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Coordinates: 37°44′57″N 106°49′56″W / 37.74917°N 106.83222°W / 37.74917; -106.83222 (Wagon Wheel Gap Railroad Station)
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Wagon Wheel Gap Hot Springs Resort
Hot Sulphur Spring at Wagon Wheel Gap, by Dansford Noble Wheeler, estimate 1870–1900
Wagon Wheel Gap Hot Springs Resort is located in Colorado
Wagon Wheel Gap Hot Springs Resort
Location1 Goose Creek Rd., near Creede, Colorado
Coordinates37°44′57″N 106°49′56″W / 37.74917°N 106.83222°W / 37.74917; -106.83222 (Wagon Wheel Gap Railroad Station)
Area31 acres (13 ha)[2]
NRHP reference No.100004210[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 26, 2019

The Wagon Wheel Gap Hot Springs Resort, near Creede, Colorado, is the historic name of what is now a dude ranch, the 4UR Ranch. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.[1] Of 26 buildings on the property, 14 were deemed to be contributing to the historic character of the listed area, and there were 4 contributing structures and a contributing object.[2]

It was originally developed in the 1870s, with soaking pools and relatively simple lodging. The Wagon Wheel Gap Improvement Company bought the property in the 1890s and made improvements during 1902-05 which established a "rustic character".[2][3] Artifacts include a dinner bell cast in about 1949.[2]

It is located about 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Creede, and about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of Wagon Wheel Gap, on the eastern edge of the Creede Caldera.[2] It may be accessed by a dirt road, Goose Creek Road, which runs 1 mile (1.6 km) south from Colorado State Highway 149 to the ranch, which is on the west side of Goose Creek, a tributary to the upper Rio Grande. Further south on the road is the Wagon Wheel Gap Fluospar Mine and Mill, on the east side of Goose Creek, which was also listed on the National Register in 2019.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Weekly lists 2019" (PDF). National Park Service.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Jill Seyfarth (January 21, 2019). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Wagon Wheel Gap Hot Springs Resort / 4UR Ranch / 5ML.22" (PDF). History Colorado. Retrieved August 11, 2021. Includes historic photos. The registration also included 36 photos from 2018 which are not included in this PDF.
  3. ^ "Wagon Wheel Gap Hot Springs Resort". History Colorado.


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