Krystal and Reese's Colorado History Timeline

By banterra
  • Jan 1, 1300

    Utes arrive in Colorado

    Utes arrive in Colorado
    They've lived in Colorado for nearly 700 years! The Utes are Colorado's longest residents.

  • Utes gets horses

    Utes gets horses
    Utes took horses from the Hispanics. It made the Utes lives easier.

  • Deigo de Vargas visits the San Luis Valley

    Deigo de Vargas visits the San Luis Valley
    He was the first European to set foot in Colorado.

  • Comaches arrives in Colorado

    Comaches arrives in Colorado
    The Utes and the Comaches were cousins.

  • The Arapahos arrives in Colorado

    The Arapahos arrives in Colorado
    The Arapahos and the Cheyennes had once lived as farmers near the Mississippi River.

  • Pike spends the winter in Colorado

    Pike spends the winter in Colorado
    Pike and his men found a mountain now known as Pike's Peak, but he called it Grand Peak,

  • Fur Trapping in Colorado

    Fur Trapping in Colorado
    At that time, beaver pelts, or skins with fur on them, were in great demand.

  • Bent's Fort built

    Bent's Fort built
    The Fort had enough room for 200 people and 300 to 400 animals.

  • First Hispanic farmers arrive in the San Luis Valley.

    First Hispanic farmers arrive in the San Luis Valley.
    The Hispanics were arch enimies to the Utes.

  • Utes moves to reservations

    Utes moves to reservations
    The Meeker Massacre, as white people in Colorado called it, was a disaster for the Utes. "The Utes must go!" a Denver newspaper demanded.Most people agreed. As a result, the goverment forced the Utes to sign a new treaty. It removed the northern Ute band to Utah.