The following geographic names are an alphabetical listing of locations in Colorado in 1906. This page contains those geographic locations that start with the letter P.
The names appearing in parentheses at the end of the description in the following geographic listings refer to the atlas sheets published separately by the United States Geological Survey.
Packard; gulch in Gilpin County, tributary to North Clear Creek. (Central City Special)
Packers; gap in Otero County. (Timpas)
Pacona; station in Saguache County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad.
Pactolus; village in Gilpin County. (Blackhawk)
Padroni; station in Logan County on Burlington and Missouri River Railroad; altitude, 3,992 feet.
Page; creek in Routt County, a left-hand branch of South Fork Williams River.
Pagoda; peak on White Mountain Plateau, Rio Blanco County; altitude, 11,257 feet.
Pagoda; post village in Routt County; altitude, 6,500 feet.
Pagosa; peak in San Juan Mountains, Mineral County; altitude, 12,674 feet.
Pagosa Junction; post village in Archuleta County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad; altitude, 6,259 feet.
Pagosa Springs; post town and county seat of Archuleta County; population in 1900, 367; altitude, 7,095 feet.
Paine; mountain in Front Range, Clear Creek County. (Georgetown)
Paine; ridge in La Plata Mountains, La Plata County. (La Plata)
Palisades; post village in Mesa County, on the Denver and Rio Grande and the Colorado Midland railways; altitude, 4,729 feet.
Palisades, The; summits in Larimer County; altitude, 8,200 feet.
Pallas; post village in Routt County.
Palmer; lake in El Paso County.
Palmer Lake; town in El Paso County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad; population in 1900, 166; altitude, 7,224 feet. Post-office, Palmer Castle Rock.
Palmetto; gulch in San Juan County, tributary to Henson Creek. (Silverton)
Palo; station in Fremont County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad; altitude, 7,139 feet.
Pando; post village in Eagle County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad; altitude, 9,199 feet.
Pandora; village in San Miguel County; altitude, 8,995 feet. (Telluride)
Paoli; station in Phillips County on Burlington and Missouri River Railroad; altitude, 3,873 feet.
Paonia; post village in Delta County; altitude, 5,684 feet.
Papoose; creek in Dolores County, a left-hand branch of Horse Creek, tributary to East Dolores River. (Rico)
Parachute; station in Garfield County, on the Denver and Rio Grande and the Colorado Midland railways; altitude, 5,105 feet.
Paradise Basin; valley in San Juan County. (Telluride)
Paradox; post village in Montrose County.
Paradox; valley in Montrose County.
Pargin; town in La Plata County.
Park; creek in Boulder County, a right-hand branch of Cave Creek, tributary to St. Vrain Creek. (Boulder)
Park; creek in Larimer County, a left-hand branch of Cache la Poudre River.
Park; creek in Park and Mesa counties, a left-hand branch of Plateau Creek, tributary to Grand River.
Park County in the center of the State; bounded on the north by Summit and Clear Creek counties, on the east by Jefferson and Teller counties, on the south by Fremont County, and on the west by Park Range. It includes South Park, extending to the summits of the bordering ranges. Its area is 2,084 square miles, of which 3 per cent, or 40,258 acres, were under cultivation in 1000. The population in 1900 was 2,998; and of Fairplay, the county seat, 819. In 1900 the average magnetic declination was 14° 15′ east. The mean annual rainfall is about 15 inches, and the mean annual temperature about 40°.
Park: gulch in Park County, tributary to Tarryall Creek.
Park; range of mountains forming the west wall of Middle and South parks; includes a number of peaks which exceed 14,000 feet in altitude; it is cut through toward the north by Grand River in its course out of Middle Park.
Park; station in Jefferson County on Colorado and Southern Railway; altitude, 6,462 feet.
Park: station in Park County on Colorado Midland Railway; altitude, 8,740 feet.
Park; town in Teller County on Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Rail way.
Park Basin: valley in San Miguel County. (Telluride)
Park Cone: summit in Gunnison County; altitude, 12,021 feet.
Parkdale; village in Fremont County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad; altitude. 5,788 feet. (Canyon City)
Parker; post village in Douglas County on Colorado and Southern Railway; altitude, 5,861 feet. (Denver)
Park Range Forest Reserve: area 1,183 square miles.
