A Compendium Of Curious Colorado Place Names

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A Compendium of Curious Colorado Place Names

A Compendium of Curious Colorado Place Names
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Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages : 191
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ISBN-10 : 9781439658734
ISBN-13 : 1439658730
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Book Synopsis A Compendium of Curious Colorado Place Names by : Jim Flynn

Download or read book A Compendium of Curious Colorado Place Names written by Jim Flynn and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The origins of Colorado place names offer insightful glimpses into the state's formative years. Emanuel Saltiel named his new community along the Arkansas River Cotopaxi, after a volcano in Ecuador. Rifle Creek and the town of Rifle earned their names thanks to a rifle left behind along the banks of the creek. Optimistic miners mistakenly believed Tarryall had an abundance of gold and thus named it as a place where prospectors could mine and tarry. And despite attempts by government officials to rename a small community along the I-70 corridor in western Colorado, locals refused to call it anything other than No Name. Learn these stories and more as author Jim Flynn unravels the intriguing origins of Centennial State place names.


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