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5 days ago · The Sand Creek Massacre had far-reaching and devastating consequences for the Native American tribes of the Colorado Territory. The attack shattered any remaining trust between the tribes and the U.S. government, leading to years of conflict and bloodshed.
3 days ago · The Trail of Tears was the forced relocation during the 1830s of Indigenous peoples of the Southeast region of the United States (including the Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole, among others) to the so-called Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River.
4 days ago · Lewis and Clark Expedition, U.S. military expedition (1804–06), led by Capt. Meriwether Lewis and Lieut. William Clark, to explore the Louisiana Purchase and the Pacific Northwest. The expedition was a major chapter in the history of American exploration.
- Jay H. Buckley
4 days ago · February 28 — The U.S. Congress organized the Colorado Territory. 1861, March March 1 — U.S. Secretary of War Joseph Holt ordered General Twiggs dismissed from the Army “for his treachery to the flag of his country.”
3 days ago · Counties are named in Custer's honor in six states: Colorado, Idaho (which is named for the General Custer Mine, which was named for Custer), Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and South Dakota. Townships in Illinois, Michigan, and Minnesota were named for Custer.
4 days ago · Created in 1975 to celebrate the region’s Old West history, Territory Days has become Old Colorado City’s unofficial kickoff of the summer season. The free festival occupies five city blocks ...
2 days ago · Geographers subdivide the Interior Plains into the Interior Lowlands and the Great Plains on the basis of elevation. The Lowlands are mostly below 1,500 feet (460 m) above sea level whereas the Great Plains to the west are higher, rising in Colorado to around 5,000 feet (1,500 m).