Park View; peak in Larimer County; altitude, 12,433 feet.
Parkville; town in Saguache County.
Parlin; post village in Gunnison County, on the Denver and Rio Grande and the Colorado Midland railways; altitude, 7,942 feet.
Parma; station in Rio Grande County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad; altitude, 7,604 feet.
Parrott; peak in La Plata Mountains, La Plata County; altitude, 1,876 feet. (La Plata)
Parrott; village in La Plata County; altitude, 8,633 feet, (La Plata)
Parry; peak in Front Range, Grand County: altitude, 13,133 feet.
Parson; gulch in San Juan County, tributary to South Fork Animas River. (Silverton)
Pass; butte on boundary between Routt and Rio Blanco counties.
Pass; creek in Grand County, a right-hand branch of Muddy Creek, tributary to Grand River.
Pass; creek in Gunnison County, a right-hand branch of Ohio Creek, tributary to Gunnison River. (Anthracite)
Pass; creek in Huerfano County, a right-hand branch of Huerfano River. (Huerfano Park)
Pass; creek in Saguache County, a right-hand branch of Cochetopa Creek, tributary to Tomichi Creek.
Pass; mountain in Puma Hills; altitude, 11,200 feet.
Pasture; gulch in Montezuma County, tributary to East Dolores River Rico. Pat; canyon in Baca County, tributary to Cimarron River. (Springfield)
Patterson; hollow in Otero County, tributary to Arkansas River. (Timpas)
Pawnee; buttes in Weld County.
Pawnee; pass in Weld County.
Pawnee; post village in Morgan County.
Paymaster; town in Ouray County.
Payne; station in Delta County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad; altitude, 5,279 feet.
Peabody; station in Park County on Colorado and Southern Railway.
Peach Blow; post village in Eagle County on Colorado Midland Railway; altitude, 7,087 feet,
Pearl; creek in Eagle County, a right-hand branch of Eagle River. (Leadville)
Pearl; hill in Eagle County. (Ten mile District Special)
Pearl; mountain in Elk Mountain; on boundary between Pitkin and Gunnison counties; altitude, 13,484 feet. (Crested Butte)
Pearl; pass in Elk Mountains, between Pitkin and Gunnison counties; altitude, 12,715 feet. (Crested Butte)
Pearl; post village in Larimer County.
Peck; gulch in Boulder County, tributary to Lefthand Creek. (Boulder)
Peckham; post village in Weld County on Union Pacific Railroad; altitude, 4, 727 feet. (Greeley)
Pecks; creek in Pueblo County, a right-hand branch of Arkansas River, (Pueblo)
Peconic; station in Kit Carson County on Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway.
Pedee; creek in Clear Creek County, a left-hand branch of Bear Creek, tributary to South Platte River. (Georgetown)
Peeler; peak in Elk Mountains, Gunnison County; altitude, 12,219 feet. (Anthracite)
Peeler Basin; valley in Gunnison County. (Anthracite)
Pegasus; spring in Montezuma County; altitude, 5,650 feet.
Pels; station in Las Animas County on Colorado and Southern Railway; altitude, 7,525 feet.
Pemberton; town in Douglas County.
Pendleton; mountain in Clear Creek County. (Georgetown)
Penn Junction; station in Lake County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad; altitude, 11,132 feet.
Pennsylvania; gulch in Boulder County, tributary to Fourmile Creek. (Boulder)
Pennsylvania; hill in Park County. (Leadville)
Peoria; station in Arapahoe County on Union Pacific Railroad.
Perigo; post village in Gilpin County.
Perm; town in La Plata County.
Perrine; peak in San Juan Mountains, La Plata County. (Durango)
Perry Park; post village in Douglas County. (Castle Rock)
Peterhead; station in Jefferson County on Colorado and Southern Railway.
Petersburg; post village in Arapahoe County on Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway; altitude, 5,307 feet. (Denver)
Peterson; canyon in Pueblo County, tributary to Mustang Creek. (Apishapa)
Pewabic; mountain in Clear Creek County. (Idaho Springs Special)
Peyton; post village in Elbert County on Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway; altitude, 6,789 feet.
