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Colorado Altitudes

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Parent Issue
Day
1
Month
June
Year
1877
Copyright
Public Domain
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Pueblo 4,600 f eet above sea level ; Canon City, 4,700; Denver, 5,196; Trinidad, 5,800; Colorado springs, 5,975; Ouray, 6,000; Manitou, 6,124; San Luis vulley, 6,400; Pagosa springs, 6,800; Animas City, 6,850; Divide, 7,554; Saguache, 7,746; Del Norte, 7,900; FortGarland, 8,365; Poncho pass, 8,600; San Cristoval lake, Antelope park and Eureka, each 9,000; Los Pinos agency, 9,280; Sangre de Cristo pass, 9,396; Silverton, 9,400; Carr's cabin, 9,600; Howardsville, 9,700; Fair Play, 9,794; East pass, Mount Sultan, 10,460 ; Mineral Creek pass, 11,098; Animas forks, 11,200; Ute pass, the same; Mineral City, 11,500; West pass, Mount Sultan, 11,570; Cnmiinghiim pass, 12,500; Lake Fork paas, 12,540; Bear Creek pass, 12,600; Mount Engilieer, 12,974; Mount Canby, 13,274; Mount Galena, 13,292; Mount Sultan, 13,366; Broad mouutam, 13,897; Sanders" peak, 13,994; Long's peak, 14,050; Mount Lincoln, 14,183; Gray's peak, 14,251; Mount Sneffels, 14,258; Mount Wilson, 14,280; Pike's peak, 14,336; Mount Kcndall, 14,3S0; Sierra Blanca peak, 14,400; Uncomphagre mountain, 14,540. Average elevation of foot-hills, 8,000 feet; summit of the range, 11,500; timber line, 11,800 to 12,000 feet. There are cighteen peaks rising to an altitude of 14,000 feet, the highest being the Uucomphagre. -

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Michigan Argus