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1) Ghost towns of the Cripple Creek district

Author

Feitz, Leland

Formats

Book, Local Library Checkout Only, Non-Circulating Item

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Colorado Collection

2) Cripple Creek District: Last of Colorado's Gold Booms

Author

MacKell, Jan

Series

Making of America

Pub. Date

2003

Formats

Book, Non-Circulating Item

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The Cripple Creek District, on the back of Pikes Peak in central Colorado, first found fame through Bob Womack, the cowboy who publicized his knowledge of gold in the high country and drew thousands to the area. Gold fever allowed the region to flourish, while strikes, fires, and economic hardships threatened the district's survival. The dwindling population's fortitude, plus innovative ideas to boost the economy, carried the city from a struggling...

3) Cripple Creek: city of influence: an excursion into the historic heart of Colorado's greatest gold camp

Author

Levine, Brian

Formats

Book, Non-Circulating Item

4) The king of Cripple Creek: the life and times of Winfield Scott Stratton, first millionaire from the Cripple Creek Gold strike

Author

Sprague, Marshall

5) "Gold-You cant't live a day without it"

Pub. Date

1998

6) The world's greatest gold camp: an introduction to the history of the Cripple Creek & Victor mining district

Author

Hunter, Ed

Pub. Date

2010

7) Cripple Creek-Victor Gold Camp: Colorado's Gold Cone: A Hundred

Author

Colip, Lynn

Pub. Date

1996

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Colorado Collection

8) The official manual of the Cripple Creek District, Colorado U. S. A

Author

Hills, Fred

Pub. Date

1900

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A reprint of the Official Manual of the Cripple Creek District, Colorado, U.S. A.

9) Hardrock man: whispers from the Cripple Creek District underground

Author

Andromeda, Sylece

Pub. Date

2012

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Oral history of mining "the world's greatest gold camp," Cripple Creek, Colorado.

10) Report of the progress in the geological resurvey of the Cripple Creek District, Colorado

Author

Lindgren, Waldemar

Pub. Date

1904

11) Report of progress in the geological resurvey of the Cripple Creek District, Colorado

Author

Lindgren, Waldemar

Pub. Date

1904

12) The great Pikes Peak gold rush

Author

Brown, Robert L

Pub. Date

1985

Formats

Book, Non-Circulating Item

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Describes the rush to gold experienced in Colorado beginning in 1859. As a result of the rush, many new towns were founded. Includes photographs and historical accounts of Golden Gate City, Golden, Morrison, Mount Vernon, and other eventual Jefferson County communities.