PALMER LAKE

This is a beautiful sheet of water 52 miles south of Denver. This point was formerly called "Divide" -- a very significant and appropriate title, as on the crest of this summit the waters divide, flowing northward into the Platte, which empties into the Missouri, and southward into the Arkansas as it wends it way to the Mississippi. This lake was named for General Palmer, the projector and builder of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad.

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