Elbridge Gerry's Timeline

  • Elbridge Gerry was born

  • Came to Colorado as a fur trader

  • Elbridge opened a trading post in Fort Laramie, Wyoming.Elbridge married Kate Smith.

  • Elbridge's trading post was a thriving business, and he remarried.

  • Elbridge moved to land east of Greely and started a horse ranch.

  • The Native Americans raided settlements near the early spring.

  • Elbridge died.