Colorido County

Colorido County is the southernmost county located in the U.S state of Alicota. The county seat is located in Monterro.

History
Colorido County was formed from parts of Hillcrest, Rockford, and Smith Counties in 1860.

The county is named after the Spanish word for Colorful, which is Colorido. This was chosen for Colorido County in 1860 by Alicota's Legislature, due to it's scenery of mountains, rivers and plains.

The county seat and only incorporated city is Monterro. Colorido County was pioneered and settled by Spanish explorers and dairy farmers, which may account for the origin of the county name.

The area that is now known as Colorido County was inhabited by Native American Nations of indigenous peoples. In 1861, The northern section of the county, specifically Terada Springs (an area north of Monterro), exploded in population after the discovery of Oil Wells there. Causing what would come to be known as the Alicota Oil Rush of 1861, which helped the county's economy very much. It is now the wealthiest county in the State of Alicota.

Geography and climate
The geography of Colorido County is almost entirely flat altough some areas, especially in southern Monterro, are hilly. Colorido County consists of green fertilable plains and low forests, with some deeper almost swamp-like forests along the northern coast, such as the Northbrook Forest. The southern coast is very dry in comparision to the rest of the county with mostly dark and bushy vegetation, something similar to the landscape of southern California. In the north-eastern part of the county, lies Secoya Forest, which is a large hilly pine forest that has a lot of wildfires annually. In the central part of the county lies Terada Springs, which is the agricultural center of the state. The river Rio Fresco goes through the western part of the county and supplies all the county's residents with drinking water that is made from salt water, which is possible from waterworks in Monterro. Rio Fresco, along with the county's many lakes, keeps the county fertile and makes it maintain it's greenness.

The climate of Colorido County is overall warm and slightly humid. The whole county recieves moderate to strong winds from the Pacific Ocean. The winds don't usually cool down the temperature however this is very variable

throughout the county. The southernmost part of the county normally recieves a lot of wind, and is considerably colder than the rest of the county if there are no trees covering up the wind. Areas where there are trees or anything else covering up the wind, are usually very hot during daytime. The northeastern area of the county is isolated from the winds because of it's deep and almost sort of "blocking" vegetation, which leads to a very humid and hot local temperature, which never gets any higher than 100 F. Most other parts of the county, as would say the central, northern and eastern parts, usually have a shared temperature, with generally moderate winds and semi-humid climate.

Transportation
Colorido County is served by several major roads, the most important being U.S Route 47, that firstly goes through the northern area of the county before splitting with State Route 75, and afterwards leads to Monterro, where it terminates at State Route 75 again. Other major thoroughfares are U.S Route 28, that goes along the southern coast, and State Route 59, that goes into central agricultural areas of the county. All three roads lead to other places outside of the county.

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