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12 Porch Notes tagged “creede,” from counties across Colorado.
Outdoors and wildfire - Mineral County
Fishing the upper Rio Grande near Creede follows the water's own rules
The upper Rio Grande through Mineral County is a well-known trout fishery, but rules and access change by river segment, so check the regulations for the stretch you plan to fish.
Read note ->Local rules - Mineral County
In Mineral County, Creede is the only town and the county seat
Mineral County has just one incorporated municipality, Creede, which is also the county seat, so most land outside it is unincorporated and governed by the county.
Read note ->History and culture - Mineral County
Creede grew up around a silver rush, and the town still shows it
Creede began as a late-1800s silver boomtown, and that mining past explains the town's setting in a narrow canyon and the old workings in the hills above it.
Read note ->History and culture - Mineral County
Creede Carved Its Fire Station Into the Canyon Wall
After fire took the town more than once, Creede put its firehouse inside the cliff at the head of Main Street, where trucks wait in rock tunnels.
Read note ->History and culture - Mineral County
Creede's silver boom drew the outlaws, and one of them is buried here
When silver brought 10,000 people to Creede in the early 1890s, it also brought a rogue's gallery of Old West names, including Bob Ford, who was shot dead in a Creede saloon in 1892.
Read note ->History and culture - Mineral County
Taste of Creede: a painter's festival that turned a mountain town into an arts hub
A festival started by a watercolorist more than 35 years ago fills Creede's Main Street with working artists, a Silver Chef cook-off, and a one-hour Quick Draw each Memorial Day weekend.
Read note ->Money and taxes - Mineral County
Mineral County runs a lodging tax that funds local tourism
Mineral County collects a county lodging tax on short-term stays and puts it into a tourism fund that local groups apply to, a structure worth knowing if you rent out a property.
Read note ->History and culture - Mineral County
The Bachelor Loop is a self-guided drive through Creede's ghost towns
The Bachelor Loop is a marked Forest Service driving tour above Creede that visits old mines and the ghost town of Bachelor, with numbered pullouts that explain the silver district.
Read note ->History and culture - Mineral County
Walk Inside an 1891 Silver Mine on Creede's Amethyst Vein
The Last Chance Mine near Creede lets you walk inside a real 1891 silver mine and see purple amethyst still in the rock wall.
Read note ->History and culture - Mineral County
Wheeler Geologic Area was once Colorado's first national monument
The Wheeler Geologic Area near Creede is a maze of eroded volcanic ash that was protected as Colorado's first national monument before its remoteness led to a different status.
Read note ->History and culture - Mineral County
Creede's mining museum was carved straight into the rock
The Creede Underground Mining Museum was blasted out of a solid rock cliff by local miners and doubles as the town's community center, preserving hard-rock mining methods.
Read note ->History and culture - Mineral County
A summer theater helped Creede survive after the mines slowed
The Creede Repertory Theatre began in 1966 when college students answered the town's call for a new draw, and it grew into a professional company that anchors the local summer economy.
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