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Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith II (November 2, 1860 – July 8, 1898) was an American con artist and gangster in the American frontier and the Klondike.. Smith operated confidence schemes across the Western United States, and had a large hand in organized criminal operations in both Colorado and the District of Alaska.
The Creede, Colorado, post office moved to North Creede on November 28, 1908, where it remained open until April 15, 1919. [14] The Amethyst, Colorado, post office closed on February 2, 1909, but reopened as the new Creede, Colorado, post office on February 9, 1909. [14] In the 19th century, Creede was the last silver boom town in Colorado.
This is a list of explorers, trappers, guides, and other frontiersmen known as "Mountain Men". Mountain men are most associated with trapping for beaver from 1807 to the 1840s in the Rocky Mountains of the United States. Most moved on to other endeavors, but a few of them followed or adopted the mountain man life style into the 20th century.
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Bristol Head is located eight miles (13 km) southwest of the community of Creede, on land managed by Rio Grande National Forest.It is situated east of the Continental Divide in the San Juan Mountains which are a subrange of the Rocky Mountains.
Creede's next major discovery was the Mammoth mine on Campbell Mountain, Colorado in May 1890. [10] Although the Mammoth had some very rich ore, it was not considered a big strike. Creede discovered the Ethel mine associated with the same vein a month later. [10] Once developed, the Ethel shipped a little ore, but it was of a comparatively low ...
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In his early life Wootton was a mountain man and trapper, then a hunter at Bent's Fort. In 1866, he hired a tribe of Utes under Chief Conniache to build a toll road through Raton Pass. He later sold the road to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad [1] and the railroad named one of their locomotives after him. [2]