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(1682) Explorer La Salle appropriated the area east of the Rocky Mountains, now known as Colorado, for France
(1765) Juan Maria Rivera led a Spanish expedition into the San Juan and Sangre de Cristo Mountains in search of gold and silver
(1803) The U. S. acquired eastern Colorado from France as part of the Louisiana Purchase
(1806) Lieutenant Zebulon M. Pike and small party of U.S. soldiers discovered peak that bears his name
(1848) Mexico ceded western Colorado to United States by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
(1851) First permanent settlement founded at San Luis
(1854) Ute indians killed fifteen inhabitants of Fort Pueblo on Christmas Day
(1858) Gold discovered in Denver
(1859) The first stagecoach with mail for Cherry Creek settlements left Leavenworth, Kansas; the first newspaper in the region, the Rocky Mountain News, was published; more gold was discovered at North Clear Creek and the Blue River; oil was discovered
(1861) Congress established the Colorado territory
(1862) First oil well drilled
(1863) Denver linked to the east coast by telegraph
(1864 Sand Creek Massacre kills 163 Indians, mostly women and children; Denver hit by a devastating flood
(1867) Denver is permanent seat of the government
(1870) Railroad connections established with the East
(1876) Colorado became the 38th state
(1878) Telephones were installed in Denver
(1881) Ute tribes moved onto reservations
(1883) Electric lights installed in Denver
(1886) The last public hanging in Denver occurred
(1894) State Capitol completed at a cost of $2,500,000; Colorado was the second state to extend suffrage to women
(1905) Colorado had three governors in one day due to a political squabble
(1906) United States Mint in Denver issued its first coins.
(1908) Denver Municipal Auditorium completed in time for the Democratic National Convention
(1913) The "Big Snow of 1913" covered Colorado with 3 - 5 feet; licensing of automobiles began; Helen Robinson was first elected woman to serve in state Senate
(1916) Colorado adopted prohibition
(1922) First commerical radio license in state issued
(1925) Federal Reserve Bank established in Denver
(1942) Federal government established Amache, a camp for Japanese-Americans who were relocated from their homes on the West Coast
(1958) Air Force Academy built near Colorado Springs; state suffered from grasshopper plague
(1960) Denver Broncos professional football team established
(1967) Denver Rockets became Colorado's professional American Basketball Association team
(1974) Desegregation of schools in Denver began; Denver Rockets were renamed the Denver Nuggets
(1976) A cloudburst on the Big Thompson River resulted in a massive flood in Larimer County, killing more than 145 people
(1993) Colorado Rockies became first regional major league baseball team
(1995) Quebec Nordiques National Hockey League team moved to Colorado and became the Colorado Avalanche; Denver International Airport opened; Denver landed a National Hockey League franchise; the Colorado Avalanche won the Stanley Cup; careless campers ignited the Buffalo Creek fire, which scorched 12,000 acres and destroyed nine homes; lightning struck in Mesa Verde National Park that resulted in fires that burned 4600 acres
(1997) Oklahoma City bombing trials held in Denver
(1998) Denver Broncos win the Super Bowl
(1999) Denver Broncos win the Super Bowl again; Bill Owens elected governor (the first Republican governor of the state in 24 years); 12 students and one teacher murdered and 23 other students wounded at Columbine High School in Denver
(2000) The Hi Meadow fire ravaged 10,800 acres and destroyed 51 homes; the Bobcat fire burned 10,600 acres and destroyed 22 structures; the Bircher fire raged across 23,000 acres in Mesa Verde National Park
(2005) Referendum C, a five year tax package which modified the Taxpayers Bill of Rights, passed by voters  Contact Us | Privacy Statement Copyrighted by Graphic Maps All rights reserved! All maps, graphics, flags and original descriptions created by Graphic Maps, a d/b/a of the Woolwine-Moen Group, unless otherwise noted and/or directly linked to the source, and use of same for any application whatsoever (with the exception of outline maps) requires written permission.
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