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1826 COLORADO
1926
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Updated
July 16, 2008
- 193 TOPICS |
1826 |
50 YEARS
BEFORE COLORADO'S RATIFICATION TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION |
1833 |
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Fort William 'Bent's Old Fort' a National Historic Site,
built by Charles and William Bent and Ceran St. Vrain in
Bent County, Colorado. |
1837 |
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Fort Vasquez, built near Greeley in Weld County, Colorado. |
1849 |
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August, Fort William in Bent County, Colorado, blown up
by William Bent, after the Army declined to buy the fort. |
1855 |
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August 25, Arapahoe County in Colorado, created as part
of the Territory of Kansas, and the first incorporated county
in Colorado. Named for the Arapaho Native Americans. |
1858 |
-
First Sheriff E. W. Wynkoop, appointed in Arapahoe County,
Colorado.
- Boulder settled by miners in
Boulder County, Colorado.
- Gold placer deposit discovered near Englewood in Arapahoe County, Colorado. |
1859 |
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Boulder organized, city in Boulder County, Colorado.
- Canon City, settled
by gold seekers, a former Ute Native Americans site, located
in Fremont County, Colorado. Coordinates 38°27'N-105°14'W.
Attractions & Recreation
: Buckskin Joe, Royal Gorge.
- Denver settled in the
'Pike's Peak or bust' gold rush period, in Denver County,
Colrorado. Coordinates 39°43'N-105°01'W. Attractions
& Recreation : Winter Park.
- El Dorado City (Colorado
City), founded in El Paso County, Colorado.
- Estes Park settled and named
for first settler Joel Estes, in Larimer County, Colorado.
Coordinates 40°23'N-105°31'W. Attractions
& Recreation : Rocky Mountain National
Park, Trail Ridge Road
- November 7, Robert W.
Steele, appointed provional governor of Colorado. |
1860 |
- Colorado population, 34,277 residents.
- Auraria and Denver consolidated
in Denver County, Colorado.
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| 1861 |
APRIL - BEGINNING OF
THE CIVIL WAR
- Arapahoe County
established in Colorado, seat Littleton.
- Boulder County
established in Colorado, seat Boulder.
- Chaffee County
established in Colorado, seat Salida.
- Clear Creek County
established in Colorado, seat Georgetown.
- Colorado Territory
created by President Buchanan, with Denver as county
seat and William Gilpin as Governor.
- Conejos County
established in Colorado, seat Conejos.
- Costilla County
established in Colorado, seat San Luis.
- Canon City, appointed
seat of Fremont County, Colorado.
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Boulder
on Boulder Creek, appointed seat of Boulder County in
Colorado.
- Denver incorporated
in Denver County, Colorado.
- Douglas County
established in Colorado, seat Castle Rock.
- El Paso County
established in Colorado, seat Colorado Springs.
- Fremont County
established in Colorado, seat Canon City.
- Gilpin County
established in Colorado, seat Central City.
- Huerfano County
established in Colorado, seat Walsenburg.
- Jefferson County
established in Colorado, seat Golden.
- Lake County established
in Colorado, seat Leadville.
- Larimer County
established in Colorado, seat Fort Collins.
- Park County established
in Colorado, seat Fairplay.
- San Miguel County
established in Colorado, seat Telluride.
- Summit County
established in Colorado, seat Breckenridge.
- Weld County established
in Colorado, seat Greeley.
- February 28, William
Gilpin, appointed governor of Colorado (1861-January
31, 1862).
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| 1862 |
Civil War period
- Boggsville on the Purgatoire
River, built by Tom Boggs and John Prowers in Bent County,
Colorado.
- January 31, John Evans, appointed
governor of Colorado (1862-October 17, 1865).
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| 1864 |
Civil War period
- University of Denver, established
in Denver, Denver County, Colorado.
- A military post Fort Morgan established
in Morgan County, Colorado.
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| 1865 |
MAY - END OF
THE CIVIL WAR
- October
17, Alexander Cummings, appointed governor of Colorado
(1865-April 24, 1867).
|
1866 |
- Las Animas County established
in Colorado, seat Trinidad.
- Pueblo County established in
Colorado, seat Pueblo.
