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The Colorado Experiment Station 
State. Nature has done much in giving to this western coun¬ 
try such grand and beautiful scenery as may be found through¬ 
out the Rocky Mountain region, and in Estes Park may be 
found one of the most pleasant resorts in the State. 
During the winter the snowfall was not always melted; in 
those cases ten inches of snowfall has been taken as the equiva¬ 
lent of one inch of water. In some cases at the College small 
amounts, when the weather was very cold, often take nearer 
14 or 15 inches of snow to be equivalent to one inch of water. 
COWDREY, NORTH PARK 
In 1891 Miss Lucy Bell began taking observations at what 
was then Pinkhampton, but was soon succeeded by Mr. George 
A. Barnes, and records have been kept by him at the same 
place, continuously since that time until 1911, although the 
post office now used is Cowdrey. 
The temperature seems to be a little colder than formerly, 
and the extrement temperature of December, 1910, given as— 
56, seems to indicate that possibly the thermometer is not alto¬ 
gether reliable at that extreme temperature. The thermom¬ 
eter at Kremmling on that same morning registered—44 de¬ 
grees. During the winters the snowfall is measured but not 
melted. In the computations ten inches of snowfall have been 
used as an equivalent of one inch of water, although during 
some of the cold weather when the snowfall was light, this 
would be rather more than the actual amount. 
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE AVORK AT THE COLEEGE 
The Agricultural College has shown an active interest in 
meteorology from its very inception, and has maintained rec¬ 
ords since the opening of the institution. The work in this 
line was begun by Hon. E. J. Annis, then Professor of Chem¬ 
istry, and kept up by him until he resigned his work as a pro¬ 
fessor at the College. The observations were then continued 
under Professor C. F. Davis and later by Professor A. E. 
Blount. These records are not all complete; but much credit 
is due these professors, pressed as they were with so many 
other duties, for having begun and carried on the observations 
under such difficulties. The rainfall records for the years 
1873-74 were furnished by Mr. P. Q. Tenney, who, even at that 
early date, took an active interest in our climate. 
In 1886 the work was put in the able hands of Dr. Elwood 
Mead, then a professor in the College, and since January, 1887, 
the records are fairly complete. Upon the resignation of Dr. 
