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Spanish explorer Juan de Ulibarrí led expedition going into present day Colorado -
They explored western Colorado on the search for a route to California -
The United States acquired a lot of eastern Colorado from France -
Zebulon pike explores Colorado and found a peak that was later named pikes peak
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Explorer Stephen Long mapped front range and named Longs peak -
Bents fort was built in southeastern Colorado and it was a trading post for everyone and it was along the Santa Fe trail -
The USA gains some more of Colorado specifically southwestern Colorado from Mexico at the end of the war. -
San Luis is founded and it is the oldest inhabited town in Colorado -
Eastern Colorado was a part of Kansas under the Kansas Nebraska act -
Gold was discovered in cherry creek near denver -
Denver founded and grows a lot during the gold rush -
The Goverment made Colorado into its own thing and its no longer touching Kansas,Utah, and New Mexico -
Colorado Military of like 675 attacks a peaceful Cheyanne and arapahoe village and reports say 300-800 natives were killed and there was 12 military members killed and 61 were wounded -
The Denver pacific railway connects Denver to the transcontinental railroad. -
Colorado becomes the first state and it was the 38th state and its nicknamed the centennial state
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In the 1880s silver is discovered and it let them develop rapidly like Denver -
Women are allowed to vote after Wyoming -
Mesa Verde turned in Pueblo got turned national park to preserve the Native American cliff houses. -
Miners that were on strike were killed by anti striker military in south Colorado and there were 21 killed and 11 of them were kids -
Work on the rocks begins and it became a world famous concert venue that rappers like Wiz Khalifa Young Thug, Migos, Lil Yatchy and Playboy Carti Travis Scott and tons and tons more. -
Japanese Americans are put in there during world war 2 -
NORAD was made inside Cheyanne mountain near Colorado Springs -
A big flood hit Denver and lots of changes happened in the urban planning and infrastructure -
Colorado residents Vote against the 1976 Olympics due to environmental impacts and costs -
Dia opened and its one of the biggest in the world -
Colorado started allowing same sex marriage -
A gunman opened fire during a midnight showing of the dark knight rises and 12 killed and 70 injured
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Recreational marijuana was legalized in 2014 and it its was first state to allow it for recreational use. -
COVID 19 hits Colorado and goes into lockdown and there's a bit more work on the healthcare system -
Wildfires in summer and fall and rises concerns about climate change