Tag: cripple creek
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Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine resumes tours
Fully appreciating the Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine requires some scale. You can see the classic photo of a person being half the height of a tire on one of the mine’s haulers and know that’s a big truck. You can see a photo of that truck looking like a toy at the bottom…
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Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine resumes tours
Fully appreciating the Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine requires some scale. You can see the classic photo of a person being half the height of a tire on one of the mine’s haulers and know that’s a big truck. You can see a photo of that truck looking like a toy at the bottom…
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County honors 7th soldier killed in Operation Epic Fury
Teller County honored U.S. Army Sgt. Ben Pennington in a ceremony Aug. 23 in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery in Cripple Creek. Pennington, 26, was the seventh U.S. soldier killed in Operation Epic Fury, a war that began in February. Stationed at Fort Carson and deployed with the 1st Space Battalion and 1st Space Brigade with the…
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39th Recognition Ride sees 1,500 riders
Woodland Park heard the deep, rumbling sound of motorcycles rising up into the mountains from the high school parking lot as about 1,500 riders rolled into town in preparation for the 39th Annual POW/MIA Recognition Ride held Aug. 22. With the Colorado State Patrol leading the way, riders proceeded along U.S. 24 to follow the…
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Annual Veterans Rally and POW/MIA ride to fill Cripple Creek next weekend
Cripple Creek’s main street will echo with the sound of motorcycle engines in a tribute of remembrance next weekend as hundreds of riders arrive for the annual Salute to American Veterans Rally. Those participating in the POW/MIA Recognition Ride will gather at Woodland Park High School on Saturday before riding to Cripple Creek, where a…
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Sample hired as principal in CC/V schools
For Holly Sample, a return to public education after eight years of retirement is another step in a life filled with service to others. Last week, Sample bid farewell to retirement and resumed a career in education, this time as principal of the Cripple Creek-Victor Junior/Senior High School. With 34 years of experience in public…
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150 years after the Gold Rush, technology is driving Cripple Creek mining
By Katie Soenke, Pikes Peak Courier For 150 years, gold mining has helped shape the history of Cripple Creek, Victor and Teller County. What began with prospectors searching the hills has grown into one of Colorado’s largest modern mining operations — one that now relies as much on computers, drones and engineering as it does…
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39th POW/MIA Recognition Ride to feature over 1,500 motorcycle riders
Cripple Creek’s main street will proudly echo with the sound of motorcycle engines in a tribute of remembrance as hundreds of veteran riders and patriots make their way into the heart of the city. The 2026 Annual Salute to American Veterans Rally Aug. 21-22, is billed as Colorado’s greatest celebration of freedom, patriotism and camaraderie.…
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Cripple Creek’s donkeys eschew freedom, return to pasture
Cripple Creek’s famous donkeys have been largely forgoing their freedom this summer. As is customary, some of the herd was released on Memorial Day to wander freely about the city. But the donkeys had their own plan. Led by charismatic alpha male “Deckers,” they chose to return to their pasture and reunite with the remainder…
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From Disney to developer: Partnerships bring High Country Haven to life
By Katie Soenke, Pikes Peak Courier A comedy writer and a Special Forces veteran walk into a home remodel. It sounds like the beginning of a joke. Instead, it became the beginning of a neighborhood. Steve Marmel, a longtime television writer and producer, and Patrick Vitagliano, owner of Timberwolf Construction, met through a remodeling project.…