Cripple Creek Days

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

• | Author: Mabel Barbee Lee
• | Publisher: Bison Books
• | Publication Date: Sep 01, 1984
• | Number of Pages: 286 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0803279124
• | ISBN-13: 9780803279124