Marble Hill press., 1921-10-06

into the Uraui canyon at the t'ud below The 1t
tie Colorado % June ~ n" named tho canyon
Puerto dc Rucsrcli tBucarrifs passl 10 honor %
the then ucrruy.
Grand river bath Above and below us junction
with GUnniSru river was named Rio San Rafael
hy Fathers pomngurg and EsgAlsute In liza To
the south branch the present Gunnlsun river. they
gave the name Rio Sau Iayicr tNnrlcrl sud re
ported the Ute Indian name as TomichA 10 ih''
area Ptkrs maps lSt'U5 lke other sariy maps
arr dlrfculi 10 Interpret His "Ilio d~ Jos AniaAs-
(las Animasl is much more Ike Grand river than
his "Rin san Rafael" H. iNp frrmoni ic'ier~i
q, Grand river as dld Captala Sianshury In iss9
But for long years the mans showed gr~ai d..
ycrsity or nomenclature Below - Junction Siih
The Gunnlson. ms river wAs usually oaIisri Grand
river rarely lilo CCorud" o. Grand ard even
colorado Above The junction q was called Grand.
pun}arn Blue and North Fork q Grand river Gun.
uisra river was named 'aruGsy LAs4e haele Tau.
south Fork of Grand GraUdc and Grand river
In after ycars Captain Guunisohs name terAfua
gradually fixed on the branch which b" eNp'ar"l'
arJ the nams Grand on the north W main branch,
,,buc ,he name Rive river now describes small
sny,h branch Of the latter 10 summit county
Colorado
Green river was called no de San nnrnayco-
,,-a hy pomInlgner aud EscalRnte In lT5d, snd
r.ralan,c saws (Diario Sept Il. iT7dl, that 't
vas 50 named IN 1853 by Fr. Al"0so De Posada
Thinking that tt flowed to the vest, tho map max
rs rcpre.cu,ed Il ~ crossing the Great basin aid
aey,ipr into the Pacific ocean. Thus !, vas that
the River Buennvcntura becam" the famous ghost
r,,,r which for years haunted the maps of the far
w.s, pike 1906 0T. mapped II viih hcadwairrs
in IN. position of upper Green river. having an
sa,ueut Rio de san Clenrnie (EscslHnies name
,or White river, an east branch OF the GFceh nv
or and flowing southwest into Sewer lake tname-
l.ssl Before 1911 however, upper Gr'en river
81 a.. g~ah.r A..
Tn. AstorIans called Il both Spanish river and
Colorado river II vas called Rio Colorado hs
J.d.diah & smith In ls24 and Rio Colorado q.
,he west by William H. Ashley In ls2a Honr~
vile 1897 ietiered Il Colorado of the West on his
tnsp az n. territory west OF the Rocky Mountains
The name Green river dates at least as far
hack as 1894 Dale refers 20 news Item In the
Missouri Inteilirencer. June -. lsaA. OF n party
IeavIar Santa Cruz In November. 1924. to trap IN
Green river Fremont says that the Spaniards
contrasting ''its tlmbercd shores and green Woohrd
Islands with its dry sandy plains" named IL R'o
vard. fCreen rver) Bancroft speaks of em.
nIovee OF Ashleys. "Mr. Green who gave his name
IN Green river" and Chitenden advances the
theory that the name may have been suggested
by the color OF the water.
\ The nc, Of congress providing for the orgnniNs.
tiou of the territory Of Colorado was approved
February IS 1851. As introduced and az passed
hv the house the bin named tho proposed new
organization the territory OF idaho-"Idaho" hav-
ing been selected from many names proposed In
the senate on motion Of Senator Wilson of Mas
sschusetts the name OF the territory amended
by striking out Idaho" and inserting Colorado ="
This was done at the suggestion Of Delegate VIII
nams for the reason that the Colorado river arnse
in its mountains, hence there was a peculiar ~.
ness in the name. bancroft however says tha,
The name Colorado was given to II nj the sug.
gestion Of the man twiIl'nm Gilpinl selected fo-
its first governor" and he quotes from n mana.
script Of Gilplns follows: "Soms wanted Il
called jefferson. some Arcadia I said the people
have to n great extent named the states after the
great rivers Of the country. and the great feature
Of that country Is the great Colorado river. All
said he tWilson Of Mnssachusetts), that is ;t' :
and be named II Colorado"