Photos: Ten oddest Colorado town nicknames


6. Eaton: The Garden of Eaton
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This nickname conjures up forbidden fruit, at least until you hear the full handle featured on the town's Wikipedia page -- "The Garden of Eaton: Beef, Beats and Beans."

Make that the forbidden musical fruit.

5. Deer Trail: Home of the World's First Rodeo

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Deer Trail's website backs up its nickname claim with actual documentation: "In 1969, Colorado House Joint Resolution No. 1025, with the Senate and the House of Representatives concurring, declared the first rodeo held in the world was in Deer Trail, Colorado on July 4, 1869."

Although back then, wasn't every day like a rodeo?

Page down to continue our countdown of the oddest Colorado town nicknames.

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