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Gillett, Colorado

1894 establishments in ColoradoFormer populated places in Teller County, ColoradoGeography of Teller County, ColoradoGhost towns in ColoradoHistory of Colorado
Mining communities in ColoradoPopulated places in the United States established in 1894Use American English from June 2025Use mdy dates from July 2023
Gillett, Colorado 2024 (53564850989)
Gillett, Colorado 2024 (53564850989)

Gillett is a ghost town in Teller County, Colorado, United States, near Cripple Creek. The site lies in a valley along Colorado State Highway 67 at an elevation of 9,938 feet (3,029 m). Platted in 1894 during the Cripple Creek mining boom, Gillett developed as a rail-related settlement associated with the Midland Terminal Railway. The post office operated from 1894 to 1913. The town declined as local mining and railroad activity waned and was largely abandoned by the mid-20th century. A 1965 flash flood destroyed or removed much of what remained of the town's structures, leaving only scattered ruins and traces of infrastructure. In the late 2010s, a nearby public water stop at Gillette Flats Spring became the subject of a water-rights compliance dispute and related engineering work to keep the spring accessible.

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Gillett, Colorado 2024 (53564850989)
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Cripple Creek Historic District
Cripple Creek Historic District

Cripple Creek Historic District is a historic district including Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States and is significant for its gold mining era history. It developed as a gold mining center beginning in 1890, with a number of buildings from that period surviving to this day. The mines in the area were among the most successful, producing millions of dollars of gold in the 1890s and supporting a population of 25,000 at its peak. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961.Many Cripple Creek buildings post-date the gold mining era. The district includes a number of structures that survive from that era: The Midland Terminal Depot Teller County Courthouse The Imperial Hotel The Old Homestead St. Paul's Catholic Church Mansard Roof House, on Warren Avenue The El Paso County Hospital, a brick Greek Revival-style two-story building.The boundary of the district is defined by high points around Cripple Creek to include the "natural setting reminiscent of the historic environment. Additionally, it encloses part of the extent of Poverty Gulch where some of the original ore discoveries were made as well as the County Hospital building which is located outside the town limits." (p. 10) It runs from the peak of Mineral Hill (elevation 10,255 feet) southwest to a peak (elevation 9,855 feet), then to northeast corner of Mount Pisgah cemetery, then south along the east border of the cemetery to its southeast corner, then southeast to the peak that is 1600 feet to the northwest of Signal Hill (at elevation 9731), then northeast to the summit of Globe Hill (elevation 10,436), then northwest to peak of Carbonate Hill (elevation 10,335), finally east back to the peak of Mineral Hill. State Highway 67 is the principal road through the area.