Inspiration Point

--THIS TABLET IS THE PROPERTY OF THE STATE OF COLORADO--

ONE MILE NORTH OF THIS POINT GOLD WAS DISCOVERED

On June 22, 1850, by a party of California-bound Cherokees, the discovery was made by Louis Ralston, whose name was given the creek (a branch of Clear Creek). Reports of the find brought the prospecting parties of 1858, whose discoveries caused the Pike's Peak Gold Rush of 1859, which resulted in the permanent settlement of Colorado.

--Erected by the State Historical Society of Colorado from the Mrs. J.N. Hall Foundation and by the City and County of Denver - 1941