When government surveyors made the border markers for the `` Territory of Colorado '' , minor surveying mistakes made many small kinks along the borders , most seen along the border with the `` Territory of Utah . '' When placing the border markers for the Territory of Colorado , minor surveying errors resulted in several nearly imperceptible kinks , most notably along the border with the Territory of Utah . Once agreed upon by the Federal , state , and territorial governments , those surveyors ' benchmarks , became the legal boundaries for the Colorado Territory , kinks and all .