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  Cripple Creek, Colorado - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cripple Creek, is a city in Teller County, Colorado; it is the county seat.
Cripple Creek is 44 miles south west of Colorado Springs, Colorado on the southern slopes of Pike's Peak.
Cripple Creek is in the Thirtynine Mile volcanic field.
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 Cripple Creek - Colorado Ghost Town
Located not too far west of Colorado Springs, Cripple Creek offers the visitor an excellent opportunity to examine the area that produced more wealth than any other on the face of the earth up to the year 1930-over $400 million in gold.
The calf was crippled causing the rancher to refer to the creek as "Cripple Creek." There are many buildings, mines and other sights suggestive of the town's history for the visitor to enjoy.
Cripple Creek once had a population in excess of 35,000.
www.ghosttowns.com /states/co/cripplecreek.html   (447 words)

  
 Story of Cripple Creek
This first Cripple Creek excitement began and ended somewhat after the style of a certain historic military incident, in which it is related that the great commander marched his army up the hill and then marched down again.
A wonderful impetus was given to the district by the advent of its two railroads, the Florence and Cripple Creek from the south, and the Midland Terminal from the north.
Cripple Creek, the greatest gold camp in the entire world to-day, is situated but eighteen miles south of Florissant, and, in fact, was brought to the notice of the public through the efforts of some of the enterprising citizens of the latter town.
www.cripplecreekrailroads.com /library/book-history_of_cripple_creek.htm/hocc.htm   (11692 words)

  
 Cripple Creek, Colorado-Cabins, Lodging, Camping
The 1890's gold rush helped to build Cripple Creek as the race to stake the first claim and "strike it rich" was on.
Cripple Creek's year 'round limited stakes gambling casinos offer an opportunity to "strike it rich" nowadays.
The Boulder Creek Trail is a 3.2-mile loop, going as far as the west boundary of the park.
www.coloradodirectory.com /cripplecreek   (780 words)

  
 Review | Cripple Creek by James Sallis
Cripple Creek, his newest, is no exception to the "read James Sallis carefully" rule.
There's violence in Cripple Creek; but readers looking for non-stop gunplay and paint-by-numbers plotting are likely to be disappointed by this book, as they would be by much of Sallis' work.
Cripple Creek contains frequent references to music, and it's no secret that Sallis is both a musician and an astute music critic.
www.januarymagazine.com /crfiction/cripplecreek.html   (1051 words)

  
 Cripple Creek Hat Company
About Us Cripple Creek Hat Company was founded in 1975 by Paul Siracusa, who is still the president and still selects and designs all Cripple Creek® hats.
Paul wanted his work to be available to more than just the rich and famous, so he designed a line of high-quality, affordable hats that combined the classic cowboy and outdoors look with accents such as coins, fur, feathers, and textured leather for sale in fine apparel outlets.
Cripple Creek hats are most popular in the American West, or anywhere where people value the same, uniquely rugged yet stylish look.
www.cripplecreekheadwear.com /About.htm   (217 words)

  
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Known as "America’s greatest gold camp," Cripple Creek grew from just a few people in 1890, when gold was first discovered by a cowboy named Bob Womack, to a population of 60,000 during its heyday.
The city of Cripple Creek has undergone many rapid changes recently when mining was resumed and limited-stakes gambling was legalized.
The Cripple Creek volcanic complex has several explosive vents localized along a central fissure (diatreme), composed of a breccia (fragments of angular rock), intruded by a series of phonolite dikes and sills which display shattered textures.
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 Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894 was a successful five-month strike by the Western Federation of Miners (WFM) in Cripple Creek, Colorado, USA.
In 1894, Cripple Creek, with a population of 5,000, was the second-largest town in Colorado.
In January 1894, Cripple Creek mine owners J.J. Hagerman, David Moffat and Eben Smith, who together employed one-third of the area's miners, decided to take advantage of the economic dislocations caused by the depression.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cripple_Creek_miners'_strike_of_1894   (2769 words)

  
 Log cabin rental in Virginia - The Blue Ridge Mountains
Cripple Creek's cabins are actual log cabins designed and built for your use and comfort.
Cripple Creek Cabins specializes in log cabin rental in Virginia.
Cripple Creek cabins offers homemade breakfast delivered to your Wytheville, Virginia bed and breakfast.
www.cripplecreekcabins.com   (203 words)

