Equitation Horses for Sale near Cripple Creek, CO

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Quarter Horse Mare
This beautiful grulla filly will attract the attention of judges in any sh..
Penrose, Colorado
Grulla
Quarter Horse
Mare
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Penrose, CO
CO
$2,500
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About Cripple Creek, CO

For many years, Cripple Creek's high valley, at an elevation of 9,494 feet (2,894 m), was considered no more important than a cattle pasture. Many prospectors avoided the area after the Mount Pisgah hoax, a mini gold rush caused by salting (adding gold to worthless rock). On the 20th of October, 1890, Robert Miller "Bob" Womack discovered a rich ore and the last great Colorado gold rush began. Thousands of prospectors flocked to the region, and before long Winfield Scott Stratton located the famous Independence lode, one of the largest gold strikes in history. In three years, the population increased from five hundred to ten thousand.