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1913 Colorado Springs
History: The state was named after the Spanish word "Colorado," which means "reddish colored" that presumably refers to the red sandstone formations in the area or reddish brown color of the Colorado River. The territory that ultimately became Colorado was added to the United States by the 1803 Louisiana Purchase and the 1848 Mexican Cession. The Colorado Gold Rush of 1859 brought many settlers to the Denver area, though the population collapsed following an initial mining boom. The Colorado Territory was organized as a United States territory on February 28, 1861, and Colorado attained statehood August 1, 1876, 100 years after the signing of our nation's Declaration of Independence (earning it the nickname the "Centennial State")	State Motto: Nil sine numine (Latin, "Nothing without Providence" or "Nothing without the Deity")

Colorado Counties If interested in hosting a county website for us, email Kim
Adams County formed in 1902 from part of Arapahoe county.	Alamosa County formed in 1913 from parts of Conejos and Costilla counties.	Arapahoe County one of the original 17 counties, the first to be incorporated.	Archuleta County formed in 1885 from part of Conejos county.
Baca County formed in 1889 from part of Las Animas county.	Bent County formed in 1874 from part of Greenwood county.	Boulder County one of the original 17 counties.	Broomfield County formed in 2001 from parts of Adams, Boulder, Jefferson and Weld counties.
Chaffee County formed in 1879 from part of Lake county.	Cheyenne County formed in 1889 from parts of Bent and Elbert counties.	Clear Creek County one of the original 17 counties.	Conejos County one of the original 17 counties. Originally also known as Guadalupe county
Costilla County one of the original 17 counties.	Crowley County formed in 1911 from part of Otero county.	Custer County formed in 1877 from part of Fremont county.	Delta County formed in 1883 from part of Gunnison county.
Denver County formed in 1902 from part of Arapahoe county.	Dolores County formed in 1881 from part of San Juan county.	Douglas County one of the original 17 counties.	Eagle County formed in 1883 from part of Summit county.
El Paso County one of the original 17 counties.	Elbert County formed in 1874 from parts of Douglas and Greenwood counties.	Fremont County one of the original 17 counties.	Garfield County formed in 1883 from part of Summit county.
Gilpin County one of the original 17 counties.	Grand County formed in 1874 from part of Summit county.	Gunnison County formed in 1877 from part of Lake county.	Hinsdale County formed in 1874 from parts of Conejos and Lake counties.
Huerfano County one of the original 17 counties.	Jackson County formed in 1909 from part of Larimer county.	Jefferson County one of the original 17 counties.	Kiowa County formed in 1889 from part of Bent county.
Kit Carson County formed in 1889 from part of Elbert county.	Lake County one of the original 17 counties.	La Plata County formed in 1874 from parts of Conejos and Lake counties.	Larimer County one of the original 17 counties.
Las Animas County formed in 1866 from part of Huerfano county.	Lincoln County formed in 1889 from parts of Bent and Elbert counties.	Logan County formed in 1887 from part of Weld county.	Mesa County formed in 1883 from part of Gunnison county.
Mineral County formed in 1893 from parts of Hindsdale and Rio Grande counties.	Moffat County formed in 1911 from part of Routt county.	Montezuma County formed in 1889 from part of La Plata county.	Montrose County formed in 1883 from part of Gunnison county.
Morgan County formed in 1889 from part of Weld county.	Otero County formed in 1889 from part of Bent county.	Ouray County formed in 1877 from parts of Lake and San Juan counties.	Park County one of the original 17 counties.
Phillips County formed in 1889 from part of Logan county.	Pitkin County formed in 1881 from part of Gunnison county	Prowers County formed in 1889 from part of Bent county.	Pueblo County one of the original 17 counties.
Rio Blanco County formed in 1889 from part of Garfield county.	Rio Grande County formed in 1874 from parts of Conejos and Costilla counties.	Routt County formed in 1877 from part of Grand county.	Saguache County formed in 1866 from parts of Costilla and Lake counties.
San Juan County formed in 1876 from part of Lake county.	San Miguel County formed in 1883 from part of Ouray county.	Sedgwick County formed in 1889 from part of Logan county.	Summit County one of the original 17 counties.
Teller County formed in 1899 from part of El Paso county.	Washington County formed in 1887 from part of Weld county.	Weld County one of the original 17 counties.	Yuma County formed in 1889 from part of Washington county.
