Sawatch Range
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The Sawatch Range or Saguache Range is a high and extensive mountain range in central Colorado which includes eight of the twenty highest peaks in the Rocky Mountains, including Mount Elbert, at 14,44
Sawatch Range seen from Monarch Pass
Mt. Aetna (13,746 feet (4,190 m)) and Taylor Mtn.
Mount Elbert, the highest peak in the Rocky Mountains.
Sawatch Range near Buena Vista, Colorado.
Arkansas River
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The Arkansas River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River. It generally flows to the east and southeast as it traverses the U.S. states of Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. The river's
Sawatch Range
…feet (4,267 m), also known as fourteeners. The range forms a part of the Continental Divide, and its eastern side drains into the headwaters of the Arkansas River. The western side of the range feeds the headwaters of the Roaring Fork River, the Eagle River, and the Gunnison River, tributaries of the Colorado…
Arkansas River headwaters in Colorado
The headwaters of the Arkansas near Leadville, Colorado
Arkansas River near Sterling Kansas
Arkansas River in Colorado, with Mount Harvard in distance, circa 1867. Photo by William Henry Jackson.