Jumat, 11 Mei 2018

Colorado’s Pikes Peak Heritage Center Takes more than a peek at Cripple Creek

The Bowl of Gold still not empty. Cripple Creek, Colorado, has been labeled the greatest gold camp on earth. Millionaires were made from the ore load. It all happened in 1891 on a small patch of a cattle ranch on the south side of America’s mountain, Pikes Peak. Gold had actually been found in the …

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