136 GAZETTEER OF COLORADO. 
Atlas sheet. 
Prosser; gulch in Gilpin County, tributary to North ClearCreek. Central City Special. 
Providence; town in Gunnison County. 
Prowers; county in the southeastern part of the State; bounded 
on the north by Kiowa County, on the east by Kansas, on 
the south by Baca County, and on the west by Bent County. 
Its surface consists of rolling plains and is traversed east 
and west by Arkansas River, and by Atchison, Topeka and 
Santa Fe Railway. The area is 1,602 square miles, of which 
5 per cent, or 58,172 acres, were under cultivation in 1900. 
The population in 1900 was 3,766; and of Lamar, the county 
seat, 987. In 1900 the average magnetic declination was 
12° 20' east. The mean annual rainfall is about 15 inches, 
and the mean annual temperature 50° to 55°. 
Prowers; post village in Bent County on Atchison, Topeka and 
Santa Fe Railway; altitude; 3,678 feet Lamar. 
Pruden; village in Saguache County. 
Pryor; post village in Huerfano County on Denver and Rio 
Grande Railroad. 
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Ptarmigan; lull in Eagle County; altitude, 12, 1 /licet < . 
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Ptarmigan; peak in Park Range, between Park and Lake 
counties; altitude. 13,746 feet Leadville. 
Pueblo; county in the southeastern portion of the State; bounded 
on the north by I'd Paso County, on the east by ( Hero County, 
on the south by Huerfanoand Las Animas counties, and on 
the west b) r Fremont and Custer counties. The surface 
consists of rolling plains traversed east and west by Arkan- 
sas River and by .Missouri Pacific Railway, and north and 
south by the Colorado and Southern and the Denver and 
Rio Grande railroads. The area is 2,447 square miles, of 
which nearly 3 per cent, or 40,821 acres, were under culti- 
vation in 1900. The population in 1900 was 34,448; and of 
Pueblo, the county seat, 28,157. In 1900 the average mag- 
netic declination was 13° 10 / east. The mean annual rain- 
fall is about 12 inches, and the mean annual temperature 
40° to 50°. 
Pueblo; county seat of Pueblo County, entered by five rail- 
roads. It lies on both sides of Arkansas River, and has 
many smelters; altitude, 4,675 feet Pueblo. 
Pueblo Junction; station in Pueblo County, on the Atchison,. 
Topeka and Santa Fe, and the Colorado and Southern rail- 
ways; altitude, 4,669 feet. 
Pullen; village in Larimer County. 
Pullman; station in Denver County on Union Pacific Railroad; 
altitude, 5,193 feet, Post-office, Elyria. 
Pultney; station in Pueblo County on Missouri Pacific Rail- 
way; altitude, 4,381 feet. 
Puma; hills in Park County, a part of Tarryall Mountains. 
Pumpkin; hollow in Pueblo County, tributary to Turkey 
Creek Pueblo. 
Puncha; creek, a right-hand branch of South Arkansas River, 
tributary to Arkansas River. 
Punch Bowl; summit in Fremont County. 
