1001 Colorado Place Names

by Maxine Benson

Book Overview

When it came to labeling cities, towns, counties, crossroads, mining camps, rivers, forests, peaks, and passes, Colorado place namers looked to an array of sources for ideas. Many simply memorialized themselves and their families--Florence, Howard, Lulu City, Dacono (Daisy, Cora, and Nora combined)--or more well-known honorees--Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Kit Carson, Montezuma, Ouray. Some paid homage to explorers, war heroes, politicians, railroad...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700606335
• ISBN13: 9780700606337
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 8.6"