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February 28, 1861 - The Colorado Territory was organized by the U.S. Congress on Feb. 28, 1861. The land was previously part of the Kansas, Nebraska, Utah, and New Mexico territories. The Nebraska ...

Twenty miles east down a dirt road from Pueblo, along two miles of the Huerfano River, Joseph Doyle carved an existence out of nothing in 1859. What began as 1,200 acres of arid land below the Spanish ...

You think the growth in Colorado is crazy now? It’s nothing compared to the influx of people during the gold rush. All those people meant the lawless west needed good government. That's partly why the ...