Colorado Gazetteer T Gulch ~ Tomah Station
Colorado is situated about midway the
country north and south, and about two thirds of the distance
from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast. On the north are Wyoming
and Nebraska, on the east Nebraska and Kansas, on the south New
Mexico, and Utah on the west. The State is a quadrilateral in
shape, its north and south boundaries being respectively the
forty-first and thirty-seventh parallels of latitude.
T; gulch in Hinsdale County, tributary
to Henson Creek. (Lake City)
Tabequatche; creek in Montrose County, a right-hand branch of
San Miguel River.
Tabernash; post village in Grand County.
Table; mesa in Boulder County Niwot.
Table; mountain in Boulder County; altitude, 5,385 feet. (Niwot)
Table; mountain in Larimer County.
Table Rock; village in Douglas County. (Castle Rock)
Tack; mountain in Summit County.
Taclamur; post village in Fremont County.
Talamantes; creek in Routt County, a right-hand branch of
Vermilion Creek, tributary to Green River.
Talian; station in Archuleta County on Denver and Rio Grande
Railroad.
Tallahassee; creek in Fremont County, a left-hand branch of
Arkansas River. (Pikes Peak, Canyon City)
Talpa; post village in Huerfano County.
Tampa; station in Weld County on Burlington and Missouri River
Railroad.
Tank; creek in La Plata County, a left-hand branch of Animas
River. (Needle Mountains, Engineer Mountain)
Tank; peak in Routt County; altitude, 8,929 feet.
Tarryall; creek in Park County, a left-hand branch of South
Platte River. (Platte Canyon)
Tarryall; mountains of Front Range separating Tarryall Creek
from other branches of South Platte River. (Platte Canyon)
Tarryall; pass in Park County; altitude, 12,466 feet.
Tarryall; peak in Tarryall Range, in Park County; altitude,
11,800 feet. (Platte Canyon)
Tarryall; post village in Park County; altitude, 10,254 feet.
Taylor; creek in Custer County, a left-hand branch of Grape
Creek, tributary to Arkansas River.
Taylor; creek in Montezuma County, a right-hand branch of
Dolores River. (La Plata)
Taylor; creek in Rio Blanco County, a left-hand branch of
Piceance Creek, tributary to White River.
Taylor; mountain in Boulder County; altitude, 9,134 feet
Boulder. Taylor; pass in Gunnison County. (Crested Butte)
Taylor; peak in Sawtooth Range on boundary between Gunnison and
Pitkin counties; attitude, 11,410 feet. (Crested Butte)
Taylor; river in Gunnison County, a right-hand branch of
Gunnison River. (Crested Butte)
Taylor; station in Pueblo County, on Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fe Railway; altitude; 4,854 feet.
Taylor Creek; station in Eagle County on Colorado Midland
Railway.
Taylor Park; valley in Gunnison County.
Taylor River; station in Gunnison County on Denver and Rio
Grande Railroad.
Teachout; station in Gunnison County on Colorado and Southern
Railway: altitude, 8,027 feet.
Tecalote; creek in Las Animas County, a left-hand branch of West
Carrizo Creek, tributary to Cimarron River. (Mount Carrizo)
Telescope; mountain in Dolores County; altitude, 12,231 feet.
(Rico)
Teller County near the center of the state;
bounded on the north by Douglas County, on the east by El Paso
County, on the south by Fremont County, and on the west by Park
County. Its surface includes high, mountainous territory at the
heads of Fountain Creek and other branches of Arkansas River.
Its area is 551 square miles, of which nearly 2 per cent, or
4,685 acres, were under cultivation in 1900. The population in
1900 was 29,002; and of Cripple Creek, the county seat. 10,147.
The mean annual rainfall is about 14 inches, and the mean annual
temperature 10° to 45°.
Teller; lake in Boulder County. (Niwot)
Teller; post village in Mineral County.
Teller; village in Larimer County.
Telluride; county seat of San Miguel County on Denver and Rio
Grande Railroad; population in 1900, 2,446; altitude, 6,744
feet. (Telluride)
Telluride; peak in San Juan Mountains, San Miguel County.
(Telluride)
Tenderfoot; creek in Montezuma County, a right-hand branch of
East Dolores River. (Rico)
Tenderfoot; hill in Teller County. (Cripple Creek Special)
Tenmile; creek in San Juan County, a left-hand branch of Animas
River. (Needle Mountains)
Tenmile; creek in Summit County, tributary to Blue River;
discharge near Kokomo, March 6 to November 20, 1904, 70,870
acre-feet. (Leadville)
Tenmile; peak in Park Range, Summit County; altitude, 12,800
feet.
Tenmile; station in Summit County on Denver and Rio Grande
Railroad.
Tennessee; pass at head of Eagle and Arkansas rivers; altitude,
10,229 feet.