- Saguache County established in
Colorado, seat Saguache. |
1867 |
- Alexander Cameron Hunt, appointed
governor of Colorado (1867-June 14, 1869).
- Denver in Denver County, designated
capital of Colorado.
|
1868 |
- Military post Fort Morgan abandoned,
in Morgan County, Colorado.
- May 23, Christopher Carson(called
Kit Carson), died in Fort Lyon, Colorado. Frontiersmand,
Indian agent and trapper.
|
1869 |
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June 14, Edward Moody McCook, appointed governor of Colorado
(1869-April 4, 1873). |
1870 |
- Colorado population, 39,874 residents.
- Bent County established in Colorado,
seat Las Animas.
- Union Colony (present Greeley),
founded in Weld County, Colorado. Coordinates 40°25'N-104°42'W.
Attractions & Recreation
: Fort Vasquez, Rocky Mountain National
Park.
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1871 |
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Boulder in Boulder County, Colorado, laid out as the Town
of Boulder.
- Fountain Colony (Colorado Springs)
founded by General William J. Palmer, located in El Paso
County, Colorado.
- The Colorado State Penitentiary,
established in Canon City, Fremont County. |
1872 |
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Canon City incorporated in Fremont County, Colorado.
- Colorado Springs, incorporated
as town in El Paso County, Colorado. |
1873 |
- Colorado Springs, appointed seat
of El Paso County, Colorado. Attractions
& Recreation : Garden
of the Gods, North and South Cheyenne Canyons, Shrine
of the Sun.
- April 4, Samuel Hitt Elbert,
appointed governor of Colorado (1873-June 19, 1874).
|
1874 |
- Colorado College founded in Colorado
Springs, El Paso County, Colorado.
- Elbert County established in
Colorado, seat Kiowa.
- Grand County established in Colorado,
seat Hot Sulphur Springs.
- Greeley, appointed seat of Weld
County in Colorado.
- The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad,
arrived in Canon City, Fremont County, Colorado.
- Hinsdale County established in
Colorado, seat Lake City.
- La Plata County established in
Colorado, seat Durango.
- Rio Grande County established
in Colorado, seat Del Norte.
- June 19, Edward Moody McCook,
appointed second-term governor of Colorado (1874-March
29, 1875). |
1875 |
- Englewood formed from the settlement
of Orchard Place in Arapahoe County, Colorado. Coordinates
39°39'N-104°59'W.
- March 29, John Long Routt, appointed
governor of Colorado (1875-January 14, 1879).
|
1876 |
- San Juan County
established in Colorado, seat Silverton.
August
1, Colorado CO, 38th state
admitted to the Union
Colorado
Today : nickname ' Colorful Colorado', capital
Denver, area 104,100 sq.mi.(269.619km²)
8th largest state. Counties
64 : Adams, Alamosa, Arapahoe, Archuleta,
Baca, Bent, Boulder, Broomfield, Chaffee, Cheyenne, Clear
Creek, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley, Custer, Delta, Denver,
Dolores, Douglas, Eagle, Elbert, El Paso, Fremont, Garfield,
Gilpin, Grand, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Huerfano, Jackson,
Jefferson, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lake, La Plata, Larimer,
Las Animas, Lincoln, Logan, Mesa, Mineral, Moffat, Montezuma,
Montrose, Morgan, Otero, Ouray, Park, Phillips, Pitkin,
Prowers, Pueblo, Rio Blanco, Rio Grande, Routt, Saguache,
San Juan, San Miguel, Sedgwick, Summit, Teller, Washington,
Weld, Yuma. Attractions
& Recreation : Alamosa National Wildlife
Refuge, Alpine Triangle, Anasazi Heritage Center &
Canyons of the Ancient National Monument, Arapahoe National
Wildlife Refuge, Arapahoe-Roosevelt National Forests &
Pawnee National Grassland, Arkansas River, Aspinal Wayne
N., Unit, Bear Creek Lake, Bent's Old Fort National Historic
Site, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Bonny
Reservoir, Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge, Calamite
Camp Mining Site, Canyon Pintado National Historic District,
Canyons of the Ancient National Monument, Carter Lake,
Chatfield Lake, Cherry Creek Lake, Colorado Canyons National
Conservation Area, Colorado National Monument, |
1877 |
- Custer County established in
Colorado, seat Westcliffe.
