Download or read book Central City and Gilpin County written by Robert L. Brown and published by Caxton Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press Gold brought people to 19th century Colorado. Central City was known as "the richest square mile on earth" at that time. This is the story of a remarkable area, its growth, and its people.