The thing I remember the most about Elbert County are the
rolling hills formed by the small creeks and washes draining the
forests and plains. The west end of the county has part of
Colorado’s Black Forest, and is covered in a patchwork of trees
on the rounded ridges and gentle meadows slopping down to the
creek bottoms. To the east the elevation gradually decreases and
the trees become more occasional, until the only ones to be seen
near Limon are the willows and cottonwoods marking permanent
sources of water.  The county was named for one of Colorado’s
Territorial Governors, Samuel H. Elbert. (A lot of stuff got
named after him.) There are four main towns in the county.
Elizabeth is a fast growing bedroom community in the west end of
the county. It currently holds the majority of political power
in the county because of a gerrymandering plan that backfired
upon the ranching residents of the east. It was named for the
first Governor’s daughter, before that it was called Running
Creek. Elbert is a sleepy litt