Cripple Creek (Colo.)
Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:
Anfenger as Humorist, circa 1905
Copy of newspaper article about Senator Milton Louis Anfenger by Thomas M. Hunter. It has a photograph of Senator Anfenger and has three cartons of Milton Anfenger. It has stories of Milton Anfenger's youth, his membership in the Elks and B'nai B'rith, and his service as a Colorado state senator and in the Colorado National Guard in Cripple Creek, Colorado during the 1903-1904 strikes.
Arline Moehrke for Colorado Reflections
Arline Moehrke reflects on her life in Rocky Ford and Cripple Creek and growing up on a farm. Father was known as a machine man in the gold mines, using a jackhammer to drill holes for dynamite to blast. Moehrke discussed the impact of World War I on mining towns. Moehrke discusses the Cripple Creek fire department, mining history of the town, the flu epidemic of 1918, and the Tramway strike in Denver in 1920.
Blazing the Trail: An Early History of Denver’s Jewish Community, 2009
Brief description of several early Jewish leaders of commerce, philanthropy, religion, and community as well as several Jewish lawyers, doctors, merchants, and politicians in Colorado.
Camp Goldfield, 1903 September 6
Tents in front of houses and a building with smoke stacks at Camp Goldfield during the 1903-1904 strike in the Cripple Creek Mining District. Camp Goldfield was below the Portland Mine in Goldfield, Colorado, near Victor, Colorado. Colonel Milton Louis Anfenger was an aide-de-camp to Colorado Governor James H. Peabody and militia Brigadier General Sherman M. Bell during Colorado's response to the 1903-1904 strike. The photograph is on page 37 of Milton Anfenger's scrapbook.
Camp Goldfield and Portland Mine, 1903 October 6
Civilizing the West: Early Colorado Jews in the Arts, 2011
Brief biographies of Jewish artists, musicians, composers, and conductors in Colorado. Jewish influence on arts in Colorado.
Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek, 1975 August 17
Film shows vacationers and scenes in Cripple Creek and Colorado Springs. Video shows a ride on the Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad.
Cripple Creek Jewish Community Members, circa 1895
First Officers' Call, Camp Goldfield, 1903 September 5
Colorado Militia officers posed in front of a tent and buildings at Camp Goldfield during the 1903-1904 strike in the Cripple Creek Mining District. Camp Goldfield was below the Portland Mine in Goldfield, Colorado, near Victor, Colorado. Colonel Milton Louis Anfenger was an aide-de-camp to Colorado Governor James H. Peabody and militia Brigadier General Sherman M. Bell during Colorado's response to the 1903-1904 strike. The photograph is on page 37 of Milton Anfenger's scrapbook.
Flatow Family, 1896, 1993
The Flatow family of Cripple Creek, Colorado, included Julius and Bernard Flatow, as well as a number of other relatives. Their descendant, Natalie Flatow-Vasa of New York, tells of her father Richard Flatow's stories of his boyhood in Cripple Creek during the 1890s.