Colorado Online Data  Books about Colorado and her citizens Census Data Folklore Government Medical Military Data Newspapers       Recipes Resource Links If you have anything you would like to share please feel free to email me, Shauna Williams.
Defunct Counties Greenwood County - formed in 1870 from part of Huerfano county and the Arapahoe and Cheyenne Reserve. In 1874 it was abolished and Bent and Elbert counties created. Platte County - formed in 1872 from part of Weld county. In 1874 was abolished and its territory returned to Weld county. The City of Aurora, which is currently located in two counties - Arapahoe, and Adams, is scheduled to become a consolidated city-county (joining Denver and Broomfield as the only city-counties in the state) around 2008 State Flower Columbine How to order Birth/Death Certificates Earliest Vital Records on File in County Courthouses Vital Records Offices Addresses Cemeteries in Colorado Look-up Volunteers		Colorado National Parks National parks managed by the National Park Service: Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park near Montrose Mesa Verde National Park near Cortez Rocky Mountain National Park at Estes Park Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve near Mosca National monuments in Colorado are: Colorado National Monument at Grand Junction and Fruita Dinosaur National Monument near Dinosaur Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument in Florissant Yucca House National Monument in Cortez National Historic Sites: Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site near La Junta Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site in Kiowa County National Historic Trails California National Historic Trail Old Spanish National Historic Trail Pony Express National Historic Trail Santa Fe National Historic Trail
UPDATES Previous Entries Colorado States *Thank you to Dena Whitesell for a list of WWI soldiers from Colorado *Thanks to Janice Rice we have a list of soldiers in the Spanish American War *Thanks to Kim Torp we have a list of ex soldiers from Colorado living in Iowa in 1886 *Thanks to Cathy Schultz we have an article listing 19 dead soldiers from WWI All of these can be found here http://www.genealogytrails.com/colo/military.html *Thanks to Barbara Ziegenmeyer we have a list of Governors http://www.genealogytrails.com/colo/governors.html *Thanks to Janice Rice we have a list of Doctors in Colorado with the surname starting with A http://www.genealogytrails.com/colo/medicaldra.html *Thanks to Debbie Gibson we have 2 news articles for the state of Colorado http://www.genealogytrails.com/colo/newsmisc.html Arapahoe *Thanks to Marla Snow we now have some marriage records *Thanks to Cathy Danielson we now have an obit for Robert Spotswood *Thanks to Peggy Thompson we have a partial transcription of Littleton cemetery http://www.genealogytrails.com/colo/arapahoe/index.html Boulder *Thanks to Sara Hemp we have the obituaries/death notices for Joseph Jones *A biography for Warren Bleecker thanks to Sara Hemp http://www.genealogytrails.com/colo/boulder/index.html Cheyenne *Harvey Hamilton Biography thanks to Vicki Hartman http://www.genealogytrails.com/colo/cheyenne/index.html Conejos *1870 Mortality Census thanks to Barbara Ziegenmeyer http://www.genealogytrails.com/colo/conejos/index.html Custer *Thanks to Nancy Washell we have some passport applications http://www.genealogytrails.com/colo/custer/index.html Denver *Thanks to Vicki Hartman we have obituaries for Williams Newman & Charles E. Rutier & biographies for Frank Byers & John Foster *A biography for James Belford thanks to Anna Newell *News article about Churchill and VanDyke coming to Denver thanks to Debbie Gibson! *We have 6 new biographies thanks to Janice Rice! http://www.genealogytrails.com/colo/denver/index.html El Paso *From Eleanor Eaton & Transcribed by Jim Thoman death information for Nellie Pierce *Thanks to Don Tharp we now have the World War II Enlistment records for this county *Obituaries for Robert Goldsberry, Wilma Andrews, Gene Kesterson & Nellie Goldsberry thanks to Christine Walters *Thanks to Debbie Gibson we have a news article about Charles and Lewis Bancroft *An article about J.H. Kellogg, 149 new