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<br /> <br />, <br />'" <br />n <br />'j <br /> <br />i <br />" <br />l' <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />backbone of the continent. Included in it are <br />lands acquired in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, <br />lands ceded by Mexico in 1848, and lands <br />acquired from Texas in 1850. <br />Because of its vast mountain area and its <br />position in the interior of the continent, Colo- <br />rado is the highest of all the States. It has an <br />approximate mean altitude of 6,800 feet, and <br />even the lowest point in the State-where the <br /> <br />Arkansas River crosses the Kansas border-is <br />at an altitude of 3,400 feet. More than 50 <br />mountain peaks exceed 14,000 feet in altitude, <br />and many hundreds exceed 10,000 feet. Pikes <br />Peak (14,110 altitude) is perhaps the most <br />spectacular, rising a bru ptl y as it does from the <br />plains and not from the shoulders of other <br />mountains. Mt. Elbert (14,431) near Leadville <br />is the highest point in the State. Thelhighest <br /> <br />11 <br />