Creede Strikes Silver: Last Great Silver Boom in Colorado
Nicholas Creede found silver in a gulch near the headwaters of the Rio Grande. He sent a telegram: "Holy Moses, I've struck it rich!" He named the claim Holy Moses. Within a year, 10,000 people lived in a town that didn't exist before. They called it Creede. The boom lasted five years. The town burned down twice. Creede died broke in Los Angeles in 1897.
October 2, 1889
137 years ago
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