birth notices thanks to Barbara Ziegenmeyer *Thanks to Vicki Hartman we have obituaries for John Dorr & J. Fred Hedges *Thanks to Frances Cooley we have some real estate transfers in the newspaper section http://www.genealogytrails.com/colo/elpaso/index.html Fremont *Thanks to Christine Walters we have an obituary for Charles Gann http://www.genealogytrails.com/colo/fremont/index.html Garfield *Thanks to Vicki Hartman we have an obituary for Mrs. J.R. DeRemer http://www.genealogytrails.com/colo/garfield/index.html Gilpin *1871 Rocky Mountain Directory & Colorado Gazetteer *Some of the Stamp-Mills in Gilpin County, Colorado & Black Hawk thanks to Cathy Danielson *Miscellaneous newspaper articles *3 death notices http://www.genealogytrails.com/colo/gilpin/index.html Huerfano *The 1870 Mortality census thanks to Barbara Ziegenmeyer http://www.genealogytrails.com/colo/huerfano/index.html Kiowa *Thanks to Christina Anthony we have the following data: History of the Sand Creek Massacre, Cemeteries page and a towns page http://www.genealogytrails.com/colo/kiowa/index.html La Plata *Thanks to Vicki Hartman we have a death notice for L.C. Potts http://www.genealogytrails.com/colo/laplata/index.html Las Animas *The following obituaries Charles Raye, Wm. Stovel, Leland James & Edward Campbell1870 Mortality Census thanks to Barbara Ziegenmeyer http://www.genealogytrails.com/colo/lasanimas/index.html Logan *Thanks to Nancy Piper, we have Chapters from the History of Logan County on the Indians & Fur Traders http://www.genealogytrails.com/colo/logan/index.html Mesa *Marriage records from 1883-1900 thanks to Barbara Ziegenmeyer *A biography of Wayne Aspinall thanks to Anna Newell http://www.genealogytrails.com/colo/mesa/index.html Montrose *Thanks to Vicki Hartman we have an obituary for Asa Clark http://www.genealogytrails.com/colo/montrose/index.html Otero *Thanks to Christine Walters we have obits/death information for Mary Kesterson, Thomas Kesterson, Roy Kesterson, Dorothy Stjernholm, Floyd Kesterson, Fannie Gann & William Gann http://www.genealogytrails.com/colo/otero/index.html Pueblo *G.W. Thompson Obituary thanks to Barbara Ziegenmeyer *Thanks to Anna Newell we have a bio for Gordon Allott *Thanks to Jim Vandermark we have 10 new obituaries http://www.genealogytrails.com/colo/pueblo/index.html Rio Grande *Alva Adams biography from Anna Newell! *WW2 Honor list of the dead thanks to Peggy Thompson! http://www.genealogytrails.com/colo/riogrande/index.html Routt *A obituary for Alice Hudson & WW 2 Honor Roll List of dead thanks to Peggy Thompson http://www.genealogytrails.com/colo/routt/index.html Saguache *Thanks to Peggy Thompson we have the World War II Honor Roll List of the dead http://www.genealogytrails.com/colo/saguache/index.html San Juan *A-B Surnames transcription for WW1 Draft Registrations thanks to Dawn Conway *WWII Honor List of Dead and & Missing thanks to Peggy Thompson http://www.genealogytrails.com/colo/sanjuan/index.html San Miguel *Thanks to Peggy Thompson we have the World War II Honor Roll List of the dead http://www.genealogytrails.com/colo/sanmiguel/index.html Sedgwick *WWII Honor Roll list of the dead and missing thanks to Peggy Thompson http://www.genealogytrails.com/colo/sedgwick/index.html Summit *Thanks to Peggy Thompson we have the WW 2 Honor List http://www.genealogytrails.com/colo/summit/index.html Teller *Thanks to Peggy Thompson we have the World War II Honor List http://www.genealogytrails.com/colo/teller/index.html Washington *Thanks to Christina Anthony we have the following new things: Cemeteries page, a towns page that includes post offices, history of schools and newspapers in Washington Co., World War II Casualties, Newspaper article about finding gold, a death notice for Robert O'Brien & a marriage notice for Hilda Kort & Henry Anten http://www.genealogytrails.com/colo/washington/index.html Weld *Cemeteries page with some burials for Ault *Thanks to Frances Cooley we have newspaper article on S.L.W. ranch, estates & Misc. Newspaper articles *Thanks to Lisa Smalley we have the following obituaries: Frank McLaughlin & America Hurst http://www.genealogytrails.com/colo/weld/index.html

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