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'''1861: '''(February 28,) Congress organized the Colorado Territory. The first seventeen counties were organized the same year. | '''1861: '''(February 28,) Congress organized the Colorado Territory. The first seventeen counties were organized the same year. | ||
'''1864 | '''1864: '''(November 29,) Col. John M. Chivington and troops attacked the Cheyenne Indians camped on Sand Creek 150 Indians were killed. | ||
'''1865:''' Arapaho, Cheyenne, Comanche and Kiowa Indians ceded land. | '''1865:''' Arapaho, Cheyenne, Comanche and Kiowa Indians ceded land. | ||
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An especially helpful source for studying the history of Colorado is LeRoy R. Hafen, ed., ''Colorado and Its People: A Narrative and Topical History of the Centennial State'', Four Volumes. (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1948; FHL book 978.8 H2h; film 1000143). Volumes 3-4 contain personal and family histories. | An especially helpful source for studying the history of Colorado is LeRoy R. Hafen, ed., ''Colorado and Its People: A Narrative and Topical History of the Centennial State'', Four Volumes. (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1948; FHL book 978.8 H2h; film 1000143). Volumes 3-4 contain personal and family histories. | ||
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). <!--{12082834255150} --> <!--{12082834255151} --> | 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). <!--{12082834255150} --><!--{12082834255151} --><!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --> | ||
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