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<br /> <br />acco~~od~ta ~~-off from heavy StO~3 ~i~~cut scrioualy ripping out <br /> <br />U1G chuyon bottoms (8). <br /> <br />OCCll0r.:.n<:7 <Clld Economy <br /> <br />The discovery of gold in the Cle~r Creek watershed in 1858 and <br /> <br />:5ubSef~ucn"t conc::mtrntion of gold Bnd silyer mining (1) therein re.su1ted <br /> <br />in U10 Initi&l development of Bear CrGck. The shortest routes from <br /> <br />Geor6eto~n and Id~~o Springs (Clear Creek) to Denver entered the Bear <br /> <br />Creek watershed nt Bergen Park ~nd led down Mt. Vernon cenyoh. By 18GS, <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />tithe vallOj'"3 of Bear Cree~, Turkey CrBek ......->>$ are divided into n~er- ,..,' <br /> <br />ous fertile, woll cultivated gr~in r.ud d&iry farills., Grain farms have <br /> <br />succe3sfQlly operated for several years around Eergen's rouch (Bergen <br /> <br />Park) wi tl10ut irrigation. ,.... The hig!1nountain p"stures of rich bunch <br /> <br />grass ~re excellent grazi~g grounds for cattlen (17). As early as 1867 <br /> <br />a comment on the exploit&tion of resources "?peared in the Golden Trans- <br /> <br />cript end refers p05sibly to Clear Creek ~d Be&r Creek w~tersheds: #The <br /> <br />axe of the settler and the miner} and tho careless fires cr:..used in our <br /> <br />pineries have denuded all the mountEins ~nd valleys near our mines~ (19). <br /> <br />The pro:;dml ty of t...lJ.e mountainous 2re"- of Bear Creek 1/" tershed to <br /> <br />Denver led to its development as a recreational area in the eighties. <br /> <br />The villagi'l of F.\orrison, populo.tion 254 in 1890 (4), gNW ,.,i th the con- <br /> <br />struction of a railroad from Denver End the development of a tramway on <br /> <br />J!t. ~orrison. For years, many excursions by rail were conducted to <br /> <br />,,- <br />, <br /> <br />11orrison fro:n Denver. Vii th the coming of the autoi:lobile extensive s=cr <br /> <br />0, <br />~ <br />~ <br />f" home development began in the Bea::- Creek Yi[,tershed abovs l:lorrison. Arterial <br /> <br />highw~.ys from Denver to South P"rk, to Salt Lake City, .a.'ld the summit of <br /> <br />~t, Evans crO~3 this wBterohed. On ~cse highw~:3 there is a heavy auto- <br /> <br />, <br />". <br /> <br />mobile traffic of travelGr~ and tourizts, p&rticul~rly during the ~i'lr <br /> <br />':-: <br />,.; <br />" <br /> <br />~onth3 (table 1). <br /> <br />l <br /> <br />- 5 - <br />