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1280
Mesa Verde is abandoned
Mesa Verde is abandoned -
Period: 1300 to 1500
Utes 1300 - 1500
Utes 1300 - 1500 -
Period: 1492 to
Spanish claim to Greenhorn Valley
Spanish claim to Greenhorn Valley -
1541
Coronado, may have crossed the southeastern corner of present Colorado
1541 - Coronado, famed Spanish explorer, may have crossed the southeastern corner of present Colorado on his return march to Mexico after vain hunt for the golden Seven Cities of Cibola. -
First documented possession of the horse by Native Americans
1640
Ute Indians, enslaved by the Spanish, flee New Mexico with 300 head of horses. This is the first documented possession of the horse by Native Americans. -
1000's of horses are released in a Pueblo Indians uprising against their Spanish overlords 1680
1000's of horses are released in a Pueblo Indians uprising against their Spanish overlords 1680. These horses formed the Mustang herds. This began the nomadic Indian horsemen. -
La Salle appropriates for France all of the area now known as Colorado east of the Rocky Mountains.
1682 - Explorer La Salle appropriates for France all of the area now known as Colorado east of the Rocky Mountains. -
“Comanches,” from a Ute word “komatchia, he who wants to fight me all the time
Bands of Utes encamped near Abiquiu, New Mexico for a trade fair, fight among themselves. One band splits off and is thereafter referred to as “Comanches,” from a Ute word “komatchia, he who wants to fight me all the time.” They gradually spread their influence from northwest Colorado, down the Front Range (including the Colorado Springs area). -
General Juan Ulibarri passes thru Greenhorn Valley
General Juan Ulibarri passes thru Greenhorn Valley -
Antonio de Valverde passes thru the Greenhorn Valley
Antonio de Valverde passes thru the Greenhorn Valley -
Pedro de Villasur passes thru the Greenhorn Valley
Pedro de Villasur passes thru the Greenhorn Valley -
Cuerno Verde (Greenhorn) dies in a battle with Juan Bautista de Anza
Cuerno Verde (Greenhorn) dies in a battle with Juan Bautista de Anza -
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Colorado is part of Colony of Louisiana
Colorado is part of Colony of Louisiana -
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Charles Bent (1799 - 1847)
Charles Bent (1799 - 1847) -
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France territory 1800 - 1803
France territory 1800 - 1803 -
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Louisiana Purchase 1803
1803 Louisiana Purchase
1804 becomes District of Louisiana
1805 becomes Louisiana Territory -
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Colorado is part of the Louisiana Purchase (Unorganized)
Colorado is part of the Louisiana Purchase (Unorganized) -
The Louisiana Purchase Treaty
Jefferson announced the treaty to the American people on July 4, 1803
October 21, 1803, the Senate authorized Jefferson to take possession of the territory and establish a temporary military government. -
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Louisiana Territory
Louisiana Territory -
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Simon Turley Taos distillery
Simon Turley Taos distillery -
Captain Zebulon Montgomery Pike attempts to climb Pikes Peak
Captain Zebulon Montgomery Pike attempts to climb Pikes Peak -
Zebulon Pike captured by Spanish Soldiers
Pike did get to Santa Fe. After his Christmas camp on the Arkansas, which he supposed to be the Red, he went downstream, worked around the Royal Gorge, and found his old camp. He realized he had been on the Arkansas all along. He headed southwest into the San Luis Valley, where he built a stockade before his capture by Spanish soldiers on Feb. 26, 1807 -
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Charles Autobees
Charles Autobees -
The world's first steam locomotive goes into service.
The world's first steam locomotive goes into service on the Killingworth colliery railway. Killingworth, Newcastle England -
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"Uncle Dick" Wootton (1816 - 1893)
"Uncle Dick" Wootton (1816 - 1893) -
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Alexander Hicklin (1819 - 1874)
Alexander Hicklin (1819 - 1874) -
Major Stephen H. Long records finding Ute Pass and the UteTrail.
Major Stephen H. Long records finding Ute Pass and the UteTrail. Dr. James, along with a soldier and the wagon master, succeeds in climbing “great peak.” In honor of this feat, Major Long confers the name “James Peak” on the mountain. Pike’s and Fremont’s writings of the area prove more popular, however, and the public comes to regard the mountain as “Pikes Peak.” -
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Missouri Compromise
Missouri territory includes part of Colorado.
The Missouri Compromise is the title generally attached to the legislation passed by the 16th United States Congress on May 8, 1820. The measures provided for the admission of Maine as a free state along with Missouri as a slave state. -
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South of the Arkansas becomes the Mexican Republic
South of the Arkansas becomes the Mexican Republic -
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Colorado is divided at the Arkansas after the Adams-Onís Treaty
North of the Arkansas is part of the Missouri Territory.
South of the Arkansas is part of New Spain -
Official founding of the Santa Fe Trail
Mountain Branch of the Santa Fe Trail runs approximately where I-25 is today -
Jacob Fowler and party hike through Greenhorn Valley on route to Taos
Jacob Fowler and party hike through Greenhorn Valley on route to Taos -
Construction begins on the first US Railroad. Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)
Construction begins on the first US Railroad. Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) -
Jedediah Strong Smith and William Sublette lead the first covered wagon train from the Missouri River to the Rockies.