Phelps; canyon in Las Animas County, tributary to Purgatory River. (Spanish Peaks)
Phillips County in the northeastern part of the State; bounded on the north by Sedgwick County, on the east by Nebraska, on the south by Yuma County, and on the west by Logan County. The surface is a rolling plain, traversed east and west by the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad. The area is 677 square miles, of which 5 per cent, or 20,028 acres, were under cultivation in 1900. The population in 1900 was 1,583; and of Holyoke, the county seat, 451. In 1900 the average magnetic declination was 13° 20′ east. The mean annual rainfall is about 14 inches, and the mean annual temperature 50° to 55°.
Picayune; gulch, in San Juan County, tributary to Animas River. (Silverton)
Piceance; creek in Rio Blanco County, a left-hand branch of White River.
Piceance; post village in Rio Blanco County on Colorado Midland Railway.
Pictou; post village in Huerfano County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. (Walsenburg)
Piedmont; station in Ouray County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad; altitude, 7,099 feet.
Piedmont Junction; station on Colorado and Wyoming Railway; altitude, 6,290 feet.
Piedra; creek in Rio Grande County, a right-hand branch of Rio Grande.
Piedra: post village in Archuleta County; altitude, 6,520 feet.
Piedra Parada; summit in Archuleta County; altitude, 8,200 feet.
Piedra Pintada; small creek in Rio Grande County, flowing into a sink.
Pieplant; post village in Gunnison County.
Pierce; gulch in Pueblo County, tributary to Beaver Creek. (Pueblo)
Pierce; post village in Weld County on Union Pacific Railroad; altitude, 5,034 feet.
Pierson Basin; valley in Ouray County. (Silverton)
Pigeon; peak in San Juan Mountains, La Plata County; altitude, 13,961 feet. (Needle Mountains)
Pikes: peak in Front Range, El Paso County, ascended by Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway; altitude, 14,107 feet. (Pikes Peak)
Pikes Peak Forest Reserve; area, 2,627 square miles.
Pikeview; post village in El Paso County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad; altitude, 6,185 feet.
Pikeville; station in El Paso County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. (Colorado Springs)
Pilot; town in Cheyenne County.
Pilot Knob; summit in San Juan Mountains on boundary between San Juan and San Miguel counties; altitude, 13,750 feet. (Telluride)
Pine; creek in Douglas County, a left-hand branch of South Cherry Creek, tributary to Cherry Creek. (Denver)
Pine; creek in Fremont County, a right-hand branch of Arkansas River Canyon City.
Pine; creek in Montezuma County, a left-hand branch of Lost Canyon Creek, tributary to Dolores River. (Rico)
Pine; creek in Pitkin County, a left-hand branch of Castle Creek, tributary to Roaring Fork. (Aspen)
Pine; post village in Jefferson County. Railroad name, Pine Grove.
Pine Creek; station in Chaffee County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad; altitude, 8,645 feet.
Pine Creek; station in Lake County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad.
Pine Grove; station in Jefferson County on Colorado and Southern Railway; altitude, 6,749 feet. Post-office, Pine. (Platte Canyon)
Pine Ridge; station in La Plata County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad; altitude, 7,255 feet.
Pine River; village in La Plata County; altitude, 7,034 feet. Pinewood; post village in Larimer County.
Piney; creek in Eagle County, a right-hand branch of Eagle River. (Leadville)
Piney; river in Eagle County, a left-hand branch of Grand River.
Pinkerton Hot; springs in La Plata County. (Durango)
Pinkham; creek in Larimer County, a right-hand branch of North Platte River.
Pinkhampton; village in Larimer County; altitude, 8,000 feet.
Pinnacle; post village in Routt County.
Pinnacle Park; station in Teller County on Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway.
Pinneo; station in Washington County on Burlington and Missouri River Railroad; altitude, 4,376 feet.
Piñon; canyon in Los Animas County, tributary to Purgatory River. (Higbee)
Piñon; mesa in Montezuma County; altitude, 6,269 feet.
Piñon; post village in Montrose County.
Piñon; ridge in Danforth Hills, Routt County.
Piñon; station in Pueblo County, on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, the Colorado and Southern, and the Denver and Rio Grande railroads; altitude, 5,026 feet. Post-office. Dawkins.
Piñon; valley in Rio Blanco County.
Piñon: creek, a left-hand branch of Rio Conejos, tributary to Rio Grande.
Pisgah: station in Teller County on Colorado Midland Railway.
