Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogTranscriptPlace Names.. Colorado. Cripple Creek Story of John McGrath of Dawson City, Yukon Territory "'in 1876...1 packed my belongings on a little burro and started up the old Ute Pass trail to Cripple Creek, then an open range for cattle. The name 'cripple' originated from the fact that the bed of the creek was extremely rocky and the cattlemen found that driving their cattle across, many of them were lamed by the rocks, Hence they gave the creek the name 'cripple'." Albert E Hayes-Post 11/291.25CollectionWestern History Subject IndexRelated MaterialWestern History Subject Index AbbreviationsType of MaterialIndex CardLanguageeng
Place Names.. Colorado. Cripple Creek, [491342]. Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 18/02/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1415114