  
 Peter Viney: Up on Cripple Creek
This Cripple Creek in Colorado was the site of the largest gold strike ever in the lower 48 states of the USA, when people flooded into the Pikes Peak area in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado looking for gold.
From having a population of 50,000, Cripple Creek fell to 680 people in 1980 and is about halfway between a ghost town and a tourist attraction.
I doubt that Cripple Creek has any underlying underground railroad reference; the population of the area in which the tune originated were mostly farmers of English, Scotch and Irish origin (only 10% of the population of the South were rich slave owners; Appalachia has a minimal African-American population).
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 ATSDR - PHA - Cripple Creek and Victor Gold Mining, Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado
The Cripple Creek mining district is on the western edge of Pikes Peak, about 100 miles south of Denver (Appendix A).
However, most roads in Cripple Creek and Victor are not paved; the unpaved roads are probably a major contributor to dust conditions in these towns.
Since dusty conditions are known to occur in Cripple Creek and Victor from other sources (recreational activities, road sanding, unpaved roads), persons with pre-existing respiratory illnesses should avoid remaining outdoors for long periods of time during these periods.
www.atsdr.cdc.gov /HAC/PHA/cripplecreek/cri_p1.html   (5068 words)

  
 CrippleCreek
Cripple Creek, Colorado),starting a rush that caught the attention of the world.
in the all new "Vampire of Cripple Creek".
A woman from Cripple Creek told him she once saw the same figure in the window of room 3.
www.hauntedcolorado.net /CrippleCreek.html   (2491 words)

  
 Cripple Creek Attractions
The Cripple Creek and Victor Railroad departs from the old Midland Terminal Depot, located at the head of Bennett avenue in Cripple Creek.
The track goes south out of Cripple Creek, past the old Midland Terminal Wye over a reconstructed trestle, past many historic mines and terminates near the deserted mining camp of Anaconda, then returns back to Cripple Creek.
Cripple Creek Park and Recreation offers a variety of activities and programs.
www.cripplecreekpackages.com /attractions.htm   (235 words)

  
 Cripple Creek, Official Sponsor of the PBR
Cripple Creek Outerwear, which has become on of the country’s best-known outerwear labels, is designed with today’s western and mainstream fashion customers in mind.
The Cripple Creek label, under the parent company of Sidran, Inc., offers a wide range of outerwear garments – men’s and ladies’ leather outerwear, distinctive ladies’ leatherwear, rugged outerwear, cloth outerwear, and western logo apparel.
In addition to Cripple Creek Outerwear and Circle S tailored-wear, Sidran also is the western licensee of the Wrangler and 20X Outerwear Collections.
www.pbrnow.com /sponsors/sponsor.cfm?ID=16   (229 words)

  
 Cripple Creek, VA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The land around Cripple Creek is relatively flat, with rolling hills and farms, including dairy farms.
In a deposition made in 1811, Charles indicated that, in 1775, he was on the East Fork of the Blackwater Creek, a Branch of the Clinch River.
In 1790, the Cripple Creek area became part of Wythe County, which was created from Montgomery County.
home.southwind.net /~crowther/Cocke/_StateVA1.htm   (1000 words)

  
 Cripple Creek Realty - Cripple Creek, Colorado 719-689-6060 For Your Home and Real Estate needs in the Colorado Rocky ...
Those casting their eyes on the city for the first time from the highway overlook are often struck by the visual impression that they're viewing the Machu Picchu of North America.
We at Cripple Creek Realty\r\nunderstand that strong draw because we ourselves never get tired of the\r\nbrilliant fire-in-the-sky sunsets or the crisp clarity of the star-studded\r\nnight skies.
We at Cripple Creek Realty understand that strong draw because we ourselves never get tired of the brilliant fire-in-the-sky sunsets or the crisp clarity of the star-studded night skies.
www.cripplecreekrealty.com /intro.html   (614 words)

  
 Cripple Creek District Labor Strike of 1903 - 1904
As a counter move the federation went to Cripple Creek and served notice upon the mine owners who were shipping ore to Colorado City that the mills were "unfair" and that such shipments must be discontinued.
You will hear from the W.F.M. that the sole reason for the Cripple Creek strike of 1903-04 was for three dollars of pay for an eight-hour work day.
This enabled Haywood to call for the strike at the Standard mine in Colorado City in August 1903, and the subsequent strike in the Cripple Creek District.
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 Cripple Creek Alpacas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A total of 12 alpacas reside at Cripple Creek Alpacas.
Cripple Creek Alpacas is a small family owner farm dedicated to breeding quality alpacas in the state of Florida.
Both Pat and Ted Kraft are dedicated to the promotion of the alpaca industry in Florida and the education of new breeders in all aspects of raising these wonderful animals in a southern climate.
www.alpacanation.com /cripplecreek.asp   (108 words)

  
 Preserve America Community: Cripple Creek, Colorado
Although the boom ended in 1904, the shafts that yielded $25 million in a single year were reactivated when gold mining once again became profitable in the 1930s during the Depression.
Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1963, at an elevation of 9,395’ Cripple Creek bills itself as “the World’s Greatest Gold Camp.” Today’s gold mining operations remove rock with traces of gold from the old mines.
Scheduled to open in the summer of 2006 is the Pikes Peak Regional Heritage Center, a 9,000 square foot facility that will overlook Cripple Creek and provide educational exhibits and interpretation of the cultural and natural heritage of the Pikes Peak region and the Cripple Creek-Victor mining district.
www.preserveamerica.gov /crippleCreekCO.html   (431 words)

  
 Cripple Creek Motel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Cripple Creek Motel is located at 201 N. Bison and Hwy.
Pets are welcome at the Cripple Creek Motel; we are the ONLY motel in town that will accept pets.
The burros are descendants of the donkeys that helped miners in the 1890 gold rush that made Cripple Creek famous.
www.cripplecreekmotel.com   (220 words)

  
 Cripple Creek Theater
Mel, once again spent the winter in Cripple Creek, where he played the role of Zachariah Gooch (Scrooge) in A Cripple Creek Christmas Carol for his third year, directed the community’s spring production of Plays In Ten, and helped Stacy Mackin, with her endless duties of producing this show, as co-produce of the melodrama.
She is excited to be working once again with such a creative cast and crew, and returning to the gracious hospitality of the Mackin family and the people of Cripple Creek.
This is his third summer with the Cripple Creek Players, he really enjoys working in the theatre and will push for the arts when he becomes President someday.
www.cripplecreekplayers.com /2005cast.htm   (2769 words)

  
 Martial Law in the Cripple Creek District - End of Strike in 1904
And that was the end of the Western Federation of Miners and the reign of terror in Cripple Creek.
At the Standard mill the only issue, apart from the desire of political power and union recognition, was whether forty-five men should be employed at $2.00 a day, or at $2.25 a day.
As incredible as it may seem, this was the cause of the great 1903-04 labor war in the Cripple Creek District.
members.tripod.com /~mr_sedivy/colorado24.html   (724 words)

  
 Cripple Creek Music Company
Since 1976 Cripple Creek Music Company has provided beginner to professional musicians with all their musical needs.
Cripple Creek Music Company has a diverse variety of instruments and instrument accessories, as well as offering print music and repair on instruments.
ripple Creek Music Company is a family business built on the traditions of quality service, knowledge, and integrity." Visit us and experience the sights and sounds of music.
www.cripplecreekmusic.com   (184 words)

  
 Cripple Creek, Colorado: Government In The World's Greatest Gold Camp!
of the 1890's gold rush, Cripple Creek had little government.
Cripple Creek was the result of the consolidation of the two towns in 1893.
Historic Cripple Creek City Hall on Bennett Avenue is the home of the city's main government functions.
www.cripple-creek.co.us /govt.html   (327 words)

  
 The Loft at Cripple Creek   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Loft at Cripple Creek is an executive suite (900 sq.
It is located 3 1/2 blocks from downtown Cripple Creek, giving you a very quiet atmosphere.
Cripple Creek's famous wild donkeys roam freely about the city.
www.loftatcripplecreek.com   (264 words)

  
 Colorado Driving Tours - Cripple Creek and Victor
The boulders that you see to your left are a result of a cloudburst in 1965 which caused the failure of the main dam at the reservoir for the CITY of CRIPPLE CREEK.
Continue to Cripple Creek; turn right on Bennett Avenue and drive to the sharp left turn at the east end of town and park in the parking area near the Welcome Center.
To the left of the museum is the CRIPPLE CREEK and VICTOR NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD STATION.
www.web-xpres.com /stcfgdrtour.htm   (4257 words)

  
 Cripple Creek Band
The Cripple Creek Band is from the big city...Castalia Ohio
The founding father of Cripple Creek was Bill Yeager.
Cripple Creek consists of four good old boys that love to have a good time!
www.cripplecreekband.net /index.html   (220 words)

  
 Cripple Creek News
Local news for Cripple Creek, CO continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.
News Blab has learned a major development may have occurred in Cripple Creek this week.
First, it may be remote but Cripple Creek, Colo., is like a mecca to followers of a famous astrologer who lived in the small mountain town until the day she disappeared into thin air.
www.topix.net /city/cripple-creek-co   (642 words)

  
 Contact Cripple Creek Stone Yard Inc   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Cripple Creek Stone Yard, located three miles north of Crescent, OK, offers an extensive inventory of beautiful rock.
For the past twenty years, Cripple Creek owners Mike Foley and Marvin Schwartz have created state of the art waterfalls, outdoor cook centers, swimming pool coping, unique rock landscaping, fireplaces and fire pits, stone facades, benches, flagstone paths, and more.
Cripple Creek is also authorized to sell the award-winning Kingfisher Kookers, flexible Convertible Mowers, Stucco Stone; a versatile and attractive cultured rock, and the exclusive Anamese decorative garden pots, imported from the Far East.
www.cripplecreekstoneyardinc.com   (162 words)

  
 Cripple Creek & Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad
A trip on the Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad, reveals scenic wonders around every curve as century-old steam locomotive transports you back to the gold mining days of Cripple Creek and Victor, Colorado.
all the effects familiar to the hardy miners who rode the Midland Terminal roadbed when Cripple Creek District's population approached over 50,000.
You will enjoy every minute of the ride and will have a better knowledge of this world famous town....Cripple Creek, Colorado.
www.cripplecreekrailroad.com   (177 words)

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