Tag: gold camp
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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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Photos: Fun and games at Victor Gold Rush Days
Victor Gold Rush Days was held July 17-19 in th3e historic mining town. Here are some photos from the event.
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Photos: Fun and games at Victor Gold Rush Days
Victor Gold Rush Days was held July 17-19 in th3e historic mining town. Here are some photos from the event.
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2026 Victor Gold Rush Days celebrates mining heritage, culture
Festival to be held July 17-19 As the City of Victor celebrates 132 years, Victor Gold Rush Days on July 17-19 features the city’s hard rock mining heritage and culture with an annual festival held on the streets of this historic, Victorian-era town. Centered at the town’s main thoroughfare and Pinnacle Park Plaza, the festival…
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The 1895 Victor train robbery
By Steve Plutt, Special to the Courier In celebration of Colorado’s 150th birthday and the United States’ 250th, local historian Steve Plutt and the Ute Pass Historical Society have written a series of stories to bring the area’s colorful history to life. In the American West, boom towns drew a wide range of characters, from…
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Gold Camp seniors run out of pitchers, win 64th annual All-Star Game
Regardless of the finish at Mountain Lion Park, Karter Vega-Hernandez would leave a winner. That’s because Vega-Hernandez competed for both teams. During Monday’s 64th annual Colorado Springs Senior All-Star Game, Vega-Hernandez spent eight innings playing for Pikes Peak’s all-star team. In the bottom of the ninth, though, the Fountain-Fort Carson senior switched sides to pitch…
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Cripple Creek’s Fall Fest celebrates donkeys, history, fall colors
Fall Fest is coming to Cripple Creek during the weekend of Oct. 4-5. Fall Fest celebrates the brilliant changing colors of the aspen trees, the town’s historic gold rush heritage and its famous wild donkeys, while offering live music, street vendors, beer garden, kids’ activity zone, professional chainsaw wood carving and a pumpkin patch. Kicking…
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Lightning, rain dampens second half of 63rd Annual Junior/Senior All-Star Game, athletes find silver lining
The rain wouldn’t go away for the 63rd annual Colorado Springs Junior/Senior All-Star Baseball Game and that stinks because the seniors can’t come back another day. While the juniors completed their contest at Mountain Lion Park on Sunday – which Pikes Peak won 9-7 against Gold Camp – the final game ended in the bottom…
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High angle rescue underway in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Springs Fire Department is conducting a high-angle rescue at Gold Camp Road Friday afternoon. The CSFD says the rescue is near the entrance to tunnel 2. The road is currently closed to the public and people are asked to avoid the area. No…
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High angle rescue underway in Colorado Springs
The Colorado Springs Fire Department is conducting a high-angle rescue at Gold Camp Road Friday afternoon. The CSFD says the rescue is near the entrance to tunnel 2. The road is currently closed to the public and people are asked to avoid the area. No injuries have yet been reported.