Cripple Creek Days

Name: Cripple Creek Days
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ISBN: 9780803279124

ISBN-10: 0803279124

ISBN-13: 9780803279124

Edition: 1984 (Reprint)

Authors: Mabel Barbee. Lee, Lowell Thomas, Mabel Lee

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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…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 1984
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication date: 9/1/1984
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 286
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English