Tennessee Colony; village in Weld County.
Tennessee Fork; in Lake County, a right-hand branch of Arkansas
River. (Leadville)
Tennessee Pass; station at summit of pass of same name, between
Eagle and Lake counties, on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Leadville.
Teocalli; mountain in Gunnison County; altitude, 13,220 feet.
(Crested Butte)
Tercio; post village in Las Animas County on Colorado and
Wyoming Railway; altitude, 7,819 feet.
Terrace; village in Conejos County.
Terrible; creek in Routt County, a left-hand branch of Bear
River, tributary to Yampa River.
Terry; lake in Boulder County. (Niwot)
Texas; creek in Fremont and Custer counties, a right-hand branch
of Arkansas River.
Texas; creek in Gunnison County, a right-hand branch of Taylor
River.
Texas Creek; post village in Fremont County on Denver and Rio
Grande Railroad; altitude, 6,198 feet.
Texas Mill; village in Fremont County. (Cripple Creek Special)
Thatcher; post village in Las Animas County on Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe Railway; altitude, 5,408 feet. (Apishapa)
The Hook; station in La Plata County on Denver and Rio Grande
Railroad; altitude, 8,138 feet.
Third; creek in Adams County, a right-hand branch of South
Platte River Denver.
Thirteenmile; creek in Rio Blanco County, a right-hand branch of
Piceance Creek, tributary to White River.
Thirty-ninemile; mountain in Park County; altitude, 11,000 feet.
Thirty-onemile; creek in Park County, a right-hand branch of
Currant Creek, tributary to Arkansas River.
Thomasville; post village in Pitkin County on Colorado Midland
Railway; altitude, 7,968 feet.
Thompson; creek in Weld County, a left-hand branch of South
Platte River. (Greeley)
Thompson; gulch in Lake County, tributary to Arkansas River.
(Leadville)
Thompson Park; valley in La Plata County; altitude, 7, 370 feet.
Thornburg; post village in Rio Blanco County.
Thornton; station in Mineral County on Denver and Rio Grande
Railroad.
Three; buttes in Phillips County.
Threemile; creek in Park County, a right-hand branch of South
Platte River.
Three Needles; summits in San Miguel County. (Telluride)
Thunder; butte in Douglas County; altitude, 9,779 feet. (Platte
Canyon)
Thunder; mountain in La Plata County. (Needle Mountains)
Thurman; post village in Washington County.
Tiger; gulch in San Juan County, tributary to Cement Creek.
(Silverton)
Tijeras; village in Las Animas County. (Spanish Peaks)
Tile; station in Fremont County on Denver and Rio Grande
Railroad.
Tilton; mountain in Elk Mountains, Gunnison County; altitude, 1
2,633 feet. (Crested Butte)
Timber; canyon in Las Animas County, tributary to Purgatory
River. (Spanish Peaks)
Timnath; post village in Larimer County; altitude, 4,878 feet.
Timpas; creek in Otero County, a right-hand branch of Arkansas
River. (Catlin, Timpas)
Timpas; post village in Otero County; altitude, 4,417 feet.
Tin Cup; post village in Gunnison County; population in 1900,
64.
Tinley; canyon in Las Animas County, tributary to Purgatory
River. (Spanish Reaks)
Tioga; village in Huerfano County. (Walsenburg)
Tip Top; station in Elbert County on Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific Railway; altitude, 6,887 feet.
Tirbircio; creek in La Plata County, a left-hand branch of La
Plata River. (La Plata)
Tob; arroyo in Las Animas County, a right-hand branch of
Chaquaqua Creek, tributary to Purgatory River Mesa de Maya.
Tobasco; post village in Las Animas County on Colorado and
Southern Railway.
Tobe; canyon in Las Animas County, tributary to Purgatory River.
(Mesa de Maya)
Todd; gulch in Boulder County, tributary to Fourmile Creek.
(Boulder)
Todd Point; end of plateau in Otero County; altitude, 4,627
feet. (Catlin)
Tolland; post village in Gilpin County, on Denver, Northwestern
and Pacific Railway.
Toltec; station near south line of Conejos County on Denver and
Rio Grande Railroad; altitude, 9,965 feet.
Toltec Gorge; station in Conejos County on Denver and Rio Grande
Railroad.
Toll Gate; creek in Arapahoe County, a left-hand branch of South
Platte River. (Denver)
Toluca; station in Douglas County on Denver and Rio Grande
Railroad; altitude, 5,663 feet.
Tomah; station in Douglas County, on Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fe Railroad; altitude, 6,436 feet.
Source: United States Geological Survey,
by Henry Gannett, Department of the Interior, United States
Geological Survey of Colorado, Charles D. Walcott. Director,
Washington, Government Printing Office, 1906.
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