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The Cripple Creek Area, on the trunk of Pikes Maximum in central Colorado, first found fame through Bob Womack, the cowboy who publicized his knowledge of platinum in the high country and drew hundreds to the region. Gold fever allowed the region to flourish, while attacks, fires, and monetary hardships threatened the district's success. The dwindling population's fortitude, plus impressive ideas to boost the economy, carried the town from a battling gold-miners' heaven to a preferred tourist spot.
