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The Colorado Territory existed until it was admitted into the Union as the State of Colorado on August 1, 1876. The Colorado Enabling Act is signed on March 3, 1875. On March 3, 1875, U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signed An Act to enable the people of Colorado to form a constitution and State government, and for the admission of the said ...
The Territory of Colorado was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from February 28, 1861, [2] until August 1, 1876, when it was admitted to the Union as the 38th State of Colorado. [3]
The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]
August 1 — The Territory of Colorado is admitted to the union of the United States as the 38th U.S. state. [2] October 3 — 1876 Colorado gubernatorial election: John Long Routt is elected as the first governor of Colorado. [3]
Hayden Survey of Colorado, 1873–1876; State of Colorado becomes 38th state admitted to the United States of America on August 1, 1876 Colorado Silver Boom, 1879–1893; Alpine Tunnel on the Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad opened to rail traffic on July 13, 1882; Denver and Rio Grande Railroad arrives at Silverton on July 15, 1882
April 12, 1876. The District of Keewatin was created by the passage of the Keewatin Act on April 12, 1876, in a central separate strip from the North-West Territories, in order to provide government for the growing area north of Manitoba and west of Ontario. [75] [76] August 1, 1876. Colorado Territory was admitted to the US as the 38th state ...
On August 1, 1876 (28 days after the Centennial of the United States), President Ulysses S. Grant signed Proclamation 230 [14] admitting the state of Colorado to the Union as the 38th state and earning it the moniker "Centennial State". The borders of the new state coincided with the borders established for the Colorado Territory.
August 1, 1876 Colorado Territory was admitted as the thirty-eighth state, Colorado. [235] [302] August 13, 1877 The United Kingdom created the British Western Pacific Territories, including Atafu and Nukunono. [303] Pacific Ocean: March 3, 1879 The border across the Chesapeake Bay between Maryland and Virginia was decided via arbitration. It ...