The King of Cripple Creek Author:Marshall Sprague The King of Cripple Creek: The Life and Times of Winfield Scott Stratton, First Millionaire from the Cripple Creek Gold Strike — "The King of Cripple Creek" was first published in 1953 in"True Magazine" as a book-length feature. Many standards used in copy editing have evolved in the intervening four de... more »cades. We have chosen to leave the manuscript in its form of the 1950s. This retains the delightful storytelling style of Marshall Sprague, who in this work of fiction, captured the flavor of Colorado in the day of The King of Cripple Creek.« less