Bayou mucho salade?

Brief by Central Staff

Geography – August 2006 – Colorado Central Magazine

Bayou mucho salade?

This South Park real-estate ad caught our eyes, since we’d never heard of “Bayou Salida” (Marsh Exit?), and we suspect they meant “Bayou Salado,” an old name for South Park.

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Mt. Cosgriff christened

Brief by Central Staff

Geography – November 2003 – Colorado Central Magazine

Mt. Cosgriff should be somewhere in this picture, since 14,433-foot Mt. Elbert is on the right. But we’re not sure which peak is Cosgriff.

In July, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names approved designation of a subpeak of Elbert, highest summit in all 3,000 miles of Rocky Mountains, as Mount Cosgriff, to honor long-time Leadville lawyer Peter Cosgriff.

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