- Gunnison County established in
Colorado, seat Gunnison.
- Ouray County established in Colorado,
seat Ouray.
- Routt County established in Colorado,
seat Steamboat Springs.
|
1878 |
- Alamosa city
on the Rio Grande founded, seat of Alamosa County
in Colrorado, coordinates 37°28'N-105°52'W.
Attractions & Recreation
: Great Sand Dunes National Monument, Rio
Grande National Forest
- The Alantasauru archaeological
finds, discovered at Oil Creek, near Canon City in Fremont
County, Colorado.
-
Aspen
on the Roaring Fork River, founded by prospectors in Pitkin
County, Colorado. Coordinates
39°11'N-106°49'W. Attractions
and Recreation : Castle Peak, Snowmass Mountain. |
1879 |
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January 14, Frederick Walter Pitkin, elected governor of
Colorado (1879-January 9, 1883). |
1880 |
- Colorado population, 194,327
residents.
- Durango, founded on the Animas
River in La Plata County, Colorado. Coordinates 37°16'N-107°53'W.
Attractions & Recreation
: Durango-Silverton sight-seeing railway,
Mesa Verde National Park, Purgatory Ski Area, San Juan
National Forest.
|
1881 |
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Aspen incorporated in Pitkin County, Colorado.
- Brighton in Adams County, Colorado,
platted by D.F. Carmichael. Coordinates 35°59'N-104°49'W.
- Dolores County established in
Colorado, seat Dove Creek.
- Durango, incorporated and appointed
seat of La Plata County in Colorado.
- Fort Lewis was moved from the
sacred Pagosa Hot Springs to Hesperus in Colorado, and
the name was changed into Pagosa Springs.
- Pitkin County established in
Colorado, seat Aspen. |
1882 |
- The Durango-Silverton narrow-gauge
sight-seeing railway established in Durango, La Plata
County, Colorado.
- Grand Junction, incorporated
as town in Mesa County, Colorado.
|
1883 |
- Delta County established in Colorado,
seat Delta.
- Eagle County established in Colorado,
seat Eagle.
- Garfield County established in
Colorado, seat Glenwood Springs.
- Grand Junction, appointed seat
of Mesa County in Colorado. Coordinates 39°05'N-108°33'W.
Attractions & Recreation :
Colorado National Monument, Grand Mesa National Forest.
- Mesa County established in Colorado,
seat Grand Junction.
- Montrose County established in
Colorado, seat Montrose.
- January 9, James Benton Grant,
elected governor of Colorado (1883-January 13, 1885).
- April 1, Lon Chaney born in Colorado
Springs, Colorado. Film actor 'Man of a Thousand Faces'. |
1885 |
- Greeley, incorporated as city
in Weld County, Colorado.
- January 13, Benjamin Harrison
Eaton, elected governor of Colorado (1885-January 11,
1887).
- April 14, Archuleta County in
Colorado, formed and named in honor of State Senator Dr.
Antonio Archuleta, seat Pagosa Springs.
|
1886 |
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Colorado Springs, incorporated as city in El Paso County,
Colorado.
- Cortez, laid out by the Montezuma
Irrigation Company on the Navajo Trail in Montezuma County,
Colorado. Coordinates 37°21'N-108°35'W.
Attractions & Recreation : Four Corners Monument,
Mesa Verde National Park, San Juan National Forest. |
1887 |
- Logan County established in Colorado,
seat Sterling.
- Fort Morgan incorporated as town
in Morgan County, Colorado. Colorado 40°15'N-103°48'W.
Attractions & Recreation
: Pawnee National Grassland
- Washington County established
in Colorado, seat Akron.
- January 11, Alva Adams, elected
governor of Colorado (1887-January 10, 1889).
- July 26, Brighton in Adams County,
Colorado, became the first incorporated town in the Territory. |
1888 |
-
Regis College established in Denver, Denver County, Colorado. |
1889 |
- Baca County established in Colorado,
seat Springfield.
- Brickworks and vegetable-canning
factory established in Brighton, Adams County, Colorado.
- Cheyenne County established in
Colorado, seat Cheyenne Wells.
- Cortez, appointed seat of Montezuma
County in Colorado.
