This logo was produced around a centennial celebration that honored the settlers who populated the state after 1859 when the Colorado Pike's Peak Gold Rush began. In July of 1858 gold was discovered at the mouth of Dry Creek (a short tributary of the South Platte River) by brothers William, Oliver and Levi Russell along with 10 other men. Shortly after this discovery another group led by John Easter from Lawrence, Kansas arrived to look for gold. More and more gold seekers came to the area spreading word back East that there was gold in the Pike's Peak region. By the spring of 1859 it is estimated that 100,000 people set out for the gold fields in Colorado although half that many never made it and perhaps half of that number went back after a short time. The people who stayed, however, established towns and made their livings either mining or providing services for the miners. The settlement of Colorado by non-Native Americans thus began in earnest. The image below is from The Gasser, January, 1959. Colorado Interstate Gas Co. 67200FF14