Pisgah, Mount; in Teller County; altitude, 10,322 feet. (Pikes Peak)
Pitkin County in the west-central part of the State; bounded on the north by Garfield and Eagle counties, on the east by Sawatch Mountains, on the south by Gunnison County and Elk Mountains, and on the west by Mesa County. Its surface consists of high plateaus, which rise on the east to the Sawatch Range and on the south to Elk Mountains, forming the divide between Roaring Fork and Gunnison River. The area is 983 square miles, of which 2 per cent, or 12,583 acres, were under cultivation in 1900. The population in 1900 was 7,020; and of Aspen, the county seat, 3,303. In 1900 the average magnetic declination was 14° 30′ east. The mean annual rainfall is about 14 inches, and the mean animal temperature 40°.
Pitkin; post village in Gunnison County on Colorado and Southern Railway: population in 1900, 203, altitude, 9,190 feet.
Pittsburg; village in Gunnison (County. (Anthracite)
Placer: creek in Costilla County, a left-hand branch of Sangre de Cristo Creek, tributary to Trinchera River. (Huerfano Park)
Placer: station in Costilla County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. (Huerfano Park)
Placerville; post village in San Miguel County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad: altitude, 7,309 feet.
Placita; station in Pitkin County on Crystal River Railroad; altitude, 7. 121 feet.
Plain: village in Summit County.
Plainview; station in Jefferson County on Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway. (Blackhawk)
Plara Mount; in Grand County.
Plateau: creek in Mesa and Delta counties, a left-hand branch of Grand River.
Plateau; creek in Montezuma County, a right-hand branch of Dolores River.
Plateau; peak on White River Plateau, Rio Blanco County; altitude, 12.030 feet.
Plateau; station in Douglas County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad; altitude, 6,017 feet.
Plateau City; post village in Mesa County.
Platner; station in Washington County on Burlington and Missouri River Railroad; altitude, 4,443 feet.
Platoro; village in Conejos County.
Platte; mountain in Douglas County; altitude, 9,342 feet. (Platte Canyon)
Platte Canyon; station in Douglas County on Colorado and Southern Railway: altitude. 5,507 feet. (Platte Canyon)
Platte Pulpit; summit at the east of the canyon of South Platte River; altitude, 8,000 feet.
Platte River; mountain in Front Range, forming the south wall of the canyon of North Fork South Platte River.
Platte River; station in Park County on Colorado and Southern Railway.
Platteville; post town in Weld County on Union Pacific Railroad; population in 1900, 263; altitude, 4,820 feet, (Greeley)
Pleasant, valley in Gilpin County. (Idaho Springs Special)
Pleasant; narrow valley on Arkansas River, between Sangre de Cristo Range and Arkansas Hills.
Pleasanton; station in Fremont County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad; altitude, 6,469 feet. Post-office, Coaldale.
Pleasant Valley; village in Ouray County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad; altitude, 6,271 feet.
Plum; canyon in Las Animas County, tributary to Purgatory River. (Mesa de Maya)
Plum; creek in Douglas County, a right-hand branch of South Platte River, heading in East and West Plum creeks. (Castle Rock)
Plum; creek in Prowers County, a right-hand branch of Arkansas River. (Albany)
Plumb; station in Boulder County on Burlington and Missouri River Railroad; altitude 4,943 feet.
Plumer; town in Ouray County.
Plymouth; village in Baca County. (Vilas)
Pocahontas; station in Garfield County on Colorado Midland Railway; altitude, 7,213 feet.
Pocono; station in Saguache County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad; altitude, 10,306 feet.
Point Kara; hill in Phillips County.
Point Lookout; summit in Gunnison County. (Crested Butte)
Point Lookout; summit in Montezuma County; altitude, 8,439 feet,
Point Sublime; station in El Paso County on Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway. Post-office, Sublime.
Poison; canyon in Huerfano County, tributary to Huerfano River. (Huerfano Park)
Poison; creek in Eagle County, a right-hand branch of Grand River.
Poison Spring; gulch in Montrose and Delta counties, tributary to Smith Fork.
Poitrey; canyon in Las Animas County, tributary to Purgatory River. (Mesa de Maya)
Pole; creek in Grand County, a left-hand branch of Frazer River, tributary to Grand River.
