Creede, Colorado
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The City of Creede is the statutory town that is the county seat of Mineral County, Colorado, United States. It is the most populous community and the only incorporated municipality within the county.
Downtown Creede in 2005
Shallow Creek, west of Creede, CO
Creede Fork, said to be the World's Largest
The Mainstage Theatre in 2023 with Creede's famous cliffs in the background.
Soapy Smith
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Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith II was an American con artist and gangster in the American frontier and the Klondike.
Creede, Colorado
…against gambling clubs and saloons. Numerous owners of gambling houses in Denver relocated to Creede's business district. One of these was confidence man Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith. Soapy became the uncrowned king of Creede's criminal underworld, and opened the Orleans Club. Other famous people in Creede were Robert Ford (the man…
Smith at bar in Skagway, Alaska in 1898
1898, Soap Gang pictured
2009, before restoration
Newspaper headline about the fight