OK, I was just reading Covill and Mitchler's Hiking Colorado's Summits. The author mentioned that Greenwood and Platte Counties were dissolved at some point, and many other original county boundaries have changed or have been redrawn over the years.
Alrighty, that said, did the above mentioned dissolved counties have highpoints not included in today's modern list, or are they just highpoints of the newer formed county? Does anyone know if some of the historical boundaries before some county lines changed to their current boundaries have affected the highpoint of any said county? Perhaps it may have been different (either a lower or higher) highpoint before the lines were redrawn, or didn't the highpoints change as a result of the reconfiguring of county lines, i.e. if a current county containing a 14er previously did not include that 14er or other highpoint, that county could likely have had a different highpoint that may not be on today's current county list. Originally there were 17 counties. Could it be that of those original counties, that some of the highpoints could have been different or as the counties evolved into the current number? So perhaps an historical county list could be different from todays, no?
I have the Rand McNally Commercial Atlas of America 1920 edition, and it doen't appear that the difference in county lines would have changed county highpoints, but it would be interesting to see if earlier county maps would. Anyway, just some thoughts.
I'm sure most people observe modern maps anyway, but I just wanted to bring up the topic for more of an historical perspective on the matter.