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Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Hinsdale County, Colorado. Official Website The county is named for George A. Hinsdale, a prominent pioneer and former Lieut. Governor of Colorado Territory. Adjacent Counties Gunnison County Saguache County Ouray County Archuleta County Mineral County La Plata County San Juan County
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 Chaffee County, Colorado. Official Website Chaffee County has a confusing origin. Between February 8 and February 10, 1879, Carbonate County was created by the Colorado legislature out of northern Lake County. On February 10 the two counties were renamed, with the southern part of Lake County becoming Chaffee County, and Carbonate C...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Official Website Clear Creek County was one of the original 17 counties created by the Colorado legislature on 1 November 1861, and is one of only two counties (along with Gilpin) to have persisted with its original boundaries unchanged. It was named after Clear Creek, which runs down from the continent...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Conejos County, Colorado. Official Website The first European known to visit this area was Don Diego de Vargas in 1694, but he left behind no colonists. In 1708, Juan de Uribarri passed through searching for run-away Indian slaves. Conejos County was one of the original 17 counties created by the General Assembly of the Territory o...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Costilla County, Colorado. Official Website Costilla County was the first area of Colorado to be settled by European-Americans. Hispanic settlers from Taos, New Mexico, officially established San Luis on April 9, 1851. Costilla County was one of the original 17 counties created by the Territory of Colorado on November 1, 1861. The c...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Crowley County, Colorado. Official Website Overview Crowley County was created by the Colorado legislature on May 29, 1911, out of the northern portions of Otero County. Previously both were parts of Bent County. The county was named for John H. Crowley, senator from Otero County to the state legislature at the time of the split. ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Custer County, Colorado. Official Website Overview Custer County was created by the Colorado legislature on March 9, 1877, out of the southern half of Fremont County. It was named in honor of Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer, who had died the previous year. The county was the site of a silver rush during the 1870s. Thousands ...
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...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Dolores County, Colorado. Official Website History Dolores County's western portions were densely populated between 900 and 1300 AD. Population estimates of as many as 10,000 population, with villages of hundreds of rooms, have been made by archaeologists and other researchers. But this population was destroyed or migrated elsewhe...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Eagle County, Colorado. Official Website Eagle County was created by the Colorado legislature on February 11, 1883, from portions of Summit County. It was named after the Eagle River, which runs through the county. The county seat was originally set in Red Cliff, Colorado, but was moved to the town of Eagle in 1921. The Ground Hog ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Elbert County, Colorado. Official Website Elbert County was created on February 2, 1874. The county was named for Samuel Hitt Elbert, the Governor of the Territory of Colorado when the county was formed. It was formerly part of Greenwood County, Colorado Territory. Adjacent Counties Arapahoe County Lincoln County Douglas...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Gilpin County, Colorado. Official Website The county was formed in 1861, while Colorado was still a territory, and was named after Colonel William Gilpin, the first territorial governor. Adjacent Counties Boulder County Jefferson County Grand County Clear Creek County Cities & Communities Black Hawk Central C...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Grand County, Colorado. Official Website Grand County was created February 2, 1874. It was named after Grand Lake and the Grand River, an old name for the upper Colorado River, which has its headwaters in the county. Adjacent Counties Gilpin County Boulder County Larimer County Clear Creek County Summit County Eagl...
This project is a table of contents for all projects relating to this County of Colorado. Please feel free to add profiles of anyone who was born, lived or died in this county. Mesa County is one of the 64 counties of the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2010 census, the population was 146,723. The county seat is Grand Junction. The county was named for the many large mesas in the area, includ...
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 Co...
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...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Rio Grande County, Colorado. Official Website The county was established in 1874 and is named for the Rio Grande, which flows through the county. Adjacent Counties Archuleta County Conejos County Alamosa County Saguache County Mineral County Cities, Towns & Communities Alpine Center Del Norte (County Seat) Ge...
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 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 Morgan County, Colorado.= Official Website =The county was established in 1889 and was named after old Fort Morgan, which in turn was named in honor of Colonel Christopher A. Morgan. Adjacent Counties * Logan County * Weld County * Washington County * Adams County Cities, Towns & Communities *Blue Sky*Brush*Fort Morgan (County Seat)*G...
Wikipedia Find a Grave Fort Logan National Cemetery is a National Cemetery in Denver, Colorado. Fort Logan was named after Union General John A. Logan, commander of US Volunteer forces during the American Civil War. It contains 214 acres and has over 122,000 interments as of 2014.
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...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Adams County, Colorado. Official Website In 1902, voters approved creation of Adams County. It was named after Alva Adams , a popular former governor who was in office at the time of this election. Adjacent Counties Weld County Morgan County Washington County Arapahoe County City and County of Denver
This cemetery was founded in 1909, and is located on 253 East 3rd Street, Ault, Weld County, Colorado. Find a Grave Billion Graves