Cripple Creek & Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad, Cripple Creek, Colorado
A trip on the Cripple Creek & Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad, reveals scenic wonders around every curve as century-old steam locomotive transports you back to the gold mining days of Cripple Creek & Victor, Colorado. A treat for railroad and history buffs, kids and the whole family.
A surprise in Cripple Creek
We were visiting friends in Colorado Springs, who took us off on a day trip up to Cripple Creek and Victor, old mining towns up in the Rocky Mountains near Pike's Peak.
It was mid-day in mid-May, and we had been through the Cripple Creek Museum and were now checking on some of the little shops while looking for a place for lunch.
I was standing outside a shop, 9494 Gifts with Altitude, the 9494 referring to the official altitude of the town.
It was next door from the Lodge 316, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks.
And then we got a surprise. Snow.
I at least had the good sense to record a bit of it for the record.
Luckily, it was too warm for the snow to stick around when it hit the ground, which meant that the driving conditions wouldn't be getting worse on our return drive.
The Pioneer Women of Cripple Creek, Colorado
From the documentary, The Treasure of the Cripple Creek Mining District, this segment covers the pioneer women in the late 1800's who made Cripple Creek, Colorado a great place for women and families.
City of Cripple Creek - Best Historic town - Colorado 2018
Visit the historic city of Cripple Creek, Colorado. Home of gold mining and gambling in Colorado, Cripple Creek is a mighty town of many exciting events.
Cripple Creek, Colorado as a Boom Town
From the documentary The Treasure of the Cripple Creek Mining District this segment features the City of Cripple, Colordao during the boom times in the early 1900's.
Mollie Kathleen Mine, Cripple Creek, CO
Road Trip 2014 / The Mollie Kathleen Mine, Cripple Creek, CO
The mine was started in 1891 on a mining claim staked by Mollie Kathleen Gortner, the first woman to independently hold a mining claim. Other than a government-ordered hiatus during World War II, the mine operated continuously until 1961. The mine is a historic vertical shaft mine near Cripple Creek, Colorado descending 1,000 feet (300 m) into the mountain, a depth roughly equal to the height of the Empire State Building in New York. The mine currently gives tours with an annual visitation of 40,000.
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Cripple creek, Colorado steam train ride with narration full tour-2017
Enjoy this train ride on the Cripple Creek & Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad located in Cripple Creek, Colorado. Track is 2 foot gauge. The #2 steam locomotive pulling the train is a 1936 Henschel built in Germany. Trains run May 27, thru October 1st. Filmed in September, 2017.
The Storytellers of Cripple Creek, Colorado
From the Documentary The Treasure of the Cripple Creek Mining District, this segment covers the journalists and authors who wrote about the remarkable history of Cripple Creek, Colorado.
The Sporting Ladies on Meyers Avenue of Cripple Creek
From the documentary Treasure of The Cripple Creek Mining District, this segment is on legal prostitution in the City of Cripple Creek, Colorado during the gold rush in the late 1800's.
Cripple Creek to Victor, Colorado, USA, Time-lapse
Cripple Creek to Victor
Wild West Colorado
This is a short video about mining in Colorado.
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20 Acre Hazleton Gold Mine on the South Fork of Mineral Creek in Colorado
Placer Mining Claim Staked by the Department of Land Transfer Information 2016 LandTransfer.us.com
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1903 Cadillac One Cylinder at Wild West Ghost Town Colorado Springs
Early One Cylinder Cadillac Engine Car! The Ghost Town Wild West Museum in Colorado Springs, CO is a throwback in time and a fun way to learn about history and this Wild Era!
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Turn Your Watch Back 100 Years!
As a true preservation of Colorado's western past, Ghost Town Museum is a fun and historic look back at kind of old west town that used to dot this region during the late1800's and early 1900's
An Authentic Ghost Town
Selected by Mobile Travel Guide and Family Circle Magazine as one of the fifty-five special attraction of America. See the USA Travel Edition Recognition of Merit. Explore the boardwalk connecting the Blacksmith's shop, Saloon, General and Merchants of main street, with the Livery Stable, and Victorian Home. Each is filled with thousands of fascinating artifacts. Ghost Town Museum delights young and old with lots of hands on activities, including old time arcades, panning for real gold (summer months), and much, much, more.
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Ghost Town History
Ghost Town Museum was created in 1954 to preserve a piece of Colorado's Wild West heritage.
In 1858 the cry Pikes Peak or Bust opened up the heartland of the Colorado territory to the gold prospector. Gold mining became a significant factor that led to the statehood of Colorado. The miners and the people who provided services to them quickly populated the western frontier of the United States. They needed transportation, and before long the twin steel ribbons of the railroads were pushing into the mountains to transport ore for processing.
Towns sprang up overnight and by the 1860's and 1870's people had blanketed the west. It was a rough and tumble time. Small encampments became small towns. Small cities along the rocky mountain Front Range provided a central location for supplies and services. The search for gold drove prospectors to every mountain valley, and every mountain peak. If gold or silver were not located, or if the mines played out, the towns were often abandoned to become ghost towns.
Little by little the raw spirit of the frontier died down. By the time gold was discovered in Cripple Creek in 1891, the frontier was almost gone. Today almost nothing remains of those exciting days of the old west. A scattered pile of old lumber, a tumbled pile of rocks marking an old mine, an occasional wagon wheel or a piece of equipment. The rip roaring camps of 100 years ago have become ghost towns now only a memory of a bygone era.
Cripple Creek Colorado - Donkeys, Casinos, & Freddy Kruger | Travel Tips
Cripple Creek Colorado - Freddie Kruger, Jack Ass, & Gold |Travel Tips. Cripple Creek is a former gold mining camp & a town full of jackasses. It is located 44 miles (71 km) southwest of Colorado Springs near the base of Pikes Peak. The Cripple Creek Historic District, which received National Historic Landmark status in 1961, includes part or all of the city and the surrounding area. Come along with us as we show you some of our favorite things to see when traveling to Cripple Creek. #TravelVlog #TravelTips #TravelGuide #ColoradoTravelTips
The Black Monarch Hotel in Victor. If these walls could talk, they’d whisper the town’s lore of hauntings, a Wild West history of barkeep gun fights, a phoenix-like revision after a great fire in 1899 and even some history with Nicola Tesla.
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Red Canyon ♫
10 miles from Canon City, CO. Very similar to Garden of the Gods, but is not a tourist stop since its undeveloped. Dinosaur eggs and tracks found in the area, so folks are asked to leave behind and fossils or petrified wood they find. This is the private property of the people of Canon City, so check the rules before selecting a campsite.
The Second Gold Rush of Cripple Creek
From the documentary The Treasure of the Cripple Creek Mining District, this segment is on the second gold rush in Cripple Creek during the 1970's and the value of gold production to the state of Colorado