Cripple Creek District Museum

The Cripple Creek District Museum is a museum located in Cripple Creek, Colorado. Founded in 1953 by Blevins Davis and Richard Wayne Johnson, the Museum has five historic buildings: The 1894 Colorado Trading & Transfer Company building, the 1895 Midland Terminal Depot that was used as a depot until 1949; a turn-of-the-century Assay Office, the former one-room home of French Blanche LeCroix from the Cripple Creek District town of Midway, and a miner's cabin circa 1890–1930.

Cripple Creek District Museum
Established1953
Location5th & Bennett Ave.
Cripple Creek, Colorado
Coordinates38°44′49″N 105°10′20″W
TypeHistory museum
Websitecripplecreekmuseum.com

Today the Museum has four living areas illustrating life in the Victorian Era, an Art Gallery, a 15-minute video on the Assay Process, and numerous displays exhibiting photographs, maps, newspapers, books, wagons, minerals, mining equipment, the history of businesses, lodges, churches and schools, thousands of furnishings and personal items belonging to former pioneers to the District, information on towns and camps within the District and Teller County, and a Museum Gift Shop with hundreds of books and unusual items.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

References
  1. "Cripple Creek District Museum | Museum Day Venues | Smithsonian Magazine". Archived from the original on August 13, 2009.
  2. Cripple Creek District Museum csindy.com
  3. "Cripple Creek District Museum". Archived from the original on January 7, 2010. Retrieved November 6, 2009.
  4. "Hills of Cripple Creek still rich.(Spotlight) - Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)". November 2, 2012. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012.
  5. "Colorado's Golden Opportunities - The Washington Post". November 2, 2012. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012.
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