What's in a Name: Chipeta Avenue
Old West novels are rich in action, romance and endearing characters, but the true-life story of Chipeta, the wife of Ute Chief Ouray, rivals any storyline written by the best of Western novelists. One block separates Chipeta and Ouray avenues, both in the original town plat. While most of the original streets are named for 1800s-era settlers, senators or governors, Chipeta Avenue is the only street in the original plat to be named after a woman, let alone an âIndian Maiden.â Historians agree that Chipeta (meaning âWhite Singing Birdâ) was born a Kiowa Apache near current-...
Source: gjsentinel.com