Pole; creek in Hinsdale County, a left-hand branch of Henson Creek, tributary to Lake Fork Gunnison River. (Lake City)
Pole; creek in La Plata County, a left-hand branch of Canyon Creek, tributary to Animas River. (Needle Mountains)
Pole Creek; mountain in Hinsdale County; altitude, 13,400 feet.
Pollocks; village in Larimer County; altitude, 5,329 feet.
Poncha; pass between the south end of Sa watch Range and the north end of Sangre de Cristo Range, connecting Arkansas Valley with the north end of San Luis Valley; altitude, 9,049 feet.
Poncha Junction; station in Chaffee County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad; altitude, 7,471 feet. Post-office, Poncha Springs.
Poncha Pass; station in pass of same name in Saguache County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad; altitude, 9,049 feet.
Poncha Springs; post town in Chaffee County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad; population in 1900, 97; altitude, 7,480 feet. Railroad name, Poncha Junction.
Pond; creek in El Paso and Lincoln counties, a right-hand branch of Horse Creek, tributary to Arkansas River. (Sanborn, Catlin, Big Springs)
Pony; creek in Larimer County, a tributary to North Platte River.
Pony; creek in Routt County, a left-hand branch of Chimney Creek, tributary to Bear Creek.
Pony; gulch in Teller County, tributary to Oil Creek Pikes Peak. Pomeroy; mountain in Chaffee County.
Pool; creek in Routt County, a left-hand branch of Yampa River.
Pool; post village in Routt County.
Popes Nose; summit in Saguache County; altitude, 12,274 feet.
Porcupine; creek in Garfield County, a left-hand branch of Grand River.
Porcupine; gulch in San Juan County, tributary to Animas River. (Silverton)
Porcupine; hill in Clear Creek County. (Georgetown)
Porphyry; gulch in San Juan County, tributary to Mineral Creek. (Silverton)
Porphyry; mountain in Boulder County; altitude. 8,330 feet. (Boulder)
Porphyry; mountain in Eagle County.
Porphyry Basin; valley in Hinsdale County. (Ouray)
Porter; post village in La Plata County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad; altitude, 7,012 feet.
Portland; creek in Ouray County, a right-hand branch of Uncompahgre River. (Ouray)
Portland; post village in Fremont County on Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway; population in 1900, 69; altitude, 7,260 feet. (Ouray)
Portland; station in Teller County, on the Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District, the Midland Terminal, and the Florence and Cripple Creek railroads.
Poso; station in Las Animas County on Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway; altitude, 5,608 feet.
Potato; butte in Las Animas County. (Mount Carrizo)
Potato; gulch in Boulder County, tributary to Fourmile Creek. (Boulder)
Potato; hill in San Juan County; altitude, 11,866 feet. (Engineer Mountain)
Pot Hole; valley in Rio Blanco County.
Potosi; peak in San Juan Mountains, Ouray County; altitude, 13,763 feet. (Silverton)
Potter; creek in Montrose County, a left-hand branch of Gunnison River.
Poughkeepsie; gulch in San Juan County, tributary to Uncompahgre River. (Silverton)
Poverty; gulch in Gunnison County, tributary to Slate River. (Anthracite)
Poverty; gulch in San Miguel County, tributary to East Dolores River. (Telluride)
Poverty; gulch in Teller County. (Cripple Creek Special)
Powder; station in Pitkin County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad.
Powderhorn; post village in Gunnison County; altitude, 7,970 feet.
Powell; arroyo in Pueblo County, east of Apishapa River. (Apishapa)
Powell; station in Logan County on Union Pacific Railroad.
Powell; village in Las Animas County. (Spanish Peaks)
Powell, Mount; in Park Range, Summit County; altitude, 13,398 feet.
Powell Park; valley in Rio Blanco and Routt counties on White River; altitude, 6,000 feet.
Power; station in San Juan County on Silverton and Northern Railroad.
Powers; town in Dolores County.
Price; village in Archuleta County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad.
Priest; gulch in Montezuma County, tributary to East Dolores River. (Rico)
Primero; post village in Las Animas County on Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway; altitude, 6,903 feet.
Primero Junction; station in Las Animas County on Colorado and Wyoming Railway; altitude, 6,654 feet.
Prince Reservoir; artificial lake in Kiowa County; altitude, 3,850 feet. (Lamar)
Princeton; station in Chaffee County on Colorado Midland Railway; altitude, 8,249 feet.
