Cripple Creek

American  

noun

1. a town in central Colorado: gold rush 1891. 9,600 feet (2,925 meters) above sea level.

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Cripple Creek British  

noun

1. a village in central Colorado: gold-mining centre since 1891, once the richest in the world

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Example Sentences

The individuals who are part of a group of tourists are stuck near the bottom of Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2024

Wilmer Cable Butler was born on April 7, 1921, in Cripple Creek, Colo., and raised in a log cabin.

From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2023

But a verified Twitter account for Ghostface that has been advertising “Scream VI” re-tweeted several screenshots of the real-life appearances in cities such as Flagstaff, Ariz., and Cripple Creek, Colo.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2023

Penn lives between Guffey and Cripple Creek, at the edge of his current muse: the Thirtynine Mile volcanic field, left by the eruption that covered several regions with ash some 35 million years ago.

From Washington Times • Mar. 24, 2018

Laborers in the Cripple Creek mining district would not organize and win their rights for another generation.

From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell