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Colorado
Territory
Organized:
February 28, 1861
Statehood: August 1, 1876
The
state was named after the Spanish word "Colorado," which means
"reddish colored" that presumably refers to the red sandstone
formations in the area or reddish brown color of the Colorado River.
The territory that ultimately became Colorado was added to the United
States by the 1803 Louisiana Purchase and the 1848 Mexican Cession. The
Colorado Gold Rush of 1859 brought many settlers to the Denver area,
though the population collapsed following an initial mining boom.
The Colorado Territory was organized as a United States territory on
February 28, 1861, and Colorado attained statehood August 1, 1876, 100
years after the signing of our nation's Declaration of Independence
(earning it the nickname the "Centennial State")
Colorado
Counties
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Updates
September 2019 - 33 State Executions added
August 2018 - 8 State Executions were added
November 2017 - 3 State Executions were added
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Defunct Counties
Greenwood
County -
formed in 1870 from part of Huerfano county and the Arapahoe and
Cheyenne Reserve. In 1874 it was abolished and Bent and Elbert counties
created. History
in 1871.
Platte
County -
formed in 1872 from part of Weld county. In 1874 was abolished and its
territory returned to Weld county.
More extinct or
renamed counties
The City of Aurora,
which is currently located in two counties - Arapahoe, and Adams, is
scheduled to become a consolidated city-county (joining Denver and
Broomfield as the only city-counties in the state) around 2008 |
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Colorado
National Parks
National parks managed by the National Park Service:
- Black
Canyon of the
Gunnison National Park near Montrose
- Mesa
Verde National Park
near Cortez
- Rocky
Mountain National Park
at Estes Park
- Great
Sand Dunes National Park
and
Preserve near
Mosca
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National
monuments in Colorado are:
- Colorado
National Monument at
Grand Junction and Fruita
- Dinosaur
National Monument
near Dinosaur Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument in Florissant
- Yucca
House National Monument
in Cortez
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National
Historic Sites:
- Bent's
Old Fort National Historic Site near La Junta
- Sand
Creek Massacre National Historic Site in Kiowa County
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National
Historic Trails
- California
National Historic Trail
- Old
Spanish National Historic Trail
- Pony
Express National Historic Trail
- Santa
Fe
National Historic Trail
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The Colorado Fourteeners
- 53
Colorado summits with at least 14,000 feet (4,267.2 m) of elevation and
at least 300 feet (91,44 m) of prominence
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