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In the 1540's Francisco de Coronado set out for Mexico with 200 soldiers and 1,000 friendly indians . They marched north to look for the seven cities of gold.
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The Spanish captured 80 Ute men and made them work as slaves
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In 1694 Diego Vargas visited the San Luis Valley. He was the first Europen to set foot in Colorado.
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In 1776, two Spanish priests setsout for Santa Fe. Silvestre Escalante and Fransisco Dominguez were looking for an easy way to California.
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The pathfinders are gone but not forgotten. The people of Colorado remember them in vivid ways.
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To explore this region Lewis and Clark led one awsome journey
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Pike and his crew set out in 1806. They reached the future city of Pueblo. To the north, they saw a peak.. They named it Grand Peak.. John C. Fremont named it Pike's Peak..
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In the 1820's , new pathfinders arrived. They were fur trappers . At that time, beaver pelts, or skins with fur on them, were in great damand.
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By the 1830's , trade in bison hides was more important than fur trapping. Traders could buy a bision hide from the Indians for three dollars worth of trade goods .
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Bent's Fort was built like a walled town. It contained a storeroom, trading room and many, many more.
