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Subject	All the mountains of Colorado are included in the vast chain of the
Title	Western History Subject Index
Description	All the mountains of Colorado are included in the vast chain of the Rockies which stretches into Canada. This range was namvd the "Stony Mountains"' or "Rocky Mountains"' before the time of Lewis and Clark. President Jefferson, in his instructions to them, used the term "Stony Mountains." They, however, chose the name "Rocky Mountains". Other names which have been suggested are "Columbians" and "Chippewayan " ` Mountains. 2Arrowsmith's map 1775. 'Arrowsmiths map 1802. _4J^ D._ Whitney, "Names, and Places" (1888), privately printed. 14 aaM, f t '`h
Format-Medium	Index
Abbreviations	http://digital.denverlibrary.org/cdm/whsi/