- Fort Morgan, appointed seat of
Morgan County, Colorado.
- Kiowa County established in Colorado,
seat Eads.
- Kit Carson County established
in Colorado, seat Burlington.
- Lincoln County established in
Colorado, seat Hugo.
- Montezuma County established
in Colorado, seat Cortez.
- Morgan County established in
Colorado, seat Fort Morgan.
- Otero County established in Colorado,
seat La Junta.
- Phillips County established in
Colorado, seat Holyoke.
- Prowers County established in
Colorado, seat Lamar.
- Rio Blanco County established
in Colorado, seat Meeker.
- Sedgwick County established in
Colorado, seat Julesburg.
- Yuma County established in Colorado,
seat Wray.
- January 10, J. Adams Cooper,
elected governor of Colorado (1889-January 13, 1891). |
1890 |
- Colorado population, 413,249
residents.
- Colorado State College, established
in Greeley, Weld County, Colorado.
|
1891 |
- Aurora founded (named Fletcher)
in Adams and Arapahoe Counties, Colorado. Coordinates
39°44'N-104°52'W.
- Grand Junction, incorporated
as city in Mesa County, Colorado.
- Gold discovered in Poverty Gulch
and Victor near Cripple Creek in Teller County, Colorado.
- January 13, John Long Routt,
elected second-term governor of Colorado (1891-January
10, 1893).
- March 2, Pagosa Springs incorporated
in Archuleta County, Colorado. |
1892 |
- Cripple Creek incorporated in
Teller County, Colorado.
- Iliff School of Theology, established
in Denver, Denver County, Colorado.
|
1893 |
- Mineral County established in
Colorado, seat Creede.
- January 10, Davis Hanson Waite,
elected governor of Colorado (1893-January 8, 1895).
|
1895 |
- January 8, Albert Washington
McIntire, elected governor of Colorado (1895-January 12,
1897).
- June 24, Jack Dempsey 'Manassa
Mauler'(real name William Harrison Dempsey), born in Manassa,
Colorado. World heavyweight boxing champion. |
1897 |
- January 12, Alva Adams, elected
second-term governor of Colorado (1897-January 10, 1899).
- July 3, John Evans, died in Denver,
Colorado. Colorado Territory governor (1862-1865) and
founder of the Northwestern University in Illinois.
|
1899 |
- Cripple Creek, appointed seat
of Teller County, Colorado. Coordinates 38°45'N-105°11'W.
Attractions & Recreation :
Pike National Forest
- Teller County eastablished in
Colorado, seat Cripple Creek.
- January 10, Charles Spalding
Thomas, elected governor of Colorado (1899-January 8,
1901). |
1900 |
-
Colorado population, 539,700 residents. |
1901 |
- Adams County established in Colorado,
seat Brighton.
- Denver County established in
Colorado, seat Denver.
- January 8, James Bradley Orman,
elected governor of Colorado (1901-January 13, 1903). |
1902 |
-
Adams County
in Colorado, created from Arapahoe County.
Cities/Towns :
Adams City, Aurora, Bennett, Brighton, Broomfield, Buckley
Air National Guard B, Commerce City, Denver, Dupont, East
Lake, Eastlake, Federal Heights, Henderson, Irondale, Lochbuie,
Northglenn, Strasburg, Thornton, Watkins, Welby, Westminster.
- Arapahoe County in Colorado,
divided into Adams, Denver, South Arapahoe, Washington
and Yuma counties.
- Brighton, appointed seat of Adams
County in Colorado.
- Cortez, incorporated in Montezuma
County, Colorado. |
1903 |
- Eglewood incorporated in Arapahoe
County, Colorado.
- South Arapahoe County in Colorado,
became Arapahoe County with Littleton as seat.
- January 13, James Hamilton Peabody,
elected governor of Colorado (1903-January 10, 1905).
|
1904 |
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November 8, Brighton chosen as the permanent seat of Adams
County in Colorado. |
1905 |
- January 10, Alva Adams, elected
third-term governor of Colorado (1905-March 16, 1905).
- March 16, James Hamilton Peabody,
elected second-term governor of Colorado (March-March
17, 1905).
- March 17, Jesse Fuller McDonald,
elected governor of Colorado (1905-January 8, 1907).
|
1907 |
- Fletcher in Colorado, incorporated
and renamed Aurora.
