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The following guides will help you locate place names in Colorado:

Gannett, Henry. A Gazetteer of Colorado. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1906. (Family History Library book 978.8 E5g; film 962327 item 2.)

Dallas, Sandra. Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1985. (Family History Library book 978.8 H2d; film 1698299 item 7.)

Eichler, George R. Colorado Place Names: Communities, Counties, Peaks, Passes. . . . Boulder, Colorado: Johnson Publishing, 1980. (Family History Library book 978.8 E2e.)

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