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    The Territory of Colorado was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from February 28, 1861, until August 1, 1876, when...
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  • Colorado Territory is a 1949 American Western film noir directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, and Dorothy Malone. Written by...
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    of the state's military forces. Seven people served as governor of Colorado Territory over eight terms, appointed by the president of the United States...
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    act creating the Territory of Colorado, and on August 1, 1876, President Ulysses S. Grant signed Proclamation 230, admitting Colorado to the Union as the...
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    the capital of the provisional Territory of Jefferson from 1860 to 1861, and capital of the official Territory of Colorado from 1862 to 1867. In 1867, the...
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    Boulder is a home rule city in and the county seat of Boulder County, Colorado, United States. With a population of 108,250 at the 2020 census, it is the...
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    signed an act organizing the Territory of Colorado. El Paso County was one of the original 17 counties created by the Colorado legislature on November 1...
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    Present-day Weld County, Colorado, lay in the southwestern portion of the Nebraska Territory, bordering the Kansas Territory. In July 1858, gold was discovered...
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    the state capital, is the oldest municipality in Colorado. On December 3, 1859, the extralegal Territory of Jefferson granted a charter to the consolidated...
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    the early days of the Colorado gold rush, Colorado was a Territory of Kansas and Territory of Jefferson. On August 1, 1876, Colorado was admitted as a state...
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    Arapaho territory as ranging from the North Platte River in present-day Wyoming and Nebraska southward to the Arkansas River in present-day Colorado and Kansas...
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    United States portal Colorado portal Bibliography of Colorado Geography of Colorado History of Colorado Arapahoe County, Kansas Territory National Register...
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    that is the county seat and most populous municipality of Summit County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 5,078 at the 2020 United States...
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    temporarily reverted to unorganized territory. On February 28, 1861, Congress passed an act organizing the Territory of Colorado, using present-day borders. On...
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    headwaters of the upper Colorado River in present-day Colorado, the United States had acquired all the northwestern lands of the territory and former provinces...
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    constitute the State of Colorado. This Act removed the Colorado lands from the New Mexico Territory. The creation of the Union Arizona Territory (two years after...
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    Kansas Territory (also in the extralegal Jefferson Territory.) The Territory of Colorado was created on February 28, 1861, and the new territory created...
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    is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Park County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 724 at the 2020 United States Census...
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    State of Colorado, as well as the three defunct counties of the Territory of Colorado and the three defunct counties of the State of Colorado. Of the 64...
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    is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Weld County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 108,795 at the 2020 United States...
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    the U.S. State of Colorado and its two predecessors: the extralegal Territory of Jefferson and the official Territory of Colorado. On August 24, 1859...
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    States portal Colorado portal Outline of Colorado Index of Colorado-related articles State of Colorado Colorado cities and towns Colorado census designated...
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    United States portal Colorado portal Bibliography of Colorado Geography of Colorado History of Colorado Arapahoe County, Kansas Territory Arrappahoe County...
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    is a home rule municipality located in Gilpin and Clear Creek counties, Colorado, United States. Central City is the county seat and the most populous municipality...
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    The county was named for Samuel Hitt Elbert, the Governor of the Territory of Colorado when the county was formed. In 1889, Elbert County was reduced to...
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    seat is Central City. The county was formed in 1861, while Colorado was still a territory, and was named after Colonel William Gilpin, the first territorial...
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  • members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Colorado. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States...
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    Residents of Colorado City worked at some of the 50 coal mines of the Colorado Springs area. It was briefly the capital of the Colorado Territory. For many...
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    this year. Georgetown is the only Colorado municipality that still operates under a charter from the Territory of Colorado which includes a Police Judge as...
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    County was one of the original 17 counties created in the Colorado Territory by the Colorado Territorial Legislature on November 1, 1861. The county was...
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