What to see in America . others that exceed 13,000 peak that overtops all the rest is Mt. Elbert, a few milessouthwest of Leadville, with an altitude of 14,402 name of the state is Spanish. It means Colored rediand is descriptive of the water in the river of the samename. Colorado is called the Centennial State in allusionto the fact that it was admitted to the Union in 1770 whenthe nation celebrated its hundredth birthday. Its peopleare nicknamed Rovers, which refers to the disposition ofthe settlers at the time of the Pikes Peak gold fever. The Colorado region was partially
What to see in America . others that exceed 13,000 peak that overtops all the rest is Mt. Elbert, a few milessouthwest of Leadville, with an altitude of 14,402 name of the state is Spanish. It means Colored rediand is descriptive of the water in the river of the samename. Colorado is called the Centennial State in allusionto the fact that it was admitted to the Union in 1770 whenthe nation celebrated its hundredth birthday. Its peopleare nicknamed Rovers, which refers to the disposition ofthe settlers at the time of the Pikes Peak gold fever. The Colorado region was partially explored in 1806 byLieut. Zebulon M. Pike. In 1820 the explorer Long crossedthe spot where Denver now stands. He reported that all theregion west of the Missouri was uninhabitable by a peopledepending on agriculture for their subsistence. After thatthe Great American Desert took possession on our maps ofthat vast tract of country. The first overland emigrants tothe Pacific coast crossed the state in 1841. Colonists who. Wastes of thk Continental Div itoiii On WisutU Brus. Colorado 399 came from New Mexico in 1854 founded Conejos on thesouthern border of Colorado in the valley of the Rio 1858 a few settlers laid out the town of St. Charlesamong the cottonwoods on the east side of Cherry Creek,where the creek joins the Platte. That same year anotherparty laid out a town on the opposite side of the creek andcalled it Auralia. Then came a third party, when theSt. Charles town site promoters were absent, jumped thelayout, and started to develop a town which they namedDenver City in honor of the governor of Kansas. It wasabout the most desolate spot on earth, and they were afraidthe name was all there ever would be to the place. In orderto boost it as much as they could they put City on theend. The early cabins that were erected here and in theother settlements were just hovels with walls of logs. Thecracks were chinked with small sticks and mud, and theroofs were made of
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