Cripple Creek Days - Paperback

Cripple Creek Days - Paperback

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Cripple Creek Days - Paperback

Cripple Creek Days - Paperback

$19.95 USD
Sale price  $19.95 USD Regular price 

by Mabel Barbee Lee (Author), Lowell Thomas (Foreword by)

One of the most fascinating accounts of a gold rush town.--Chicago Sunday Tribune

Mabel Barbee Lee has written a rousing tale of early days in Cripple Creek, Colorado. She speaks with authority because she arrived there as a child in 1892, and with wide-eyed wonder saw the whole place turn to gold.

With his divining rod, Mabel's father tapped gold ore on Beacon Hill but missed becoming a millionaire by selling his claim short. Nonetheless, life was rich for young Mabel in a booming town with points of interest like Poverty Gulch, the Continental Hotel, and a fantastic house called Finn's Folly; with characters around like the promoter Windy Joe and (seen from a distance) the madam Pearl De Vere; with something always going on, whether a celebration or a disastrous fire or train wreck or a no-nonsense miners' strike.

Mabel Lee's book brings back a time and place with affection. The foreword is by Lowell Thomas, who was her pupil when she was a young schoolmarm in Cripple Creek.

Number of Pages: 286
Dimensions: 0.7 x 8.01 x 5.29 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: September 01, 1984

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