- January 8, Henry Augustus Buchtel,
elected governor of Colorado (1907-January 12, 1909). |
1908 |
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Fort Morgan incorporated as city in Morgan County, Colorado. |
1909 |
- Jackson County established in
Colorado, seat Walden.
- Temple Buell College established
in Denver, Denver County, Colorado.
- January 12, John Franklin Shafroth,
elected governor of Colorado (1909-January 14, 1913).
|
1910 |
- Colorado population, 799,024
residents.
- Brighton incorporated as a city
in Adams County, Colorado.
|
1911 |
- Colorado National Monument, established
near the Colorado River in Colorado.. Coordinates 39°04'N-108°25'W.
Attractions & Recreation
: Balanced Rock, Coke Ovens, Independence
Monument, Sentinel Spire, Window Rock.
- Crowley County established in
Colorado, seat Ordway.
- Fort Lewis College, established
in Durango, La Plata County, Colorado.
- Moffat County established in
Colorado, seat Craig. |
1912 |
- Bent County jail in Colorado
built. Curtis Gates and Festus of the TV series Gunsmoke,
lived in the jail.
|
1913 |
- Alamosa County established in
Colorado, seat Alamosa.
- January 14, Elias Milton Ammons,
elected governor of Colorado (1913-January 12, 1915). |
1915 |
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January 12, George Alfred Carlson, elected governor of Colorado
(1915-January 9, 1917). |
1917 |
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A sugar refinery established in Brighton, Adams County,
Colorado.
- Colorado Springs consolidated
with Colorado City in El Paso County, Colorado.
- Estes Park incorporated in Larimer
County, Colorado.
- January 9, Julius Caldeen Gunter,
elected governor of Colorado (1917-January 14, 1919).
- January 10, William Frederick
Cody(called Buffalo Bill), died in Denver Colorado. Buffalo
hunter, Indian fighter and U.S. Army scout. |
1918 |
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Boulder, incorporated as a city, in
Boulder County, Colorado. Coordinates
40°01'N-105°17'W. Attractions
& Recreation : Rocky Mountain National
Park, Roosevelt National Forest
- Fitzsimons General Army Hospital,
opened in Aurora, Colorado.
- Loretto Heights College, established
in Denver, Denver County, Colorado. |
1919 |
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January 14, Oliver H. Shoup, elected governor of Colorado
(1919-January 9, 1923). |
1920 |
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Colorado population, 939,629 residents. |
1921 |
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Adams State College established in Alamosa, Alamosa County,
Colorado. |
1923 |
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January 9, William Ellery Sweet, elected governor of Colorado
(1923-January 13, 1925). |
1925 |
- Mesa College, established in
Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado.
- January 13, Clarence Joseph Morley,
elected governor of Colorado (1925-January 11, 1927).
- May 1, Malcolm Scott Carpenter,
born in Boulder, Colorado. U.S. astronaut (Aurora 7).
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1926 |
50 YEARS
AFTER COLORADO'S RATIFICATION TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION |
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1826-1926
ADAMS COUNTY
Timeline 8
Topics
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Brighton in Adams County, Colorado, platted by D.F. Carmichael.
Coordinates 35°59'N-104°49'W. |
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July 26, Brighton in Adams County, Colorado, became the
first incorporated town in the Territory. |
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Brickworks and vegetable-canning factory established in
Brighton, Adams County, Colorado. |
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Aurora founded (named Fletcher) in Adams and Arapahoe Counties,
Colorado. Coordinates 39°44'N-104°52'W. |
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Adams County
in Colorado, created from Arapahoe County.
Cities/Towns
: Adams City, Aurora,
Bennett, Brighton, Broomfield, Buckley Air National Guard
B, Commerce City, Denver, Dupont, East Lake, Eastlake, Federal
Heights, Henderson, Irondale, Lochbuie, Northglenn, Strasburg,
Thornton, Watkins, Welby, Westminster.
- Brighton, appointed seat of Adams
County in Colorado. |
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Brighton incorporated as a city in Adams County, Colorado. |
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A sugar refinery established in Brighton, Adams County,
Colorado. |
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- June 13, Timothy Dick Allen,
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