With the cliffs rising nearly 1,000 feet directly north of this area, first-time visitors are amazed at the views. A few historical sites remain, including the old jail. Cemetery Battered fences, crumbling headstones and timeworn wrought iron fences allow visitors a glimpse of the final resting places of a hard working people who carved a legendary mining town out of the Rocky Mountains. Get there by tuning right off Hwy. Go mile and turn at the cemetery sign.
Cemetery is on the left.
Bob Ford's Grave Bob Ford is one of Creede's most famous historical figures. Ford was buried in the Creede cemetary, his wife later moved his body for burial in the midwest. Geologically, Mineral County is one of the most important study areas in the world for volcanic history. Eruptions of earth-shaking magnitude rocked Mineral County aeons ago. While massive volcanic eruptions were creating the silver veins that still hide in the San Juan Mountains around Creede, Wheeler Geologic Area was being born.