Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Question: What Colorado town was known as a “no man’s land” due to its accidental omission from a U.S. map?

Answer: Breckenridge became known as a “no man’s land” and “Colorado’s Kingdom” after it was accidentally left off official U.S. maps in the mid-1800s due to conflicting surveys of the Continental Divide. The error went unnoticed for decades, fueling local lore that the town had never been formally annexed into the United States.