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*'''1859:''' Pike's Peak gold rush | *'''1859:''' Pike's Peak gold rush | ||
*'''1859:''' Colorado pioneers created what they called Jefferson Territory without the sanction of Congress. It was to have included all of present-day Colorado and some areas of Utah and Wyoming. | *'''1859:''' Colorado pioneers created what they called Jefferson Territory without the sanction of Congress. It was to have included all of present-day Colorado and some areas of Utah and Wyoming. | ||
*'''1861:''' Arapaho and Cheyenne Indians ceded land. | *'''1861:''' [[Arapaho_Indians|Arapaho]] and [[Cheyenne_Indians|Cheyenne]] Indians ceded land. | ||
*'''28 February 1861:'''Congress organized the Colorado Territory. The first seventeen counties were organized the same year. | *'''28 February 1861:'''Congress organized the Colorado Territory. The first seventeen counties were organized the same year. | ||
*'''29 November 1864:'''U.S. Army Colonel John M. Chivington attacked friendly Cheyenne Indian encampments at Fort Lyon on Sand Creek, Black Kettle - a Cheyenne chief and 450 Indians were killed. | *'''29 November 1864:'''U.S. Army Colonel John M. Chivington attacked friendly Cheyenne Indian encampments at Fort Lyon on Sand Creek, Black Kettle - a Cheyenne chief and 450 Indians were killed. | ||
*'''1865:''' Arapaho, Cheyenne, Comanche and Kiowa Indians ceded land. | *'''1865:''' Arapaho, Cheyenne, [[Comanche_Indians|Comanche]] and [[Kiowa_Indians|Kiowa]] Indians ceded land. | ||
*'''1867-1869:''' Indian Campaign | *'''1867-1869:''' Indian Campaign | ||
*'''1868:''' Shoshone and Ute Indians ceded land. | *'''1868:''' [[Shoshone_Indians|Shoshone]] and [[Ute_Indians|Ute]] Indians ceded land. | ||
*'''1870:''' Many Indians removed to Oklahoma. | *'''1870:''' Many Indians removed to [[Indians_of_Oklahoma|Oklahoma]]. | ||
*'''1870:''' Railroad links between Denver and Cheyenne and between Denver and Kansas City connected Colorado with the east and west coasts. | *'''1870:''' Railroad links between Denver and Cheyenne and between Denver and Kansas City connected Colorado with the east and west coasts. | ||
*'''1874:''' Ute Indians ceded land. | *'''1874:''' Ute Indians ceded land. | ||
*'''1874-1875:''' Indian Campaign | *'''1874-1875:''' Indian Campaign | ||
*'''1 August 1876:''' Colorado became a state. | *'''1 August 1876:''' Colorado became a state. | ||
*'''1878-1879:''' Northern Cheyenne Indians, lead by Chief Dull Knife, Wild Hog and Little Wolf surrendered in Colorado to U.S. forces. They were sent to Ft. Reno, Oklahoma, Later settled on a reservation in Montana. | *'''1878-1879:''' Northern Cheyenne Indians, lead by Chief Dull Knife, Wild Hog and Little Wolf surrendered in Colorado to U.S. forces. They were sent to Ft. Reno, Oklahoma, Later settled on a reservation in [[Indians_of_Montana|Montana]]. | ||
*'''Summer 1879:''' White River Ute Indians staged an armed uprising, killing the agent N. S. Meeker and seven of his employees and took his wife, daughter and another woman. Ambushed two hundred soldiers under the command of Major Thornburgh, killing the Major and nine of his man and wounding forty. A treaty was signed and the entire nation was removed to a reservation in Utah. | *'''Summer 1879:''' [[White_River_Indian_Agency_(Colorado)|White River Ute]] Indians staged an armed uprising, killing the agent N. S. Meeker and seven of his employees and took his wife, daughter and another woman. Ambushed two hundred soldiers under the command of Major Thornburgh, killing the Major and nine of his man and wounding forty. A treaty was signed and the entire nation was removed to a reservation in Utah. | ||
*'''1880:''' (western Colorado) Ute Indians ceded land and were removed to Utah. | *'''1880:''' (western Colorado) Ute Indians ceded land and were removed to [[Indians_of_Utah|Utah]]. | ||
*'''1881:''' Western Colorado was officially opened to white settlement after most of the Ute Indians had been moved to reservations in Utah. | *'''1881:''' Western Colorado was officially opened to white settlement after most of the Ute Indians had been moved to reservations in Utah. | ||
*'''1890:''' Colorado's population exceeded 400,000 when the last major gold strike was made at Cripple Creek. | *'''1890:''' Colorado's population exceeded 400,000 when the last major gold strike was made at Cripple Creek. | ||