Though Pueblos lost much of their land in the second half of the 19th century, they started loosing their land in the 1700’s due to small pox and outward migration. This opened the land up for Mexican/Spanish settlers to try and make it on the frontier. How did Mexico lose […]
Overview of the Louisiana Purchase. Louisiana Purchase, western half of the Mississippi River basin purchased in 1803 from France by the United States; at less than three cents per acre for 828,000 square miles (2,144,520 square km), it was the greatest land bargain in U.S. history. What part of Colorado […]
This gold rush, sometimes called the Colorado Gold Rush, took place roughly a decade after the infamous California Gold Rush, and brought thousands upon thousands of settlers to Colorado. The influx of people moving to this area prompted the U.S. government to create the Territory of Colorado in 1861. How […]
The first states of sorts were those of early dynastic Sumer and early dynastic Egypt, which arose from the Uruk period and Predynastic Egypt respectively at approximately 3000BCE. What was the first state in history? Delaware is known by this nickname due to the fact that on December 7, 1787, […]
History. The Navajo Nation extends into the states of Utah , Arizona and New Mexico , covering over 27,000 square miles of unparalleled beauty. Diné Bikéyah, or Navajoland, is larger than 10 of the 50 states in America. Where are the Navajo from originally? According to scientists who study different […]
1861. The United States acquired the eastern part of Colorado in 1803 through the Louisiana Purchase and the western portion in 1848 through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. In 1850, the federal government also purchased a Texas claim in Colorado. This combined property eventually became the Colorado Territory in 1861. […]
At such a high altitude, all-natural snow is abundant, making this city a winter wonderland. With an average of 120 inches of snow each year, Leadville’s landscape knows no limits when it comes to skiing, snowshoeing, fat biking, and snowmobiling. How cold does it get in Leadville? In Leadville, the […]
In the late 19th century, Leadville was the second most populous city in Colorado, after Denver. Leadville is notable for having multiple 14,000 foot peaks viewable from town. What is special about Leadville? It’s the epitome of Colorado high country. At 10,152 feet above sea level, Leadville is the highest […]
General William Larimer. Denver was established by General William Larimer as Denver City in November, 1858. It started as a mining town during the western Kansas Territory’s Pike’s Peak Gold Rush. The site is found on a bluff overlooking the joining of South Platte River and Cherry Creek. Who were […]
What does “Colorado” mean? The name was applied to the Colorado river because of the red sandstone soil of the region, and came into use for the entire territory after the discovery of gold in the Pike’s Peak region. In 1861 congress chose Colorado as the name for the Territory. […]
The Ancestral Puebloans were an early Native American group who settled in Colorado. Other groups like the Apache, Cheyenne, and Comanche came later. The Spanish were the first Europeans to settle what is now Colorado. Who were the first non Indians to settle in Colorado? The first Europeans to explore […]
The human history of Colorado extends back more than 14,000 years. The region that is today the state of Colorado was first inhabited by Native American people. Who owned Colorado before the US? First explored by Europeans in the late 1500s (the Spanish referred to the region as “Colorado” for […]
Although Denver was a transportation hub, and had more than twice the population of the next-largest city in Colorado, four other cities put themselves forward as sites for the capital. Denver’s rivals hoped to use antipathy toward Denver to have themselves named as the capital. When did Denver become the […]
Colorado’s name has its origin in the Spanish language, as the word for “colored red.” The name was chosen for Colorado as a Territory in 1861 by Congress and became a state in 1876. What was Colorado’s original name? 1. Jefferson Territory, which would later become the State of Colorado, […]
In 1893, a group of American expatriates and sugar planters supported by a division of U.S. Marines deposed Queen Liliuokalani, the last reigning monarch of Hawaii. One year later, the Republic of Hawaii was established as a U.S. protectorate with Hawaiian-born Sanford B. Dole as president. Who did the United […]