Denver is one of America’s youngest cities, in the summer of 1858, a small group of prospectors from Georgia discovered gold at the base of the Rocky Mountains. The Colorado Gold Rush began in 1859 when John Gregory discovered “The Gregory Lode” in a gulch near Central City. Within two weeks, the gold rush was on and within two months the population grew to 10,000 people in search of their fortune.
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Colorado became a U.S. state on November 11, 1889 as the 42nd state. First explored by Europeans in the late 1500s (the Spanish referred to the region as “Colorado” for its red-colored earth),
In 1800, when Napoleon Bonaparte’s armies moved across Europe, pressing Spain into a corner, the Territory of Louisiana (New Orleans) and a huge slice of land in the now central United States (including much of Colorado) was ceded to France by Spain.
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In 1598, the area was first claimed for Spain by Juan de Oñate, and named it El Paso del Rio del Norte. El Paso officially became part of the United States when Texas joined the Union in 1845. El Paso was originally known as Franklin More…
Fort Worth is located in the Great Plains region of north-central Texas. In 1846 Major General William Worth was second in command at the opening of the Mexican-American War. Worth planted the first American flag on the Rio Grande. At the end of the Mexican-American More…
