Divide Country refers to a region along the Colorado Front Range that separates the drainage basins of the Arkansas River to the south and the South Platte River to the north. This area is defined by its location along the Palmer Divide. The area is characterized by rolling hills, ponderosa pine forests, and grasslands, distinct […]

Juan Rivera’s Colorado, 1765. Juan Antonio María de Rivera (1738–?) was a Spaniard and the first Euro-American to intensively explore the territory that eventually became the state of Colorado. In 1765, he made two trips into western Colorado from New Mexico, traveling as far as the Gunnison River in Delta County.