Cripple Creek Labor Disturbance Photographs (1893-94)
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Collection NumberMSS 0441DescriptionThis interesting photograph collection contains images of the Colorado Militia and their deployment to the Cripple Creek Mining District in response to the ongoing strikes by the miners in 1893 and 1894. Images in this collection include Camp Boynton, the fort on the summit of Bull Hill, Companies K and M, Captain Brown’s Leadville Company, the Hospital Corps, and the rear guard at Midland. The works of prominent local photographers Andrew J. Harlan and Horace S. Poley are featured.