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Top 10 Western Museums of 2010

by | Apr 24, 2010 | Travel & Preservation

9. Cripple Creek District Museum (Cripple Creek, Colorado) Hats off to this museum for acquiring two historic cabins, one from the gold mining town of Cripple Creek and the other—a former home of retired prostitute “French” Blanche LeCoq—from the ghost town of Midway. Miners working in the Cripple Creek mining district passed through Midway (hence the name), stopped in at its watering hole and some, obviously, visited the local soiled doves. LeCoq’s cabin was probably built between 189


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