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Cripple Creek, Colorado

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The City of Cripple Creek is the Statutory City that is the county seat of Teller County, Colorado, United States. [1]

59 relations: Anti-union violence, Central Colorado volcanic field, Century Casinos, Colorado, Colorado Labor Wars, Colorado National Guard, Colorado Springs metropolitan area, Colorado Springs, Colorado, County seat, Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine, Cripple Creek (Colorado), Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad, Cripple Creek Historic District, Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894, Cripple Creek-Victor High School, Cripple Creek-Victor School District RE-1, Federal Information Processing Standards, Full House Resorts, Gambling, Geographic Names Information System, Gold, Gold Belt Byway, Gold chalcogenides, Gold mining, Gold rush, Gottlieb Institute, Harry Buckwalter, Hispanic and Latino Americans, History Colorado, HTML, Independence Day (United States), James Hamilton Peabody, JavaScript, List of counties in Colorado, Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine, Mountain Time Zone, Municipal corporation, Narrow-gauge railway, National Historic Landmark, Oligocene, Pearl de Vere, Pikes Peak, Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, Redox, Salting (confidence trick), Silent film, Stratton's Independence Mine and Mill, Teller County, Colorado, Tracked by Bloodhounds; or, A Lynching at Cripple Creek, Troy weight, ..., Underground mining (hard rock), United States Census Bureau, United States Postal Service, Victor, Colorado, Volcano, Western Federation of Miners, Winfield Scott Stratton, ZIP Code, 2010 United States Census. Expand index (9 more) »

Anti-union violence

Anti-union violence is physical force intended to harm union officials, union organizers, union members, union sympathizers, or their families.

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Central Colorado volcanic field

The central Colorado volcanic field (CCVF) is a volcanic field in Park County, Colorado.

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Century Casinos

Century Casinos, Inc. is a gaming company based in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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Colorado

Colorado is a state of the United States encompassing most of the southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains.

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Colorado Labor Wars

The Colorado labor wars were a series of labor strikes in 1903 and 1904 in the US state of Colorado, by gold and silver miners and mill workers represented by the Western Federation of Miners (WFM).

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Colorado National Guard

The Colorado National Guard consists of the Colorado Army National Guard and Colorado Air National Guard.

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Colorado Springs metropolitan area

The Colorado Springs, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area is a United States Office of Management and Budget defined Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) located in the Colorado Springs region of the State of Colorado.

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Colorado Springs, Colorado

Colorado Springs is a home rule municipality that is the largest city by area in Colorado as well as the county seat and the most populous municipality of El Paso County, Colorado, United States.

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County seat

A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish.

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Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine

The Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine, formerly and historically the Cresson Mine, is an active gold mine located near the town of Victor, in the Cripple Creek mining district in the US state of Colorado.

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Cripple Creek (Colorado)

Cripple Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Colorado.

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Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad

The Cripple Creek & Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad (CC&VNG RR) is a narrow-gauge heritage railroad that operates seasonal tourist trains between Cripple Creek and the city's outskirts to the south.

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Cripple Creek Historic District

Cripple Creek Historic District is a historic district including Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States and is significant for its gold mining era history.

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Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894

The Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894 was a five-month strike by the Western Federation of Miners (WFM) in Cripple Creek, Colorado, USA.

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Cripple Creek-Victor High School

Cripple Creek-Victor Junior/Senior High School is the high school in Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States, also serving the city of Victor.

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Cripple Creek-Victor School District RE-1

The Cripple Creek-Victor School District RE-1 is a public school district in Teller County, Colorado, United States, based in Cripple Creek.

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Federal Information Processing Standards

Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States federal government for use in computer systems by non-military government agencies and government contractors.

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Full House Resorts

Full House Resorts, Inc. is a casino developer and operator based in Summerlin South, Nevada.

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Gambling

Gambling is the wagering of money or something of value (referred to as "the stakes") on an event with an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of winning money or material goods.

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Geographic Names Information System

The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout the United States of America and its territories.

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Gold

Gold is a chemical element with symbol Au (from aurum) and atomic number 79, making it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally.

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Gold Belt Byway

The Gold Belt Byway is a National Scenic Byway and Bureau of Land Management Back Country Byway located entirely within the US state of Colorado.

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Gold chalcogenides

Gold chalcogenides are compounds formed between gold and one of the chalcogens, elements from group 16 of the periodic table: oxygen, sulfur, selenium, or tellurium.

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Gold mining

Gold mining is the resource extraction of gold by mining.

