132 GAZETTEER OF COLORADO. 
Atlas sheet. 
Pinon; valley in Rio Blanco County. 
Pinos: creek, a left-hand branch of Rio Conejos, tributary to 
Rio Grande. 
Pisg-ah.: station in Teller County on Colorado Midland Rail- 
way. 
Pisgah, Mount; in Teller County; altitude, 10,322 feet Pikes Peak. 
Pitkin: comity in the west-central part of the State; bounded 
on the north by Garfield and Eagle counties, on the east 
by Sawatch Mountains, on the south by Gunnison County 
and Elk Mountains, and on the west by Mesa County. Its 
surface consists of high plateaus, which rise on the east to 
the Sawatch Range and on the south to Elk Mountains, 
forming the divide between Roaring Fork and Gunnison 
River. The area is 983 square miles, of which 2 per cent, 
or 12,583 acres, were under cultivation in 1900. The pop- 
ulation in 19(H) was 7.020; and of Aspen, the county seat, 
3,303. In 1000 the average magnetic declination was 14° 
30 / east. The mean annual rainfall is about 14 inches, and 
the mean animal temperature 40°. 
Pitkin; posl village in Gunnison County on Colorado and 
Southern Railway: population in L900, 20:'.: altitude, 9,190 
feet. 
Pittsburg-; village in < hinnison ( !ounty Anthracite. 
Placer: creek in Costilla County, a left-hand branch of Sangre 
de Cristo Creek, tributary to Trinchera River I luerfano Park. 
Placer: station in Costilla County on Denver and Rio Grande 
Railroad Huerfano Park. 
Placerville; posl village in San Miguel County on Denver 
and Rio Grande Railroad: altitude, 7,309 feet. 
Placita; station in Pitkin County on Crystal River Railroad; 
altitude, 7. 121 feet. 
Plain: village in Summit County. 
Plainview; station in Jefferson County on Denver, North- 
western and Pacific Railway Blackhawk. 
Plara, Mount; in Grand County. 
Plateau: creek in Mesa and I >elta counties, a left-hand branch 
of < .rand River. 
Plateau; creek in Montezuma County, a right-hand branch of 
Dolores River. 
Plateau; peak on White River Plateau, Rio Blanco County; 
altitude, 12.030 feet. 
Plateau; station in Douglas County on Denver and Rio 
Grande Railroad; altitude, 6,017 feet. 
Plateau City; post village in Mesa County. 
Platner; station in Washington County on Burlington and 
Missouri River Railroad; altitude, 4,443 feet. 
Platoro; village in Conejos County. 
Platte; mountain in Douglas County; altitude, 9,342 feet Platte Canyon. 
Platte Canyon; station in Douglas County on Colorado and 
Soi it hern Railway: altitude. 5,507 feet Platte Canyon. 
Platte Pulpit; summit at the east of the canyon of South 
Platte River; altitude, 8,000 feet. 
