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Cripple Creek (Colorado)

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Cripple Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Colorado.[1]

Cripple Creek was named for the fact livestock frequently became injured crossing the stream.[2]

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References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cripple Creek (Colorado)
  2. ^ Dawson, John Frank. Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 16.


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