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The City of Gunnison got its name from the first known European-American explorer of the area, John W. Gunnison. He was searching for a route for the transcontinental railroad in 1853 and only stayed for three days before traveling west to Utah. Gunnison saw its first population increase in the 1870s, due to the mining surge throughout the state.
The Black Canyon of the Gunnison was established as a national monument on March 2, 1933. It was redesignated a national park on October 21, 1999, [27] and incorporated 4,000 acres owned by the Bureau of Land Management. [28] The Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area was created at the same time.
57,725 acres (233.60 km 2) were designated in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-76 [3]). The Black Canyon of the Gunnison Boundary Revision Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-78 [ 4 ] ) expanded the NCA to its current size.
Blackstock (surname) Battle of Blackstock's Farm (1780), took place in what today is Union County, South Carolina, United States; Blackstock Knob, a summit in the Black Mountains, North Carolina, United States
Mount Gunnison is a prominent mountain summit in the West Elk Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 12,725-foot (3,879 m) peak is located in the West Elk Wilderness of Gunnison National Forest , 22.2 miles (35.7 km) west by south ( bearing 260°) of the Town of Crested Butte in Gunnison County , Colorado , United States .
Gunnison may refer to: Foster Gunnison Jr. (1925–1994), American LGBT rights activist and independent archivist John W. Gunnison (1812–1853), American explorer whose name is used in several places in the Western states
Chef! is a British situation comedy starring Lenny Henry that aired as twenty episodes over three series from 28 January 1993 to 30 December 1996 on the BBC.The show was created and primarily written by Peter Tilbury based on an idea from Lenny Henry [1] and produced for the BBC by Henry's production company, Crucial Films.
Blackstock is an unincorporated community in Chester and Fairfield counties in the Midlands of South Carolina about 45 miles (72 km) north of Columbia. The elevation of the community is 620 feet (190 m). [ 1 ]