"Colorado Place Names" lists 1900 Colorado communities, counties, peaks, passes, rivers, streams, and other geographical features. Each alphabetical entry includes, as appropriate, a pronunciation guide, elevation, location, date of founding, history, and origin of name. Based on the classic book by George Eichler, this completely rewritten and newly researched book is an indispensable guide for anyone traveling or studying the Centennial State.
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Fun book if your into history,
This review is from: Colorado Place Names (Paperback)
This is a great little book for those of you who like little bits of history. This book provides a short summary of the history or interesting facts of places in colorado. If you are into geneology you learn that a town or county may not have the same name today that it did 90 years ago. That complicates your search. This book lists many of those towns and gives you their current and old names,as well as the name of the county the town is or was in. You will often be told the origin of the place, and its nameas well as any interesting facts. I do recommend this book to historians or any one who just likes interesting tid bits. Its also fun to go visit some of those places and experience them first hand.
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Abarr [AB ahr], in the sand hills of Yuma County (est. 1921), was founded by Dr. D. C. Brown, with the name of Brownsville. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
original seventeen territorial counties, thirteen streams, townsite land, eighteen streams, pronunciation closer, first postmaster, postal authorities, postal station, many place names Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Larimer County, Rocky Mountain National Park, Las Animas County, Gunnison County, Boulder County, Weld County, Grand County, Continental Divide, Conejos County, Chaffee County, New Mexico, Eagle County, Saguache County, Summit County, Costilla County, Huerfano County, Jefferson County, Park County, Garfield County, Pueblo County, Jackson County, Mesa County, Archuleta County, Clear Creek County, Montezuma County New!
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Abarr [AB ahr], in the sand hills of Yuma County (est. 1921), was founded by Dr. D. C. Brown, with the name of Brownsville. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
original seventeen territorial counties, thirteen streams, townsite land, eighteen streams, pronunciation closer, first postmaster, postal authorities, postal station, many place names Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Larimer County, Rocky Mountain National Park, Las Animas County, Gunnison County, Boulder County, Weld County, Grand County, Continental Divide, Conejos County, Chaffee County, New Mexico, Eagle County, Saguache County, Summit County, Costilla County, Huerfano County, Jefferson County, Park County, Garfield County, Pueblo County, Jackson County, Mesa County, Archuleta County, Clear Creek County, Montezuma County New!
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- The Arkansas River (Rivers of North America) by Tom Jackson on page 26, page 30, and page 124
- John Wesley by V. H.H. Green on page 107, and page 142
- Place Names in Colorado by Golden Bell Press in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Native American Placenames of the United States by William Bright in Back Matter
- Lone Wolf (Lone Wolf Adventures) by Joe Denver on page 29
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- From Basin to Peak: Explorer's Encyclopedia to the Colorado-New Mexico San Juan Basin by Wesley M. Howe in Back Matter
- Colorado Trails South Central Region by Peter Massey and Jeanne Wilson in Back Matter
- 4WD Adventures: Colorado by Peter Massey in Back Matter
- 4WD Trails: Southwest Colorado by Jeanne Wilson in Back Matter
- 1001 Colorado Place Names by Maxine Benson in Front Matter
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