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Colorado Histories

Boom Years

Casimiro Barela: Perpetual Senator

When: 1847 – 1920 Where: Moved from New Mexico to Trinidad, and then to Barela, Colorado…

Colorado Virtual Library, July 13, 2015
Colorado's Beginnings

Zebulon Pike: Explorer

When: 1779 – 1813 Where: Born in New Jersey, explored Pikes Peak and Arkansas River Valley,…

Colorado Virtual Library, July 13, 2015
Colorado's Beginnings

William Palmer: Engineer, Soldier, Founder of Colorado Springs

When: 1838 – 1909 Where: Delaware, Pennsylvania, a “trek west,” Denver and Colorado Springs Why Important: A…

Colorado Virtual Library, July 13, 2015
Colorado's Beginnings

Teresita Sandoval: Colorado Pioneer

When: 1811 – 1894 Where: Born in Taos, New Mexico, she moved to Mora, New Mexico…

Colorado Virtual Library, July 13, 2015
Colorado's Beginnings

Richens “Uncle Dick” Wootton: Frontiersman

When: 1816 – 1893 Where: Raised in Virginia and settled in Denver, Colorado Why Important: Wootton was…

Colorado Virtual Library, July 13, 2015
Colorado's Beginnings

Owl Woman: Cheyenne Trader

When: 1800s – 1847 Where: Born and lived in southeastern Colorado Why Important: Owl Woman married…

Colorado Virtual Library, July 13, 2015
Boom Years

Mary Hauck Elitch Long, Founder of Elitch’s Zoological Gardens

When: 1865 – 1936 Where: Born in Philadelphia, moved to California, then Durango, Colorado and finally…

Colorado Virtual Library, July 13, 2015
20th Century & Beyond

Justina Ford: Denver’s First Female African American Physician

  When: 1871 – 1952 Where: Born in Knoxville, Illinois, moved to Chicago and then to…

Colorado Virtual Library, July 13, 2015
Colorado's Beginnings

Juana Suaso Simpson: A Frontier Life

When: 1827 – 1916 Where: Born in New Mexico and settled in Trinidad, Colorado. Why Important: Simpson did…

Colorado Virtual Library, July 13, 2015
20th Century & Beyond

Josephine Roche: Police Woman and Labor Advocate

When: 1886 – 1976 Where: Born in Nebraska and educated in New York, she moved to…

Colorado Virtual Library, July 13, 2015
Colorado's Beginnings

Helen Hunt Jackson: Author and Indian Advocate

When: 1830 -1885 Where: Born in Massachusetts, moved to Colorado Springs Why Important: Author and Indian Advocate…

Colorado Virtual Library, July 13, 2015
Colorado's Beginnings

Felipe Baca: Rancher and Town Founder

When: 1828 – 1874 Where: Born in Taos, New Mexico, and founded Trinidad, Colorado Why Important: Colorado…

Colorado Virtual Library, July 13, 2015
20th Century & Beyond

Federico Peña: Mayor of Denver

When: 1947 – Present Where: Born in Laredo, Texas, moved to Denver Why Important: First Hispanic mayor,…

Colorado Virtual Library, July 13, 2015
Boom Years

Emily Griffith: Educator

When: 1868 – 1947 Where: Born in Cincinnati, moved to Denver in 1894 Why Important: She believed…

Colorado Virtual Library, July 13, 2015
Boom Years

Ellis Meredith, Suffragist and Activist

When: 1865 – 1955 Where: Born in Montana, moved to Denver Why Important: Prominent journalist, suffragist,…

Colorado Virtual Library, July 13, 2015
20th Century & Beyond

Dr. Florence Rena Sabin: Doctor and Medical Reformer

When: 1871 – 1953 Where: Central City and Denver Why Important: Dr. Sabin was the first female…

Colorado Virtual Library, July 13, 2015
Colorado's Beginnings

Chipeta: Admired and Respected Indian Leader

When: 1843 -1924 Where: Born in the Kiowa Apache tribe and raised by the Ute tribe…

Colorado Virtual Library, July 13, 2015
Colorado's Beginnings

Chin Lin Sou: A Pioneer in More Ways Than One

When: 1836 –  1894 Where: Born in China, settled in Denver Why Important: Chin Lin Sou was…

Colorado Virtual Library, July 13, 2015
Colorado's Beginnings

Barney Ford: From Slavery to Success

When: 1822 – 1902 Where: Born in Virginia. Lived in South Carolina, Chicago, and Central America,…

Colorado Virtual Library, July 13, 2015
Colorado's Beginnings

Alferd Packer: Notorious Cannibal

When: 1842 – 1907 Where: Lake City, Cañon City, and Littleton, Colorado Why Important: Cannibal Biography Like…

Colorado Virtual Library, July 13, 2015
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