GAZETTEER OF COLORADO. 117 
Atlas sheet. 
Modoc; station in Teller County on Florence and Cripple 
Creek Railroad. 
Moffat; post village in Saguache County on Denver and Rio 
Grande Railroad; altitude, 7,568 feet. 
Molas; lake in San Juan County; altitude, 10,488 feet Needle Mountains. 
Monarch; pass between Gunnison and Chaffee counties. 
Monarch; station in Chaffee County on Denver and Rio 
Grande Railroad; altitude, 10,018 feet. 
Monitor; creek in Montrose County, a left-hand branch of 
Gunnison River. 
Monitor; peak in San Juan Mountains, La Plata County; alti- 
tude, 13,703 feet '. Needle Mountains. 
Monon; post village in Baca County. 
Monsoit; station on Colorado and Southern Railway; altitude, 
6,400 feet. 
Monson; station in Huerfano County on Colorado and South- 
ern Railway. 
Mont Alto Park; station in Boulder County on Colorado and 
Northwestern Railroad Boulder. 
Montclair; post town in Denver County; population in 1900, 
415. 
Monte; station in Lake County on Denver and Rio Grande 
Railroad. 
Montelores; station in Montezuma County on Denver and Rio 
Grande Railroad; altitude, 8,442 feet Rico. 
Monte Vista; post village in Rio Grande County on Denver 
and Rio Grande Railroad; population in 1900, 556; altitude, 
7,653 feet. 
Montezuma; southwestern county of the State; bounded on 
the north by Dolores County, on the east by La Plata 
County, on the south by New Mexico, and on the west by 
Utah. It consists almost entirely of plateaus, spurs, and 
and narrow canyons, and includes the Ute Indian Reserva- 
tion. The area of the county is 2,113 square miles, of 
which 1 per cent, or 15,204 acres, were under cultivation in 
1900. The population in 1900 was 3,058; and of Cortez, 
the county seat, 125. In 1900 the average magnetic decli- 
nation was 13° 20 / east. The mean annual rainfall is about 
15 inches, and the mean annual temperature 50° to 55°. 
Montezuma; post village in Summit County; population in 
1900, 40; altitude, 10,295 feet. 
Hontezuma; valley in Montezuma County. 
YEontezuma Forest Reserve; area, 901 square miles. 
Hontrose; county in the western part of the State; bounded 
on the north by Mesa and Delta counties, on the east by 
Gunnison and Ouray counties, on the south by San Miguel 
and Ouray counties, and on the west by Utah. The eastern 
part includes plains in the valley of Gunnison River and 
also the broad and fertile valley of the Uncompahgre, from 
which rises Uncompahgre Plateau, while to the west the 
land drops to lower plains, through which Dolores and San 
Miguel rivers have cut valleys. The area is 2,290 square 
miles, of which 2 per cent, or 36,884 acres, were under cul- 
