The historic mining town of Creede is nestled in a beautiful canyon 8,852 feet up in the San Juan Mountains. The town is roughly four blocks wide and 12 blocks long and has a year-round population of around 500.
In 1889 an extensive vein of silver was hit and the area’s population skyrocketed to 15,000. Bob Ford, the killer of Jesse James, owned a saloon in Creede and Calamity Jane and Bat Masterson lived in Creede. In 1893 the price of silver was cut in half and within a few weeks only two mines were still operational and the population dropped significantly.
Even though the town is small, there is a lot to do. We went to the Taste of Creede Festival this Memorial Day weekend.
Lots of beautiful flowers:
We didn’t take the time to go through the museums this trip. We’ll save those for another visit.
Cell from the first jail.
We had a lot of fun at the olive oil store and picked up a few items.
We brought this cutie home:
There’s a lot to do in this area and we’ll be coming back for more fun.
Looks like a neat place! :)
ReplyDeleteHi Penny - It's a beautiful area.
ReplyDeleteTeri
I guess you're liking that area more than Maine! More to do, eh? The big salamander is fun -- I saw a lot of those in Mexico when I went to Puerto Vallarta years ago.
ReplyDeleteThe food looks good. Have you tried the lime/cilantro linguine? I think a cilantro pesto might be excellent on that!
Very beautiful area of the country. Chris wants to go to Colorado, but so far we've not gotten out that way.
How's the new R.V. working out?