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08-14765. GNIS feature ID. 2412384 [2] Website. City website. Creede is a statutory town and the county seat of Mineral County, Colorado, United States. It is the most populous community and the only incorporated municipality within the county. [1] The town population was 257 at the 2020 United States census.
La Garita Caldera. La Garita Caldera is a large caldera and extinct supervolcano in the San Juan volcanic field in the San Juan Mountains around the town of Creede in southwestern Colorado, United States. [1] It is west of La Garita, Colorado. The eruption that created the La Garita Caldera is among the largest known volcanic eruptions in Earth ...
The Amethyst Mine, near Creede, Colorado Remains of an abandoned mine near Silverton, Colorado, in July 2020. Beginning in 1889, Creede, Colorado was the site of another big silver boom. The first discovery was made at the Alpha mine in 1869, but the silver could not be extracted at a profit from the complex ores.
Los Angeles, CA. Cause of death. Morphine overdose. Occupation. Prospector. Years active. 1862-1893. Nicholas C. Creede (c. 1843 – July 12, 1897) was an American prospector famous for discovering the Holy Moses Amethyst vein and other mining properties near Creede, Colorado in the late 1880s and early 1890s.
Rio Grande below Creede, Mineral County. Bristol Head, el. 12,713 feet (3,875 meters). Mineral County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 865, [1] making it the third-least populous county in Colorado, behind San Juan County and Hinsdale County. The county seat and only incorporated ...
1892 David Moffat next developed a railroad to Creede from Wagon Wheel Gap, Colorado. Along the banks of the Rio Grande to Creede, which was then a booming silver camp, where he owned mining claims. The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad wanted nothing to do with it, so Moffat built the road entirely at his own expense, forming the Rio Grande ...
The Wagon Wheel Gap Hot Springs Resort, near Creede, Colorado, is the historic name of what is now a dude ranch, the 4UR Ranch. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019. [1] Of 26 buildings on the property, 14 were deemed to be contributing to the historic character of the listed area, and there were 4 contributing ...
The Lost Trail Station, in Hinsdale County, Colorado near Creede, Colorado, was built in 1877. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. It operated as a stagecoach station from 1877 to about 1895. John Barber and his wife offered food and lodging to stagecoach travelers there.