. History of Clear Creek and Boulder valleys, Colorado : containing a brief history of the state of Colorado ... an account of the Ute trouble : a history of Gilpin, Clear Creek, Boulder, and Jefferson counties, and biographical sketches. HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY. BY K. L. BEETHOUD. i& THIS portion of Colorado, which, with Gilpinand Clear Creek Counties, forms the valleyof Clear Creek or the Vasquez Fork of SouthPlatte River, lies between 105° and 105° 20west longitude, and 40° and 39° of northlatitude, containing about 750 square milesof area, its average altitude about 0,500 feetabove the
. History of Clear Creek and Boulder valleys, Colorado : containing a brief history of the state of Colorado ... an account of the Ute trouble : a history of Gilpin, Clear Creek, Boulder, and Jefferson counties, and biographical sketches. HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY. BY K. L. BEETHOUD. i& THIS portion of Colorado, which, with Gilpinand Clear Creek Counties, forms the valleyof Clear Creek or the Vasquez Fork of SouthPlatte River, lies between 105° and 105° 20west longitude, and 40° and 39° of northlatitude, containing about 750 square milesof area, its average altitude about 0,500 feetabove the sea. Fully two-thirds is comprisedin high mountains and foot-hills, the remainingthird being undulating prairies over 5,000 feetabove sea level, and which to-day are occupiedfor agricultural and pastoral purposes. Yet, inthe higher mountains, we find in the fertile, nar-row valleys of Elk, Cub, Deer, Bear and BeaverCreeks, numerous farms where the hardier veg-etables, potatoes, oats, wheat and barley, thriveto perfection ; while the dairy products of but-ter and cheese and rich milk cannot be excelledanywhere, and the fat beef of mountain farmssuperior in tenderness and flavor. The great diversity of altitude between thep
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