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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of central Colorado in the Rocky Mountains southwest of Colorado Springs. After 1891 it was the center of a thriving gold-producing area but declined as deposits were exhausted.
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The turn off occurs about 15 miles to the SW of Colorado Springs on the road to Cripple Creek, which is said to occupy the route of the former railroad to the gold mines: A hundred years ago Gold Camp Road was the railroad that connected Colorado Springs to the gold mines at Cripple Creek.
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Up in the Rocky Mountains in a town called Cripple Creek,
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Up in the Rocky Mountains in a town called Cripple Creek,
RAMBLING, GAMBLING WILLIE Dylan, Bob, 1941- 1962
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Translation: There are regular players who gamble, no matter what, and "regional" gambling towns such as Cripple Creek might be enjoying some business from gamblers who otherwise might go to "destination" resorts such as Las Vegas.
Gazette.com : 2009
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Thurston opened his hand to reveal the telegram's torn-off top, which showed that it had originated a few towns back, in Cripple Creek.
Jim Steinmeyer's "The Last Greatest Magician in the World" 2011
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"Thornton," Steinmeyer explains, "had sent the message to himself, from Cripple Creek to Colorado Springs," where he surreptitiously lopped off the telltale portion before handing it over to the policeman.
Jim Steinmeyer's "The Last Greatest Magician in the World" 2011
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Marc Murphy, general manager of Bronco Billy's Casino in Cripple Creek, Colo., said he thought the public would see the tax cut, as the commission had, as an appropriate response "to the plight of the industry."
No Dice for Casino Tax Cut Stephanie Simon 2011
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The third has to be my discovery of a unique and haunted Inn in Cripple Creek, CO, once owned by a famous astrologer.
Alexandra Holzer: Mike Coletta: A True UFO Geek (VIDEO) Alexandra Holzer 2011
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"Thornton," Steinmeyer explains, "had sent the message to himself, from Cripple Creek to Colorado Springs," where he surreptitiously lopped off the telltale portion before handing it over to the policeman.
Jim Steinmeyer's "The Last Greatest Magician in the World" 2011
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Thurston opened his hand to reveal the telegram's torn-off top, which showed that it had originated a few towns back, in Cripple Creek.
Jim Steinmeyer's "The Last Greatest Magician in the World" 2011
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