Jedediah Strong Smith and William Sublette lead the first covered wagon train from the Missouri River to the Rockies. -
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Joseph B Doze
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Modern Sewing Machine is devised.
Modern Sewing Machine is devised by Walter Hunt of New York. -
The Supreme Court rules the U.S. Government has exclusive authority over tribal Indians and their lands withing any state. Worcester v. Georgia
The Supreme Court rules the U.S. Government has exclusive authority over tribal Indians and their lands withing any state. Worcester v. Georgia -
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Fort William
Fort William -
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Charlie Autobee works for Simeon Turley
Charlie Autobee works for Simeon Turley -
Texas becomes independent republic and claims narrow strip of mountain territory
1836 - Texas becomes independent republic and claims narrow strip of mountain territory extending northward through Colorado to 42nd parallel.
1848 - By Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico cedes to United States most of that part of Colorado not acquired by Louisiana Purchase. -
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Republic of Texas
Republic of Texas -
The Alamo at San Antonio, TX falls.
The Alamo at San Antonio, TX falls. -
The Oregon Trail is mapped by John Charles Fremont and Christopher Kit Carson.
The Oregon Trail is mapped by John Charles Fremont and Christopher Kit Carson. -
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El Pueblo
It was known as “Fort el Pueblo”, or as “el Pueblo de San Carlos”, or “the Pueblo of St. Charles”. But for short, it was called by Americans generally, “the Pueblo”, or “St. Charles”. -
Rufus B. Sage crossing the Arkansas, I for the first time set foot upon Mexican soil
Rufus B. Sage, 19-22 September 1842. Sage was traveling south along the old trail with four companions. Their destination was Taos in Mexican territory.
“Sept. 22d. Crossing the Arkansas, I for the first time set foot upon Mexican soil.”
Source: Rocky Mountain Life, by Rufus B. Sage. (Lincoln: Univ. of Nebraska Press, 1982). -
Ceran St. Vrain land granted
Ceran St. Vrain land granted -
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Hardscrabble Settlement
Hardscrabble Settlement is started by Alexander Barclay, George Simpson and Joseph Doyle -
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John Brown store on the Greenhorn Creek Crossing
John Brown store on the Greenhorn Creek Crossing -
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Mexican War
The Mexican–American War, also known as the Mexican War in the United States and in Mexico as the American intervention in Mexico, was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848. -
Charles Bent is appointed Territorial Governor
Charles Bent is appointed Territorial Governor -
Charles Bent is killed during the Taos Uprising
Charles Bent is killed during the Taos Uprising -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico cedes to United States most of that part of Colorado not acquired by Louisiana Purchase.
1848 - By Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico cedes to United States most of that part of Colorado not acquired by Louisiana Purchase. -
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Bill New joins Greenhorn Community
Bill New joins Greenhorn Community -
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Colorado South of the Arkansas is part of Texas after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Colorado South of the Arkansas is part of Texas after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo -
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Colorado becomse "Unorganized Territory" after the Compromise of 1850
Colorado becomse "Unorganized Territory" after the Compromise of 1850 -
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The Compromise of 1850
September 9, 1850, organized the Territory of Utah (Includes Western Colorado)
California was admitted to the Union as the 16th free state. In exchange, the south was guaranteed that no federal restrictions on slavery would be placed on Utah or New Mexico. -
Introduction of the The Colt Revolving Belt Pistol of Naval Caliber, later known as the Colt 1851 Navy or Navy Revolver.
Introduction of the The Colt Revolving Belt Pistol of Naval Caliber, later known as the Colt 1851 Navy or Navy Revolver. -
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Fort Massachusetts
Fort Massachusetts was a military installation built in the San Luis Valley in Southern Colorado. It was located near the western bank of Ute Creek on the base of Mount Blanca. -
Edward G Beckwith comes to Greenhorn
Captain J W Gunnison sends Beckwith and five other ment ot scout for and find the Greenhorn settlement. -
Gunnison and seven of his men are killed by Paiutes
Gunnison and seven of his men are killed by Paiutes -
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New Mexican Territory
New Mexican Territory -
Kansas-Nebraska Act signed
Kansas-Nebraska Act signed
recognition of Kansas and Nebraska as organized U.S. territories -
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Colorado is divided in three parts after the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Colorado is divided in three parts after the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Nebraska Territory, Kansas Territory, New Mexico Territory -
Utes led by Blanco Massacred the occupants of Fort Pueblo
Utes led by Blanco Massacred the occupants of Fort Pueblo -
Bleeding Kansas - “Border Ruffians” elected a pro-slavery legislature in the Kansas Territory
March 30, 1855 “Border Ruffians” elected a pro-slavery legislature in the Kansas Territory through brutality and intimidation.
