The heyday of Cripple Creek began around 1890 when a cowboy named Bob Womack found gold. For years he’d been telling any…
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The Luck of the Irish
The saying “luck of the Irish” was virtually born in the West. Consider: Jimmy Doyle, Jimmy Burns, and Johnny Harnan, wh…
Julian Street
The heyday of Cripple Creek began around 1890 when a cowboy named Bob Womack found gold. For years he’d been telling any…
Gems Along the Continental Divide Rocky Mountain Mining Camps.
The backbone of the continent—the Continental Divide—is r…