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Colorado

By justin anderson
  • Colorado was claimed by the French

    Colorado was claimed by the French

  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase

    Colorado became part of the United States with the Louisisana Purchase
  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

    Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

    Mexico cedes to U.S part of Colorado not aquired by the Louisiana Purchase
  • Gold was discovered in Colorado

    Gold was discovered in Colorado

    Prospectors led by William Russel found gold in what is now downtown Denver.
  • Union Pacific railroad laid tracks

    Union Pacific railroad laid tracks

  • Colorado admitted to the Union

    Colorado admitted to the Union

    Colorado is the 38th state.