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Atlas sheet. 
Washing-ton — Continued. 
square miles. The population in 1900 was 1,241; and of 
Akron, the county seat, 351. In 1900 the average mag- 
netic declination was 13° 10 / east. The mean annual rain- 
fall is about 14 inches, and the mean annual temperature 
50° to 55°. 
Washing-ton; gulch in Gunnison County, tributary to SlatefCrested Butte. 
River. I Anthracite. 
Wason; station in Mineral County on Denver and Rio Grande 
Railroad; altitude, 8,591 feet. 
Water; canyon in Las Animas County, tributary to Purgatory 
River Mesa de Maya. 
Water; valley in Kiowa County Cheyenne Wells. 
Waterdog-; lake in Hinsdale County; altitude, 11,085 feet. 
Waterfall; creek in San Miguel County, a left-hand branch of 
Lake Fork San Miguel River Telluride. 
Waters; station in Teller County on Midland Terminal Rail- 
way. 
Watervale; station in Las Animas County on Colorado and 
Southern Railway ; altitude, 6,067 feet Mesa de Maya. 
Watkins; station in Adams County on Union Pacific Railroad; 
altitude, 5,523 feet Denver. 
Watson; post village in Pitkin County on Denver and Rio 
Grande Railroad; altitude, 7,149 feet. 
Waunita; post village in Gunnison County. 
Wayside; village in Costilla County. 
Weary Mans; creek in Eagle County, a right-hand branch of 
Eagle River. 
Weary Mule; creek in Routt and Rio Blanco counties, a right- 
hand branch of White River. 
Webster; post village in Park County on Colorado and South- 
ern Railway; altitude, 8,990 feet. 
Webster Park; elevated tract above the canyon of the Arkan- 
sas on the south side of the river; average altitude, 6,800 
feet. 
Weehawken; creek in Ouray County, a left-hand branch of 
Canyon Creek, tributary to Uncompahgre River ( )uray. 
Weir; village in Sedgwick County; altitude, 3,548 feet. 
Weiserhorn; station on Colorado and Southern Railway; 
altitude, 5,240 feet. 
iWelba; mountain in Routt County. 
Welch; station in Jefferson County on Denver, Lake wood and 
Golden Railroad. 
Weld; county in the extreme northern part of the State; 
bounded on the north by Wyoming and Nebraska, on the 
east by Logan and Morgan counties, on the south by Adams 
County, and on the west by Boulder and Larimer counties. 
Its surface consists of rolling plains. The area is 3,918 
square miles, of which 10 per cent, or 251,307 acres, were 
under cultivation in 1900. The population in 1900 was 
16,808; and of Greeley, the county seat, 3,023. In 1900 
the average magnetic declination was 14° 05' east for the 
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