cripple

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The individuals who are part of a group of tourists are stuck near the bottom of Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2024

The Band’s lead guitarist and songwriter who in such classics as “The Weight” and “Up on Cripple Creek” mined American music and folklore and helped reshape contemporary rock.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2023

Take “Up on Cripple Creek,” an ode to a Lake Charles woman beloved by the song’s roaming narrator.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2023

Wilmer Cable Butler was born on April 7, 1921, in Cripple Creek, Colo., and raised in a log cabin.

From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2023

Laborers in the Cripple Creek mining district would not organize and win their rights for another generation.

From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell