Madam De Vere and the working girls of Cripple Creek. One of the richest gold strikes in the West occurred in Cripple Creek, Colorado in the 1890s....
A Pearl of Great Price
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A Fiery Fight
A lover’s quarrel brings down Cripple Creek. April 25, 1896. Dance hall girl Jennie Larue and her boyfriend Otto Floto get into a fight in Cripple...
A Bad Summer Day June 1904 proved to be violent in Colorado.
June 6, 1904 was a bloody day in Colorado. A union assassin blew up a train depot near Cripple Creek; 13 men were killed. Then the two sides in...