James McCandless and other local promoters built this wagon road to Cripple Creek, which David Moffat and local businessmen converted in 1894 to the Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad bed. The railroad shipped foodstuffs and supplies to Cripple Creek and carried ore to seven gold processing mills in
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