66 GAZETTEER OF COLORADO. 
Atlas sheet. 
Elk Park; station in San Juan County on Denver and Rio 
Grande Railroad ; altitude, 8,868 feet Needle Mountains 
Elkton; post village in Teller County, on the Florence and 
Cripple Creek, the Colorado Midland, and the Midland 
Terminal railroads; altitude, 9,693 feet Pikes Peak. 
Elkton; village in Gunnison County Anthracite. 
Ellicott; post village in El Paso County. 
Elliott; mountain in San Juan Mountains, Dolores County; 
altitude, 12,337 feet . _ Rie< >. 
Ellis; mountain in San Juan Mountains, Dolores County; alti- 
tude, 12,516 feet 
Elmoro; post village in Las Animas County, on the Denver 
and Rio Grande, and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe 
railroads; altitude, 5,84 1 feet Elmoro. 
El Paso; county in the east-central part of the State; bounded 
on the north by Douglas and Elbert counties, on the east by 
Elbert and Lincoln counties, on the south by Pueblo County, 
and on the west by Teller and Fremont counties. The surface 
('insists of rolling plains, traversed by railroads in the west- 
ern part, but the eastern part is sparsely settled. The area 
is 2,134 square miles, of which 4 per cent, or 62,408 acres, 
were under cultivation in 1900. The population in 1900 
was 31,602, and of Colorado Springs, the county seat, 21,085. 
In 1900 the average magnetic declination was L3° 20' east. 
The mean annual rainfall is about 15 inches, and the mean 
annual temperature 45° to 50°. 
El Paso; creek in Hinsdale County, a left-hand branch of Hen- 
son Creek, tributary to Lake Fork Gunnison River Lake City. 
El Paso; town in LI Paso County. 
Ells; creek in Logan County, a left-hand branch of Horsetail 
Creek, tributary to South Platte River. 
Eismere; town in El Paso County on Chicago, Lock Island, 
and Pacific Railway; altitude, 6,410 feet. 
Elston; mountain in Dolores County. 
Elwood; village in Rio Grande County; altitude, 11,654 feet. 
Elyria; village in Denver County; population in 1900, 1,384. 
Railroad name, Pullman. 
Emancipation; hill in Boulder County; altitude, 7,346 feet.. Boulder. 
Embargo; creek in Rio Grande County, a left-hand branch of 
Rio Grande. 
Embargo; post village in Saguache County. 
Emerald; lake in La Plata County ; altitude, 11,270 feet Needle Mountains. 
Emerson; village in Phillips County. 
Emerson, Mount; in San Juan Mountains, La Plata County; 
altitude, 13,147 feet Needle Mountains. 
Emery; peak in San Juan County Silverton. 
Emery; village in La Plata County Durango. 
Emma; post village in Pitkin County; altitude, 6,600 feet. 
Emmons, Mount; in Elk Mountains, Gunnison County; alti- 
tude, 12,414 feet Anthracite. 
Empire; gulch in Lake County, tributary to Arkansas Liver.. Leadville. 
Empire; hill in Lake County Leadville. 
