 50 years after Columbus discovered <br />America, early Spanish explorers are reputed to <br />have crossed the southeastern corner of the <br />State in search of the fabled "Seven Cities of <br />Cibola." They traveled the land upon which <br />more than 25,000 years before, ancient man had <br /> <br />4 <br />