Creede, Colorado

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Creede, Colorado is a small historic mining town in southwestern Colorado, best known as the place where outlaw Robert Ford—killer of Jesse James—was himself shot and killed.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Creede, Colorado canonical 11
Creede 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf county seat ⓘ
town ⓘ
areaCode 719 ⓘ
climate high-altitude continental climate ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county Mineral County, Colorado ⓘ
economicHistory boom-and-bust mining economy ⓘ
elevation about 2,700 meters ⓘ
about 8,800 feet ⓘ
foundedAs mining camp ⓘ
governingBody Board of Trustees of the Town of Creede ⓘ
hasAttraction Bachelor Loop Historic Tour ⓘ
Creede Repertory Theatre ⓘ
Underground Mining Museum ⓘ
hasCulturalEvent summer theatre season at Creede Repertory Theatre ⓘ
hasFeature historic mine structures around town ⓘ
steep canyon setting ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict Creede Historic District ⓘ
hasIndustry arts and culture ⓘ
outdoor recreation ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasNearbyProtectedArea Rio Grande National Forest ⓘ
Weminuche Wilderness ⓘ
historicalEvent Robert Ford was shot and killed there in 1892 ⓘ
isCountySeatOf Mineral County, Colorado ⓘ
knownFor Creede Repertory Theatre ⓘ
death of Robert Ford ⓘ
historic silver mining ⓘ
mining boom of the 1890s ⓘ
outdoor recreation ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
well-preserved historic downtown ⓘ
locatedIn Rio Grande valley ⓘ
locatedInMountainRange San Juan Mountains ⓘ
locatedInRegion southwestern Colorado ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Willow Creek ⓘ
namedAfter Nicholas Creede ⓘ
nearRiver Rio Grande ⓘ
partOf San Luis Valley region (broad area) ⓘ
linked to: San Luis Valley
populationCharacteristic small population ⓘ
postalCode 81130 ⓘ
primaryResourceMined silver ⓘ
state Colorado ⓘ
summerTimeZone Mountain Daylight Time ⓘ
timeZone Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
tourismSeason summer ⓘ
transportationAccess Colorado State Highway 149 ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Robert Ford → placeOfDeath → Creede, Colorado ⓘ
Colorado silver boom → notableTown → Creede ⓘ
linked to: Creede, Colorado
San Luis Peak → isOftenAccessedFrom → Creede, Colorado ⓘ
Mineral County, Colorado → countySeat → Creede, Colorado ⓘ
Mineral County, Colorado → largestCity → Creede, Colorado ⓘ
Mineral County, Colorado → hasSettlement → Creede, Colorado ⓘ
Robert Newton Ford → placeOfDeath → Creede, Colorado ⓘ
Rio Grande Pyramid → nearestTown → Creede, Colorado ⓘ
La Garita Mountains → nearestTown → Creede, Colorado ⓘ
Creede mining district → hasCenter → Creede, Colorado ⓘ
Creede mining district → namedAfter → Creede, Colorado ⓘ