Princeton, Mount; in Sawatch Range, Chaffee County; altitude, 14,196 feet.
Pring; station in El Paso County on Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway; altitude, 6,780 feet.
Proctor; station in Logan County on Union Pacific Railroad.
Promontory; plateau in Routt County.
Prospect; creek in San Miguel County, a left-hand branch of San Miguel River. (Telluride)
Prospect; gulch in San Juan County, tributary to Cement Creek. (Silverton)
Prospect; hill in Phillips County; altitude, 8,893 feet.
Prospect; hill in Weld County. (Greeley)
Prospect; mountain in Lake County; altitude, 12,618 feet. (Leadville)
Prospect; peak in Conejos County; altitude, 9,837 feet.
Prospect Point; summit in Gunnison County. (Anthracite)
Prosser; gulch in Gilpin County, tributary to North Clear Creek. (Central City Special)
Providence; town in Gunnison County.
Prowers County in the southeastern part of the State; bounded on the north by Kiowa County, on the east by Kansas, on the south by Baca County, and on the west by Bent County. Its surface consists of rolling plains and is traversed east and west by Arkansas River, and by Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. The area is 1,602 square miles, of which 5 per cent, or 58,172 acres, were under cultivation in 1900. The population in 1900 was 3,766; and of Lamar, the county seat, 987. In 1900 the average magnetic declination was 12° 20′ east. The mean annual rainfall is about 15 inches, and the mean annual temperature 50° to 55°.
Prowers; post village in Bent County on Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway; altitude; 3,678 feet. (Lamar)
Pruden; village in Saguache County.
Pryor; post village in Huerfano County on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad.
Ptarmigan; hill in Eagle County; altitude, 12,174 feet. (Tenmile District Special)
Ptarmigan; peak in Park Range, between Park and Lake Counties; altitude. 13,746 feet. (Leadville)
Pueblo County in the southeastern portion of the State; bounded on the north by El Paso County, on the east by Otero County, on the south by Huerfano and Las Animas counties, and on the west by Fremont and Custer counties. The surface consists of rolling plains traversed east and west by Arkansas River and by Missouri Pacific Railway, and north and south by the Colorado and Southern and the Denver and Rio Grande railroads. The area is 2,447 square miles, of which nearly 3 per cent, or 40,821 acres, were under cultivation in 1900. The population in 1900 was 34,448; and of Pueblo, the county seat, 28,157. In 1900 the average magnetic declination was 13° 10′ east. The mean annual rainfall is about 12 inches, and the mean annual temperature 40° to 50°.
Pueblo; county seat of Pueblo County, entered by five railroads. It lies on both sides of Arkansas River, and has many smelters; altitude, 4,675 feet Pueblo.
Pueblo Junction; station in Pueblo County, on the Atchison,. Topeka and Santa Fe, and the Colorado and Southern railways; altitude, 4,669 feet.
Pullen; village in Larimer County.
Pullman; station in Denver County on Union Pacific Railroad; altitude, 5,193 feet, Post-office, Elyria.
Pultney; station in Pueblo County on Missouri Pacific Railway; altitude, 4,381 feet.
Puma; hills in Park County, a part of Tarryall Mountains. Pumpkin; hollow in Pueblo County, tributary to Turkey Creek. (Pueblo)
Puncha; creek, a right-hand branch of South Arkansas River, tributary to Arkansas River.
Punch Bowl; summit in Fremont County.
Purgatory; peak in Sangre de Cristo Range, Las Animas Comity; altitude, 13,749 feet.
Purgatory; river, a right-hand branch of Arkansas River, heading in Sangre de Cristo Range, near the southern boundary of the State, flowing in a general northeasterly course to its mouth near Las Animas.
Purple; peak in Elk Mountains, Gunnison County.
Putnam Basin; valley in San Juan County.
Puzzle; station in Summit County on Colorado and Southern Railway.
Puzzler; station in Boulder County on Colorado and Northwestern Railroad; altitude, 8,699 feet.
Pyke; town in Saguache County.
Pyramid; peak in Elk Mountains, Pitkin County; altitude, 13,885 feet.
Pyramid; post village in Rio Blanco County.
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Source
Gannett, Henry, United States Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey of Colorado, Charles D. Walcott. Director, Washington, Government Printing Office, 1906.