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Free day coming at Colorado’s national parks — just in time for fall colors
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Planning a road trip for fall colors around Colorado? National parks might factor into the itinerary — especially in the case of free entry. That will be the case on Sept. 27, when the National Park Service is waiving fees in celebration of National Public Lands…
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One of the first homes in Ute Pass for sale for $1.5 million
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One home can tell a hundred stories. How many pairs of boots have tromped the floors of The Wellington House, built in 1888? Impossible to say, thanks to the countless miners, diners, farmers and gamblers who have all passed through the historic home’s doors. On…
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One of the first homes built in Ute Pass is up for sale
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One home can tell a hundred stories. How many pairs of boots have tromped the floors of The Wellington House, built in 1888? Impossible to say, thanks to the countless miners, diners, farmers and gamblers who have passed through the historic home’s doors. On a…
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Hotel St. Nicholas: From hospital to hotel, history to haunting
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Walking into the Cripple Creek’s Hotel St. Nicholas, framed clippings of yellowing newspapers hang on the walls, along with rusted gold pans from mining pasts. Trinket dishes are scattered throughout the hotel, with little coins…
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Cripple Creek casino robber attempted same heist in July, arrest documents reveal
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Andrew Irvine, the man accused of stealing more than $76,000 from a cash register at a Cripple Creek Casino, allegedly attempted the same crime one month prior. Irvine, 26, was arrested on Aug. 18 after…
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Cripple Creek casino robber attempted same heist in July, arrest documents reveal
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Andrew Irvine, the man accused of stealing more than $76,000 from a cash register at a Cripple Creek Casino, allegedly attempted the same crime one month prior. Irvine, 26, was arrested on Monday after stealing…
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Donkeys on a diet: Cripple Creek donkeys work to combat weight gain
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Just past the donkey stables in Cripple Creek, down a dirt road, there’s a wooden feed stand layered in signs. “Please NO carrots, NO apples, NO bananas, NO human food” the signs emphasize, with bright…
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Donkeys on a diet: Cripple Creek donkeys work to combat weight gain
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save CRIPPLE CREEK • Just past the donkey stables in Cripple Creek, down a dirt road, there’s a wooden feed stand layered in signs. “Please NO carrots, NO apples, NO bananas, NO human food” the signs emphasize, with bright images of the foods crossed out by…
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Hotel St. Nicholas: From hospital to hotel, history to haunting
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save CRIPPLE CREEK • Walking into the Hotel St. Nicholas, framed clippings of yellowing newspapers hang on the walls, along with rusted gold pans from mining pasts. Trinket dishes are scattered throughout the hotel, with little…
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Was the root beer float invented in Cripple Creek?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Here’s how the story goes: In 1893 at a Cripple Creek brewery, a wandering entrepreneur named Frank J. Wisner was experimenting with carbonated water, roots and sweeteners that did not quite achieve the sweetness he…