Gunnison

Gunnison, city, seat (1880) of Gunnison county, west-central Colorado, U.S. It lies along the Gunnison River, just north of the San Juan Mountains of the Rockies, at an elevation of 7,703 feet (2,348 metres). Lying between the Sawatch Range and the Elk Mountains, the city is surrounded by the Gunnison National Forest, for which it is headquarters. It originated as a silver-mining camp and was named for Captain John William Gunnison, an Indian fighter and...