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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Denver, Colorado, United States, from its founding in 1858 to the present. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
The Denver area, part of the Territory of Kansas, was sparsely settled until the late 1850s.Occasional parties of prospectors came looking for gold, then moved on. In July 1858, Green Russell and Sam Bates found a small placer deposit near the mouth of Little Dry Creek (in the present-day suburb of Englewood) that yielded about 20 troy ounces (620 g) of gold, the first significant gold ...
The History Colorado Center opens in Denver. September 21: U.S. President Barack Obama issues a proclamation creating Chimney Rock National Monument on 4,726 acres (19 km 2) of the San Juan National Forest. [61] July 30: Missy Franklin of Centennial wins the first of four gold medals in swimming at the Games of the XXX Olympiad in London. July 20
Chief Ouray and Chipeta. Ancestral Puebloans — A diverse group of peoples that lived in the valleys and mesas of the Colorado Plateau; Apache Nation — An Athabaskan-speaking nation that lived in the Great Plains in the 18th century, then migrated southward to Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, leaving a void on the plains that was filled by the Arapaho and Cheyenne from the east.
Large portions of Colorado were subsequently under the administrative control of Mexico from 1800 to 1835, and the Republic of Texas from 1836 to 1846. Full administrative control of Colorado was established on February 2, 1848 with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo which ended the Mexican–American War .
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This is a list of mayors of Denver, the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. [1] Mayors of Denver can now serve three four-year terms. [ 2 ]
View history; General ... Pages in category "Timelines of cities in Colorado" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. ... Timeline of Denver