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Cripple Creek 1891
Bird's eye view of early sparse settlement of Fremont, Colorado in 1891; consolidated and renamed Cripple Creek in 1892.
Early Cripple Creek Restaurant Operating Out of Tent
Cripple Creek Colorado 1897
Cripple Creek, Colorado September 15 1897. Looking northwest from the Anchoria-Leland Mine on Gold Hill.
Early view of Fremont - soon to become Cripple Creek, Colorado
Cripple Creek Fire 1896
View of Bennett Avenue from Second (2nd) Street during April 29th, 1896 fire, Cripple Creek, Colorado
Dobson's Hotel - Cripple Creek, Colorado 1892
J.L. Niebergall, Headquarters for Gents Furnishings Boots & Shoes. Cripple Creek, Colorado 1890s
Cabin of S. J. Roberts, Cripple Creek Colorado 1893
Depicted is the "Cabin of S.J. Roberts" at Cripple Creek, Colorado in 1893. One miner poses with tools while the other two play musical instruments. Note the illustration of a small bird on the stump, which was apparently drawn on the photo by the photographer. The gold rush at Cripple Creek had just started a year before this photo was taken, and was one of the West's most significant historical events.
View of Bennett Ave - Cripple Creek on Labor Day 1901
Cripple Creek Fire Department and City Hall building
Cabin and second hand store at Cripple Creek ca. 1892
Tent buidlings in early day Cripple Creek
View of Cripple Creek ca. 1902
Enterprise Mine and National Hotel - Cripple Creek, Colorado ca. 1903
Aftermath of the 1896 Cripple Creek fire
Cripple Creek, Colorado 1897
Construction at Cripple Creek, Colorado 1896
Bennett Ave Cripple Creek
Departure of stage in Cripple Creek
Stagecoach in Cripple Creek, Colorado ca 1895
Independence Day celebration at Cripple Creek, Colorado 1893 (colorized)
Old Man Topping and the first log cabin in Cripple Creek ca. 1891
Cripple Creek Stage 1895
Cripple Creek Crusher newspaper ca. 1892
Lauman and Bonewell merchants - Cripple Creek, Colorado 1892
Myers Avenue - Cripple Creek, Colorado 1892
Fountain saloon at Cripple Creek late 1890s
Funeral procession on Bennett Avenue - Cripple Creek 1904
Bennett Avenue from Colorado Midland Terminal. Hearses carry victims of Independence Depot bombing.
Catholic Church at Cripple Creek, Colorado ca. 1890s
Cripple Creek detailed in 1895 map
Stagecoaches on the Road to Cripple Creek
Aftermath of the April 1896 Cripple Creek fire
View of Cripple Creek after the April 25, 1896 fire
View from junction of Myers and "A" Streets during the April 29th, 1896 Cripple Creek fire
Becker and Nolon block - Cripple Creek, Colorado
Myers Avenue - Cripple Creek, Colorado ca. 1895
Cabin of S. J. Roberts, Cripple-Creek Colorado 1893 (colorized)
This iconic western mining scene has been colorized by Western Mining History. Depicted is the "Cabin of S.J. Roberts" at Cripple Creek, Colorado in 1893. One miner poses with tools while the other two play musical instruments. Note the illustration of a small bird on the stump, which was apparently drawn on the photo by the photographer. The gold rush at Cripple Creek had just started a year before this photo was taken, and was one of the West's most significant historical events.
1895 Illustrated Map of the Cripple Creek District
A Coasting Party on the Cripple Creek Short Line
Cripple Creek fraternal order of the Woodmen of the World (WOW)
Cripple Creek High School ca. 1890s
Crapper Jack's Saloon - Cripple Creek, Colorado
Brothels on Myers Avenue - Cripple Creek, Colorado
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