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Cripple Creek District:: Last of Colorado's Gold Booms (Making of America)

Cripple Creek District:: Last of Colorado's Gold Booms (Making of America)

Current price: $24.99
Publication Date: February 28th, 2003
Publisher:
Arcadia Publishing (SC)
ISBN:
9780738524139
Pages:
160

Description

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 gold-miners' paradise to a favored tourist spot.