Palmer County, Colorado?

Grand Junction citizens held an enthusiastic meeting on the last day of the old year for the purpose of adopting a petition to send to the Legislature praying for a new county, with Grand Junction as the seat and to fix the boundary lines of the same. Following are the boundaries of the territory asked for:

"Beginning at the northwest corner of Pitkin county, running thence south along and with the western line of Pitkin county to the divide between the waters of the Grand and the north fork of the Gunnison river: thence southwesterly along said divide to the southwestern extremity of the Grand mesa: thence south to the southern boundary line of Gunnison county: thence west along said boundary line to the boundary line of the State of Colorado: thence north along said boundary line to the northern boundary line of Gunnison county and thence east along said boundary of Gunnison county to the place of beginning."

Governor Crawford moved they amend the motion to allow the committee to fix the eastern boundary line at some point between Escapalants (sic) and Domingues creeks. The motion was carried and seconded.

On motion of Governor Crawford, it was decided unanimously to name the new county after Colorado's most enterprising man, "a man without whom many of the rich mining regions of this state would have lain undeveloped and probably unknown. He has tunnelled our mountains, climbed their summits, and brought prosperity to almost every town along the line of this road--General Palmer, President of the Denver & Rio Grande Railway. Palmer county, a monument he certainly deserved."

Dolores News (Rico, Ouray County):1883 Jan 06