100 GAZETTEER OF COLORADO. 
Atlas sheet. 
Lamborn; station in Kit Carson County, on Chicago, Rock ■ 
Island and Pacific Railway. 
Lamborn, Mount; in Elk Mountains, Montrose County; alti- 
tude, 11,337 feet. 
Lanark; village in Saguache County. 
Landsend; peak in Elk Mountains, Montrose County; alti- 
tude, 10,634 feet. 
Landslide; mountain in Grand County. 
Landslip ; mountain in Dolores County Rico. 
Landsman; hill in Cheyenne County; altitude, 4,642 feet Kit Carson. 
Landsman; post village in Yuma County. 
Lang-dell; station in Boulder County on Colorado and North- 
western Railroad. 
Lang-ford; station in Boulder County on Colorado and South- 
ern Railway. 
Lannons; station in Pueblo County on Denver and Rio 
Grande Railroad. 
Lansing-; post village in Yuma County. 
Lapis; station in Chaffee County on Denver and Rio Grande 
Railroad. 
La Plata; county in the southwestern part of the State; 
bounded on the north by San Juan County, on the east by 
Hinsdale and Archuleta counties, on the south by New 
Mexico, and on the west by Montezuma County. The 
northern part of the county is mountainous, consisting of 
a part of San Juan Mountains. The remainder is made up 
of long spurs from these mountains extending southward. 
The area is 1,848 square miles, of which 1 per cent, or 
14,491 acres, were under cultivation in 11)00. The popula- 
tion in 1900 was 7,016; and of Durango, the county scat, 
3,317. In 1900 the average magnetic declination was 13° 30 / 
east. The mean annual rainfall is about 16 inches, and the 
mean annual temperature 50° to 55°. 
La Plata; mountains funning the southwestern part of San 
Juan Mountains, in the southwestern part of the State La Plata. 
La Plata; peak in Sawatch Range, Chaffee County; altitude, 
14,342 feet Leadville. 
La Plata; post village in La Plata County La Plata. 
La Plata; river in Colorado and New Mexico, a branch of San 
Juan River, heading in La Plata Mountains, and flowing 
southward to its mouth near Farmington, New Mex La Plata. 
La Plata Junction; station in La Plata County on Denver and 
Rio Grande Railroad. 
La Porte; post village in Larimer County; altitude, 5,069 feet. 
Laramie; lake in Larimer County. 
Laramie; river in Larimer County, a right-hand branch of 
North Platte River, heading in Front Range and flowing 
north and then northeast into Wyoming. 
Larimer; county in the extreme northern part of the State; 
bounded on the north by Wyoming, on the east by Weld 
County, on the south by Grand and Boulder counties, and 
on the west by the summit of Park Range. The eastern 
part consists of rolling plains, while the central part is trav- 
