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This area was incorporated into the Territory of Colorado 30 days later on February 28, 1861. William Gilpin, first Governor of the Territory of Colorado. The Colorado Organic Act is signed on February 28, 1861. John Long Routt, last Governor of the Territory of Colorado and first Governor of the State of Colorado Territory of Colorado, 1861–1876
Grand County, Colorado Territory Grand County, Colorado: February 2, 1874 1882 1888 present Howardsville [bl] La Plata County, Colorado Territory: February 10, 1874 January 31, 1876 Hugo [bt] Lincoln County, Colorado: April 11, 1889 present Idaho [z] Clear Creek County, Colorado Territory: November 1, 1861 1867 Julesburg [ct] Sedgwick County ...
Between 1898 and 1913, Colorado and Southern Railway operated on the rails. [15] 0.5 miles (0.80 km) east of Jimmy Camp was a railway station called Manitou Junction [16] for Denver and New Orleans Railroad [3]: 66 and the Colorado and Southern Railway. [17] From there, passengers could take a 9-mile (14 km) train road to Colorado Springs. [18]
The old NWA territory system in the United States and Canada. Formed in 1948, the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) governing body was the largest organization in professional wrestling until the 1980s Rock 'n' Wrestling Era. Under the control of the NWA Board of Directors (consisting of various prominent, regional promoters), the governing ...
Three Colorado cities served as the capital of the Territory of Colorado: Denver City: from creation on February 28, 1861, until July 7, 1862. Colorado City: July 7 until August 14, 1862. Golden City: August 14, 1862 until December 9, 1867. Denver: [a] December 9, 1867 until statehood on August 1, 1876.
Excluded from the new Territory of Colorado in 1861. Guadalupe County: Territory of Colorado: 1861-11-01 1861-11-07 One of the 17 original counties created by the Territory of Colorado in 1861. The county was renamed Conejos County after only six days. Greenwood County: Territory of Colorado: 1870-02-11 1874-02-06
Joseph Mason, (January 28, 1840 [2] – February 1881 [1]) was an explorer, business man, law man, and early settler of the Colorado Territory [2] He is best known as the "Father of Fort Collins, Colorado". [1] Mason was an early white homesteader in Larimer County, Colorado in the 1860s.
The history of slavery in Colorado began centuries before Colorado achieved statehood when Spanish colonists of Santa Fe de Nuevo México (1598–1848) enslaved Native Americans, called Genízaros. Southern Colorado was part of the Spanish territory until 1848. Comanche and Utes raided villages of other indigenous people and enslaved them.