Cripple Creek District

Last of Colorado's Gold Booms

De: Jan MacKell

Narrado por: Chris Sorensen

The Cripple Creek District, on the back of Pikes Peak in central Colorado, first found fame through Bob Womack, the cowboy who publicized his knowledge of gold in the high country and drew thousands to the area. Gold fever allowed the region to flourish, while strikes, fires, and economic hardships threatened the district's survival. The dwindling population's fortitude, plus innovative ideas to boost the economy, carried the city from a struggling gold-miners' paradise to a favored tourist spot.

©2003 Jan MacKell Collins (P)2015 Arcadia Publishing

Great history - but very scattered.

Incredible history with great character details of some of the Cripple Creek people of the past —
But very back and forth, with ‘bird walks’ about some people that made you wonder why there was so much detail about that person — but not enough about the demise of the city around 1900-1910.
But wonderful to read if you’re interested in the gold rush, the history of westward railroad expansion, or ever going to visit Cripple Creek.

Lots of interesting information, pretty dry story

I love all of the history but it can start to get difficult to listen to after awhile. Overall good information!

lots of good data

a decent book laded with information and facts. only criticism is that the facts needed more story/context.

A low resolution copy of “Money Mountain”?

As an avid student of Colorado history in general and of gold mining in particular, I highly enjoyed Marshall Sprague’s “Money Mountain” (1953) history of Cripple Creek.

This book, however, published in 2003, must have been written with “Money Mountain” open nearby. Same vignettes and moments told in the same order, recalling many of the same turns of phrases Mr. Sprague used. Simple summarizations of stories Sprague told yet in less detail and with weaker prose.

“Money Mountain” beats “Cripple Creek District” in my opinion.