A report on Colorado Territory
Organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from February 28, 1861, until August 1, 1876, when it was admitted to the Union as the State of Colorado.
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Colorado
10 linksState in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.
State in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.
The Territory of Colorado was organized on February 28, 1861, and on August 1, 1876, U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signed Proclamation 230 admitting Colorado to the Union as the 38th state.
Denver
6 linksConsolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado.
Consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado.
Ten days later, on February 28, 1861, the Colorado Territory was created, Arapahoe County was formed on November 1, 1861, and Denver City was incorporated on November 7, 1861.
Kansas Territory
4 linksOrganized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 30, 1854, until January 29, 1861, when the eastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the free state of Kansas.
Organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 30, 1854, until January 29, 1861, when the eastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the free state of Kansas.
The Territory of Colorado was created to govern this western region of the former Kansas Territory on February 28, 1861.
Golden, Colorado
6 linksHome rule city that is the county seat of Jefferson County, Colorado, United States.
Home rule city that is the county seat of Jefferson County, Colorado, United States.
Golden City served as the capital of the provisional Territory of Jefferson from 1860 to 1861, and capital of the official Territory of Colorado from 1862 to 1867.
Historic regions of the United States
4 linksThe territory of the United States and its overseas possessions has evolved over time, from the colonial era to the present day.
The territory of the United States and its overseas possessions has evolved over time, from the colonial era to the present day.
Territory of Colorado (1861–1876) preceded by parts of the territories of Kansas, Utah, New Mexico and Nebraska; became the State of Colorado. (See also Jefferson Territory.)
Pike's Peak Gold Rush
2 linksThe Pike's Peak Gold Rush (later known as the Colorado Gold Rush) was the boom in gold prospecting and mining in the Pike's Peak Country of western Kansas Territory and southwestern Nebraska Territory of the United States that began in July 1858 and lasted until roughly the creation of the Colorado Territory on February 28, 1861.
New Mexico Territory
5 linksOrganized incorporated territory of the United States from September 9, 1850, until January 6, 1912.
Organized incorporated territory of the United States from September 9, 1850, until January 6, 1912.
The Colorado Territory was established by the "Colorado Organic Act" on February 28, 1861, with the same boundaries that would ultimately constitute the State of Colorado.
Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company
6 linksHistoric railroad that operated in the western United States during the late 19th century.
Historic railroad that operated in the western United States during the late 19th century.
Formed in 1867 in the Colorado Territory, the company operated lines in Colorado and present-day southeastern Wyoming in the 1870s until merging with the Kansas Pacific and Union Pacific railroads in 1880.
John Chivington
4 linksAmerican Methodist pastor and Mason who served as a colonel in the United States Volunteers during the New Mexico Campaign of the American Civil War.
American Methodist pastor and Mason who served as a colonel in the United States Volunteers during the New Mexico Campaign of the American Civil War.
Colonel Chivington gained infamy for leading the 700-man force of Colorado Territory militia responsible for one of the most heinous war crimes in American military history: the November 1864 Sand Creek massacre.
Jefferson Territory
3 linksThe Territory of Jefferson was an extralegal and unrecognized United States territory that existed from October 24, 1859 until the creation of the Colorado Territory on February 28, 1861.