On March 30, 1855, an election was held to choose members of the territorial legislature. The Missourians, or "Border Ruffians," as they were called, poured over the line. They swelled the numbers from 2,905 registered voters to 6,307 actual ballots cast. Only 791 voted against slavery. -
Ceran St. Vrain celebrates July 4th from the summit of Greenhorn Mountain
Ceran St. Vrain celebrates July 4th from the summit of Greenhorn Mountain -
Dona Estefana Bent marries Alexander hicklin in Taos
Dona Estefana Bent marries Alexander hicklin in Taos -
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Gold Rush in Colorado
Gold Rush in Colorado
Gold is found near Denver, in central Colorado, and leads to the Pikes Peak Gold Rush -
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Fort Garland
Fort Garland was established in 1858 to protect settlers in the San Luis Valley, then part of the New Mexico Territory. The fort was abandoned in 1883 -
Denver is founded in Kansas Territory
Denver is founded in Kansas Territory -
Hicklins arrive on the Greenhorn
Hicklins arrive on the Greenhorn -
Joseph B Doyle begins farming on the Huerfano
Joseph B Doyle begins farming on the Huerfano after purchasing two square miles of property from St. Vrain-Vigil grant. -
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Greenhorn Village
Greenhorn village centered around Alexander Hicklin Ranch House -
Jefferson Territory is formed
Frontiersmen met at Uncle Dick Wootton's Tavern on Cherry Creek to form Jefferson Territory. -
Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Jefferson
Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Jefferson -
The first Pony Express riders leave St Joseph Missouri and deliver mail to Sacramento California.
The first Pony Express riders leave St Joseph Missouri and deliver mail to Sacramento California. -
Colorado Territory is created by Congress and approved by President James Buchanan.
Colorado Territory is created by Congress and approved by President James Buchanan. -
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American Civil War (Apr 12, 1861 – May 9, 1865)
American Civil War (Apr 12, 1861 – May 9, 1865) -
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Greenhorn Valley becomes part of Huerfano County
Greenhorn Valley becomes part of Huerfano County -
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The Bloody Espinosas murderous rampage
The so-called Bloody Espinosas were two brothers—some contend they were cousins—and a nephew who terrorized southern Colorado in the early 1860s -
Sand Creek Massacre
On November 29, 1864, troops under Chivington attacked a peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho camp at Sand Creek on the reserve established for them under the Treaty of Fort Wise. This event became known as the Sand Creek Massacre.
A 675-man force of Colorado U.S. Volunteer Cavalry attacked and destroyed a village of Cheyenne and Arapaho in southeastern Colorado Territory, killing and mutilating an estimated 70–163 Native Americans. -
1865 current Pueblo County and Huerfano boundry established.
In 1865 the boundary of Pueblo was established. 09 Jan 1868
PUEBLO gained from FREMONT, HUERFANO, and gained part of the Cheyenne Indian Reserve. (Colo. Terr. Laws 1867, 7th sess., ch. 20, p. 164) http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/documents/CO_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#Individual_County_Chronologies -
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Stagecoach - Barlow, Sanderson and Co.
Stagecoach - Barlow, Sanderson and Co.
Stagecoach with a stop at Greenhorn -
Joseph B. Doze settled in what is now Huerfano County
Joseph B. Doze settled in what is now Huerfano County -
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Silver Boom in Colorado
Silver Boom in Colorado -
Huerfano country changes is borders.
1870 - On Feb. 11, the Colorado legislature changed Pueblo County’s borders reducing Huerfano County’s boundaries. http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/documents/CO_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#Individual_County_Chronologies -
George Sears arrives on Graneros Creek
George Sears arrives on Graneros Creek -
First Train Arrives in Pueblo
First Train Arrives in Pueblo -
D&RG grading south of Pueblo towards Trinidad started up
D&RG grading south of Pueblo towards Trinidad started up again in early 1874. By 1876, the line had reached as far south as it would go for a number of years - El Moro. -
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Greenhorn Settlement - Shady Greenhorn
Greenhorn Settlement on Graneros Creek -
Pueblo to Old Cucharas segment of the D&RG completed
Pueblo to Old Cucharas segment of the D&RG completed Febreuary, 22 1875 -
Colorado becomes a state
Colorado becomes a state -
Pueblo has a population of 3,217
Pueblo has a population of 3,217 -
Trinidad has a population of 2,226
Trinidad has a population of 2,226 -
Fire on the mountain west of Pine Grove Ranch.
Fire on the mountain west of Pine Grove Ranch. -
Steel production begins at CF&I in Pueblo.
Steel production begins at CF&I in Pueblo. -
Lake Beckwith was dug, then called Hayden Reservoir.
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Marion Mine
Marion Mine
Mid 1870's Zina Fairchilds finds a promising vein of Quartz.
Mine in operation 1906 - 1915 -
Hayden Brothers purchase Hicklin estate and most of Crow.
Consolidated properties become Hayden Ranch -
The main rail line line was moved east.
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Shady Greenhorn - Fossceco Family
Shady Greenhorn - Fossceco Family -
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Squirrel Creek Campground becomes the first national forest campground in the country
Squirrel Creek Campground becomes the first national forest campground in the country.
The Campground was washed away by a 1947 flood. -
Crow Cut-off to US 85 completed.
1930's -
US 85 moved east, where I-25 is eventuallly built.