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Cripple Creek

View of April 29th, 1896, fire and clouds of smoke from junction of Myers Avenue and "A" Street after explosion at El Paso Livery stable, Cripple Creek, Colorado; scene includes horse-drawn wagons with household goods or personal belongings parked in front of small wooden frame residences (probably cribs of infamous red-light district of Myers Avenue); men and women are in front of residences and on the dirt street.

April 29, 1896: A Fire Nearly Levels Cripple Creek

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