Before 1921, the Colorado River was commonly known as the Grand River, from the confluence with today’s Gunnison River west to the confluence with the Green River in eastern Utah. The Gunnison River name was not widely used until the 1870’s, prior names included: South Fork of the Grand River, Bunkara River, Eagle Tail, Eagle River, Grande River, and Grand River. It took a Colorado Congressman in 1921 to petition Congress to make the name change from Grand River to the Upper Colorado River, or as we call it today, the Colorado River.
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