Claim: There are three major intersections in Delta county that are connected with Colorado State Highway 92, on the other hand, there is only one major intersection connected to Colorado State Highway 92 in Gunnison county, a county that was named after John W. Gunnison, who surveyed for the transcontinental railroad in 1853.
Evidence: Delta Delta Read Hotchkiss Gunnison Sapinero The county was named for John W. Gunnison, a United States Army officer and captain in the Army Topographical Engineers, who surveyed for the transcontinental railroad in 1853.