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The following important events in the history of Colorado affected political boundaries, record keeping, and family movements. | The following important events in the history of Colorado affected political boundaries, record keeping, and family movements. | ||
'''1803: '''The United States acquired the sections of Colorado north and east of the Arkansas River as part of the Louisiana Purchase. Beginning in 1806 government expeditions were sent to map the area, and fur trappers and traders followed in the 1820s. Western settlers in the 1840s and 1850s bypassed Colorado on their way to the Pacific Coast. | '''1706:'''Claimed for Spain by Juan de Ulibarri | ||
'''1803: '''The United States acquired the sections of Colorado north and east of the Arkansas River as part of the Louisiana Purchase. Beginning in 1806 government expeditions were sent to map the area, and fur trappers and traders followed in the | |||
'''1806:'''Explored by Zebulon Pike. | |||
1820s. Western settlers in the 1840s and 1850s bypassed Colorado on their way to the Pacific Coast. | |||
'''1842:''' Explored by John C. Freemont. | |||
'''1845:'''Central part of Colorado acquired with the aadmission of texas as a state. | |||
'''1848: '''The United States acquired the rest of present-day Colorado from Mexico. | '''1848: '''The United States acquired the rest of present-day Colorado from Mexico. | ||
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'''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: ''' Congress organized the Colorado Territory. The first seventeen counties were organized the same year. | '''1861:'''Arapaho and Cheyenne Indians ceded land. | ||
'''1861: '''( February 28,) Congress organized the Colorado Territory. The first seventeen counties were organized the same year. | |||
'''1864 & 1868:''' Battle of Sand Creek involving the Arapaho and Cheyenne Indians. | |||
'''1865:''' Arapaho, Cheyenne, Comanche and Kiowa Indians ceded land. | |||
'''1867-1869:''' Indian Champaign | |||
'''1868:'''Shoshone and Ute Indians ceded land. | |||
'''1870:'''Many Indians removed to 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. | ||
'''1876: ''' Colorado became a state. | '''1874:''' Ute Indians ceded land. | ||
'''1874-1875: ''' Indian Champaign | |||
'''1876: '''(August 1,) Colorado became a state. | |||
'''1879: ''' (Summer) White River Ute Indians staged an armed uprising. A treaty signed and the entire nation was removed to a reservation in Utah. | |||
'''1880: ''' (western Colorado) Ute Indians ceded land and were removed to 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. | ||
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A bibliography of local histories is found in Bohdan S. Wynar and Roberta J. Depp, eds., ''Colorado Bibliography'' (Littleton, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, 1980; FHL book 978.8 A3c, pages 53-92). | A bibliography of local histories is found in Bohdan S. Wynar and Roberta J. Depp, eds., ''Colorado Bibliography'' (Littleton, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, 1980; FHL book 978.8 A3c, pages 53-92). | ||
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