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Jan 1, 1500
**The Ute arrive in Colorado
The Ute is Colorado's oldest Native American Tribe. The word means "people of the mountains." -
**Louisiana Purchase
Thomas Jefferson makes the Louisiana Purchase. This was a huge chunk of land that consists of all or part of 16 present-day states. This land was aquired from France. -
Denver established
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**Gold Discovered in Colorado
Gold was discovered by a prospector named William Green Russell and his friends. -
**Colorado's First Newspaper
Colorado's first newspaper was the Rocky Mountain News -
**Colorado becomes a territory
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**Sand Creek Massacre
Native Americans who were interested in a peaceful relationship with the new settelers were asked to come to come to the Sand Creek area and those who did not were considered hostile. Colonel Chivington was ordered to round up the hostile Native Americans but instead attacked the peaceful ones at Sand Creek. -
**First railroad reaches Denver
The first railroad reached Denver in 1870. It was called the Denver Pacific Railroad. Traveling to Colorado on a railroad car was faster and more comfortable than coming by stagecoach or wagon.
(copied from historycolorado.org)First Denver railroad -
**Colorado becomes a state
Colorado is no longer a territory or a part of Kansas territory. As of August 1st, 1876, Colorado is a bona-fide state! -
Central City used Water Wagons
Central City did not have a public water system. There were no underground pipes delivering water to people’s homes. People relied on water wagons for their drinking water.
(info. copied from historycolorado.org)Water Wagon -
Late 1800s Skis called Norwegian snow Shoes
In the late 1800s, skis were called Norwegian snow-shoes. Miners used them during the winter to go from one mountain town to another. At that time, skiers used a long pole to help them turn.
(info. copied from historycolorado.org)Norwegian Snow shoes -
Grand Junction's first Streetcar
The first streetcars were horse-drawn vehicles. They were different from carriages because they ran on iron rails, which were laid down the middle of the street. The rails reduced the friction on the wheels. This enabled a horse to pull more passengers in a streetcar than in a carriage. It was cheaper transportation.
(copied from historycolorado.oeg)Street Cars -
Skiing becomes a form of recreation
Skiing becomes more than just a form of transportation in the early 1900s. Now people start skiing as a form of recreation.Women on skiis -
Speed Limit is 45mph
"The speed limit then (1915) was 45 miles per hour. . . . I never heard of a stop sign until about 1930. I never saw a traffic signal until about 1935, except in downtown San Francisco [California]."
Source: Forrest Coulter, "65 Years of Memories," p. 14. Denver Public Library Manuscript Collection
(copied from historycolorado.org) First Cars
