Old Monarch Pass
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old-monarch-pass-187-16823631
title:
Old Monarch Pass
text:
Old Monarch Pass is a mountain pass on the border of Gunnison and Chaffee counties of west-central Colorado. It is located on the Continental Divide 0.6 miles (0.97 km) northwest of the current Monarch Pass where U.S. Route 50 crosses the divide. Old Monarch Pass divides the watersheds of Porphyry Creek, a tributary of Tomichi Creek and the Gunnison River, to the west and the South Arkansas River to the east. In 1878 Nicolas Creede named a silver strike on nearby Monarch Ridge ‘‘The Great Monarc
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encyclopedia
description:
High mountain pass in Colorado, US
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Monarch_Pass
date created:
2015-01-26T16:08:09Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T18:12:28Z
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