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Cripple Creek Historic District [3] is a historic district including Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States and is significant for its gold mining era history. It developed as a gold mining center beginning in 1890, with a number of buildings from that period surviving to this day.
By 1900, the Cripple Creek mining district was home to 500 mines. By 1910, it had produced 22.4 million ounces of gold. Between 1894 and 1902, around 50,000 people lived in the mining district with 35,000 in the town of Cripple Creek alone making it the fourth most populous town in Colorado at the time.
Winfield Scott Stratton (July 22, 1848 – September 14, 1902) was an American prospector, capitalist, and philanthropist.He discovered the Independence Lode near Victor, Colorado on July 4, 1891, and became the Cripple Creek Mining District's first millionaire in 1894.
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Teller County Road 1, shortened to Teller 1, was the first stagecoach route to Cripple Creek and thus it is called County Road 1. [citation needed] It is a paved road that offers diverse views of scenery. For example, along the road are steep mountains and rolling hills where cattle graze.
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They had a two-story gingerbread house, with a combination barn and buggy shed in the rear. Tutt's one-room business office was at 14 East Pikes Peak Avenue in the city. After opening a branch office in Pueblo, Colorado, in 1889, Tutt visited Cripple Creek, walked up "Poverty Gulch," and stake a gold mining claim. Once the claim was staked, a ...
Stratton became the Cripple Creek District's first millionaire. [1] When Cripple Creek miners went on strike in 1894, Stratton's Independence mine and the Portland mine came to an agreement with them, against the wishes of other mine owners. [2] Stratton had incorporated the Portland company and was its first president and largest stockholder. [3]