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Redcloud Peak is a mountain peak of over fourteen thousand feet in the U.S. state of Colorado. It is located in the San Juan Mountains in Hinsdale County approximately 7 miles (11 km) south west of Lake City .
Lake City is a statutory town that is the county seat, the most populous community, and the only incorporated municipality in Hinsdale County, Colorado, United States. [ 1 ] [ 8 ] The population was 432 at the 2020 census . [ 6 ]
After Red Cloud's War, many Northern Arapaho moved to the Red Cloud Agency in Dakota Territory and lived among the Lakota, as well as many Cheyenne. Among the most influential and respected Arapaho chiefs living on the Agency was Chief Black Coal (Northern Arapaho) , who gained prominence as a warrior and leader against white settlers in the ...
This partial list of city nicknames in Colorado includes some of the sobriquets, pseudonyms, and slogans that identify, or have identified, the cities and towns of the U.S. state of Colorado. City nicknames can help in establishing a civic identity, helping outsiders recognize a community or attracting people to a community because of its ...
Crazy Horse and his band of Oglala on their way from Camp Sheridan to surrender to General Crook at Red Cloud Agency; on Sunday, May 6, 1877. Berghavy, from sketches by Mr. Hottes. Sources differ on the precise year of Crazy Horse's birth, but most agree he was born between 1840 and 1845.
The City of Leadville, Colorado has been the highest elevation incorporated city in the United States since its incorporation on February 18, 1878. The Town of Winter Park, Colorado has the highest elevation within the municipal boundaries of any town in the United States at 12,060 feet (3,676 m).
Leadville (/ ˈ l ɛ d v ɪ l / LED-vil) [9] is a statutory city that is the county seat, the most populous community, and the only incorporated municipality in Lake County, Colorado, United States. [1] [10] The city population was 2,633 at the 2020 census. [7] It is situated at an elevation of 10,119 feet (3,084 m). [6]
Initially given the whole of western Colorado for a reservation, the discovery of gold there in the 1860s brought a quick reduction in territory. The treaty with the Ute in 1865 provided for the cession of land in exchange for the entire valley of the Uintah River in Utah, plus $25,000 per year for ten years, then $20,000 for 20 years, and ...