Gunnison
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Gunnison may refer to:
  • John W. Gunnison
    John W. Gunnison
    John Williams Gunnison was an American military officer and explorer.-Biography:Gunnison was born in Goshen, New Hampshire in 1812. He graduated from West Point in 1837, second in his class of fifty cadets. His military career began in Florida, where he spent a year in the campaign against the...

     (1812-1853), U.S. explorer whose name is used in several places in the Western states
  • The Gunnison River
    Gunnison River
    The Gunnison River is a tributary of the Colorado River, long, in the Southwest state of Colorado. It is the fifth largest tributary of the Colorado River, with a mean flow of 4320 ft³/s .-Description:...

     in Colorado
    • Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
      Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
      thumb|upright|Black Canyon of the GunnisonBlack Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is a United States National Park located in western Colorado, and managed by the National Park Service...

  • Gunnison, Colorado
    Gunnison, Colorado
    The historic City of Gunnison, a Home Rule Municipality, is the county seat and the most populous city of Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 5,854. It was named in honor of John W...

  • Gunnison County, Colorado
    Gunnison County, Colorado
    Gunnison County is the fifth most extensive of the 64 counties of the state of Colorado in the United States. The county population was 15,324 at the 2010 census. The county was named for John W. Gunnison, a United States Army officer and captain in the Army Topographical Engineers, who surveyed...

  • Gunnison, Mississippi
    Gunnison, Mississippi
    Gunnison is a town in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 633 at the 2000 census. The mayor is Frances L. Ward.-Geography:Gunnison is located at ....

  • Gunnison, Utah
    Gunnison, Utah
    Gunnison is a city in Sanpete County, Utah, United States. The population was 2,394 at the 2000 census. The city was named in honor of John W. Gunnison, a United States Army officer who surveyed for the transcontinental railroad in 1853.-Geography:...

  • Gunnison Island, Great Salt Lake
    Great Salt Lake
    The Great Salt Lake, located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Utah, is the largest salt water lake in the western hemisphere, the fourth-largest terminal lake in the world. In an average year the lake covers an area of around , but the lake's size fluctuates substantially due to its...

    , Utah

Other uses

  • Gunnison's prairie dog
    Prairie dog
    Prairie dogs are burrowing rodents native to the grasslands of North America. There are five different species of prairie dogs: black-tailed, white-tailed, Gunnison's, Utah and Mexican prairie dogs. They are a type of ground squirrel, found in the United States, Canada and Mexico...

     (Cynomys gunnisoni
    Gunnison's Prairie Dog
    Gunnison's prairie dog is one of five species of the prairie dog. This species belongs to the squirrel family of rodents, and are predominantly related to the North American and Eurasian ground squirrels...

    Baird
    Spencer Fullerton Baird
    Spencer Fullerton Baird was an American ornithologist, ichthyologist and herpetologist. Starting in 1850 he was assistant-secretary and later secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C...

    1855)
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