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Overview
With listings from Abarr to Zirkel, Colorado Place Names is an indispensable guide to the Centennial State. This lively and useful dictionary of Colorado's place names, filled with fascinating legends and lore, people and events, lists nearly 2,000 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. This new edition is updated to include new counties and towns (Centennial became a real city in 2001 after existing only as a fictional community in James Michener's 1974 novel of the same name), and new research such as some new translations from the Arapahoe language.Book Details
Published
March 1, 2004
Publisher
Johnson Books
Pages
194
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781555663339