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Gold rush

A gold rush is a new discovery of gold—sometimes accompanied by other precious metals and rare earth minerals—that brings an onrush of miners seeking their fortune.

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Gottlieb Institute

The Gottlieb Institute is an independently funded medical research facility located in Colorado.

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Harry Buckwalter

Harry Hale Buckwalter (November 1, 1867 – March 7, 1930), sometimes credited as Harry H. Buckwalter or Henry H. Buckwalter, was an American photographer, journalist, photojournalist, and silent film director and producer.

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Hispanic and Latino Americans

Hispanic Americans and Latino Americans (Estadounidenses hispanos) are people in the United States who are descendants of people from countries of Latin America and Spain.

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History Colorado

History Colorado is a twenty-first-century historical society that was established in 1879 as the State Historical Society of Colorado, also known as the Colorado Historical Society.

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HTML

Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is the standard markup language for creating web pages and web applications.

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Independence Day (United States)

Independence Day, also referred to as the Fourth of July or July Fourth, is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.

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James Hamilton Peabody

James Hamilton Peabody (August 21, 1852 – November 23, 1917) was the 13th and 15th Governor of Colorado, and is noted for his public service in Cañon City.

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JavaScript

JavaScript, often abbreviated as JS, is a high-level, interpreted programming language.

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List of counties in Colorado

The U.S. state of Colorado is divided into 64 counties.

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Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine

The Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine is a historic vertical shaft mine near Cripple Creek, Colorado.

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Mountain Time Zone

The Mountain Time Zone of North America keeps time by subtracting seven hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) when standard time is in effect, and by subtracting six hours during daylight saving time (UTC−6).

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Municipal corporation

A municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, towns, townships, charter townships, villages, and boroughs.

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Narrow-gauge railway

A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than the standard.

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National Historic Landmark

A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a building, district, object, site, or structure that is officially recognized by the United States government for its outstanding historical significance.

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Oligocene

The Oligocene is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present (to). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the epoch are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the epoch are slightly uncertain.

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Pearl de Vere

Pearl de Vere (c. 1862 – June 5, 1897), known as the "soiled dove of Cripple Creek", was a 19th-century prostitute and brothel owning madam of the American Old West.

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Pikes Peak

Pikes Peak is the highest summit of the southern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, in North America.

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Race and ethnicity in the United States Census

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, defined by the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin (the only categories for ethnicity).

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Redox

Redox (short for reduction–oxidation reaction) (pronunciation: or) is a chemical reaction in which the oxidation states of atoms are changed.

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Salting (confidence trick)

In mineral exploration, salting is the process of adding gold or silver to an ore sample to change the value of the ore with intent to deceive potential buyers of the mine.

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Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (and in particular, no spoken dialogue).

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Stratton's Independence Mine and Mill

Stratton's Independence Mine and Mill is a historic gold mining site near Victor, Colorado on the south slope of Battle Mountain.

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Teller County, Colorado

Teller County is one of the 64 counties in the U.S. state of Colorado.

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Tracked by Bloodhounds; or, A Lynching at Cripple Creek

Tracked by Bloodhounds; or, A Lynching at Cripple Creek is a 1904 silent crime drama short film directed by Harry Buckwalter.

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Troy weight

Troy weight is a system of units of mass customarily used for precious metals and gemstones.

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Underground mining (hard rock)

Underground hard rock mining refers to various underground mining techniques used to excavate hard minerals, usually those containing metals such as ore containing gold, silver, iron, copper, zinc, nickel, tin and lead, but also involves using the same techniques for excavating ores of gems such as diamonds.

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United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau (USCB; officially the Bureau of the Census, as defined in Title) is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy.

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United States Postal Service

The United States Postal Service (USPS; also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service) is an independent agency of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States, including its insular areas and associated states.

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Victor, Colorado

Victor is a statutory city in Teller County, Colorado, United States.

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Volcano

A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.

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Western Federation of Miners

The Western Federation of Miners (WFM) was a radical labor union that gained a reputation for militancy in the mines of the western United States and British Columbia.

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Winfield Scott Stratton

Winfield Scott Stratton (July 22, 1848 – September 14, 1902) was an American prospector, capitalist, and philanthropist.

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ZIP Code

ZIP Codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS) since 1963.

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2010 United States Census

The 2010 United States Census (commonly referred to as the 2010 Census) is the twenty-third and most recent United States national census.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cripple_Creek,_Colorado

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