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1960-1969 <br />Parks Board purchases 200 acres in Gilpin County that <br />becomes the nucleus for Golden Gate State Park <br />Eleven Mile and Sweitzer Lake become state parks <br />The State Parks Board takes on the new responsibility <br />of a boat licensing and registration program <br />State Parks now manages 8,069 acres in six areas <br />George T. O’Malley named State Parks Director <br />Lathrop State Park becomes the first “state park” as <br />opposed to “state recreation area” <br />Visitation at state parks exceeds the one million mark <br />User fees are established at designated parks and <br />recreation areas <br />The first allocation of federal funds from the Land and <br />Water Conservation Fund is made to the state for <br />the development of state and local outdoor <br />recreation facilities <br />Colorado State Parks grows to include 20 park locations <br />1960 <br />1960 <br />1960 <br />1960 <br />1961 <br />1962 <br />1962 <br />1965 <br />1966 <br />1969 <br />Crawford State Park, Est. 1964 <br />Rifle Falls State Park, Est. 1966 <br />Highline State Park, Est. 1967