He was on the faculty of Western State College’s Music Camp at Gunnison, Colorado during the early 1960s.
On the western side of the pass, a small spur of the main connected to Buena Vista, then traversed the southern end of the Sawatch Range through the Alpine Tunnel to Pitkin and Gunnison.
His journey took him through the Tomichi Valley in Colorado, where the town of Gunnison is named in his honor.
In 1881, the Denver and Rio Grande (D&RG) built a rail line into Gunnison and then continued to the west to Sapinero. Although a branch had been planned for Lake City, the lack of money delayed it.
In 1994, the work was placed at Western State College in Gunnison, Colorado, where students created a custom of kissing the bear for good luck during exams.
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Blue Mesa Dam, an earthfill dam on the Gunnison River in Colorado
After graduation from Western State College in Gunnison, his first coaching job was in 1949 in tiny Manzanola, fifty miles (80 km) east of Pueblo.
In Utah Territory, with Lieutenant E. G. Beckwith as assistant commander, Gunnison began the survey of a possible route, surveying areas across the Rocky Mountains via the Herfano River, through Cochetopa Pass, and by way of the present Gunnison and Green rivers to the Sevier River.
KGUS-LP, a low-power radio station (99.1 FM) licensed to Gunnison, Colorado, United States
KVLE-FM, a radio station (102.3 FM) licensed to Gunnison, Colorado, United States
The North Rim Road, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, near Crawford, Colorado was built during 1933-38.