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Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Boulder County, Colorado. Official Website Boulder County was one of the original 17 counties created by the Territory of Colorado on November 1, 1861. The county was named for Boulder City and Boulder Creek, so named because of the abundance of boulders in the creek which hampered early gold prospecting efforts. Boulder County reta...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Weld County, Colorado. Official Website The Jefferson Territory never received federal sanction, but on February 28, 1861, U.S. President James Buchanan signed an act organizing the Territory of Colorado. On November 1, 1861, the Colorado General Assembly organized 17 counties, including Weld County, for the new Colorado Territory. ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Greeley, Weld County, Colorado. Official Website Wikipedia The town was named after Horace Greeley, editor of the New-York Tribune, who came to Colorado in the 1859 Pike's Peak Gold Rush. It was founded as the Union Colony in 1869, an experimental utopian society, but the name was later changed in honor of Greeley. Governor Benjam...
Wikipedia Designed to capture contributors and participants in America's expansion westward from the east coast. Including politicians, newsmen, explorers, founding fathers, frontiersmen, mountainmen, railroadmen, lawmen, outlaws, gunfighters, etc. Notable people of the American Old West Artists Frederic Remington - Artist who specialized in the American Old West Explorers Saca...
This subportal is part of the State of Colorado Portal . Wikipedia Please go to following link for further information: United States with Counties, Areas & Communities Project . Projects on Geni Cities & Communities Arvada Aurora Broomfield Buckley AFB Colorado Springs
This cemetery is located on 301 Walnut Street, Windsor, Weld County, Colorado. Find a Grave
This is an umbrella project for all projects related to Jews from Colorado . is a great resource about the Jews of Leadville, their names, occupations, and lives
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Jefferson County, Colorado. Official Website On August 25, 1855, the Kansas Territorial Legislature created Arapahoe County to govern the entire western portion of the territory. The county was named for the Arapaho Nation of Native Americans that lived in the region. On June 22, 1858, gold was discovered along the South Platte Riv...
Wikipedia The University of Colorado Boulder (UCB, commonly referred to as CU, Boulder, CU-Boulder, or Colorado) is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado, United States. It is the flagship university of the University of Colorado system and was founded five months before Colorado was admitted to the union in 1876. In 2010, the university consisted of nine colleges and sch...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Denver, Colorado. Official Website History In the summer of 1858, during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush, a group of gold prospectors from Lawrence, Kansas established Montana City as a mining town on the banks of the South Platte River in what was then western Kansas Territory. This was the first historical settlement in what was later...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Montezuma County, Colorado.= Official Website =Montezuma County was created by the Colorado Legislature in April 1889. It was named in honor of Moctezuma II, who reigned as emperor of the Aztec Empire in Mexico during its decline at the hands of the Spanish invasion. Adjacent Counties * Dolores County * San Juan County * San Juan Coun...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Archuleta County, Colorado . Official Website Archuleta County was created by the Colorado legislature on April 14, 1885, out of western Conejos County. It was named for Jose Manuel Archuleta , "head of one of the old Spanish families of New Mexico ", and in honor of his son Antonio D. Archuleta , who was the Senator from Conejos Co...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in El Paso County, Colorado. Official Website Overview In July 1858, gold was discovered along the South Platte River in Arapahoe County, Kansas Territory. This discovery precipitated the Pike's Peak Gold Rush. Many residents of the mining region felt disconnected from the remote territorial governments of Kansas and Nebraska, so the...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Colorado Springs, Colorado.Colorado Springs is the county seat of El Paso County. = Official Website = History Before it was founded, the site of modern-day Colorado Springs, Colorado, was part of the American frontier. Old Colorado City, built in 1858 during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush was the Colorado Territory capital. The town of Co...
Buckley Space Force Base (IATA: BFK, ICAO: KBKF, FAA LID: BKF) is a United States Space Force base in Aurora, Colorado named after United States Army Air Service First Lieutenant John Harold Buckley. The base is run by Space Base Delta 2, with major units including the U.S. Space Force's Space Delta 4 (flies the Defense Support Program and Space-Based Infrared System constellations from Buckley...
Ent Air Force Base was a United States Air Force base located in the Knob Hill neighborhood of Colorado Springs, Colorado. A tent city, established in 1943 during construction of the base, was initially commanded by Major General Uzal Girard Ent (1900–1948), for whom the base is named. The base was opened in 1951. From 1957 to 1963, the base was the site of North American Aerospace Defense Com...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Alamosa County, Colorado. Alamosa County was created by the Colorado legislature on March 8, 1913. It is named for the Spanish word for “cottonwood grove,” and is located in the high San Luis Valley of south central Colorado. Adjacent Counties Saguache County Huerfano County Costilla County Conejos County Rio Grande County
The Colorado Rockies are an American professional baseball team based in Denver, Colorado. They are currently members of Major League Baseball (MLB)'s National League (NL) West division. Their home venue is Coors Field. Their current manager is Walt Weiss. The Rockies have won one National League championship (2007). They mounted a rally in the last month of the 2007 regular season, winning 21 ...
This project is for those buried in Del Norte Cemetery, Del Norte, Rio Grande County, Colorado. There are 362 unknown burials, according to an article in the Del Norte Prospector . Each of the burials are marked by a cross (shown in picture). Find a Grave Billion Graves
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in La Plata County, Colorado.= Official Website =Created on February 10, 1874, the county was named for the La Plata River and the La Plata Mountains. "La plata" means "the silver" in Spanish. It is home to Durango Rock Shelters Archeology Site, the type site for the Basketmaker II period of Anasazi culture. Adjacent Counties * Hinsdale ...
Wikipedia Regis University is a private Jesuit university in Denver, Colorado. It was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1877 and is a member of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. Regis is divided into five colleges: Regis College, The Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions, the College of Contemporary Liberal Studies, the College of Computer and Information Sciences ...
Wikipedia =Fort Lewis College is a public liberal arts college located in Durango, Colorado.FLC is a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges and is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, with additional program-level accreditations in Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, and Marketing; Athletic Training; Ch...
The Denver Broncos are an American football team based in Denver, Colorado. The Broncos compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division. The Broncos began play in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL) and joined the NFL as part of the merger in 1970. The Broncos are owned by the Pat Bowlen t...
Wikipedia Article Notable Alumni The United States Air Force Academy (also known as USAFA or Air Force Academy), is a military academy for officer candidates for the United States Air Force. Its campus is located immediately north of Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, United States. The Academy's stated mission is "to educate, train, and inspire men and women to become leaders of cha...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Delta County, Colorado. Official Website Delta County was created by the Colorado legislature on February 11, 1883, out of portions of central Gunnison County. The county was named from a delta of arable land at the mouth of the Uncompahgre River, where it flows into the Gunnison River. Adjacent Counties Mesa County Gunniso...