A Spanish settlement known as Concepción de la Vega gradually grew up around the fort, and after 1508, when gold was found in quantity there, Concepción became the first gold boomtown in the continent.
A Spanish settlement known as Concepción de la Vega gradually grew up around the fort. Concepción became the first gold boomtown in the continent. This was after 1508. Gold was found in quantity there.