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18 Cards in this Set
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Anasazi
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SW CO
650 AD-1200AD Made pottery grew beans corn squash Mesa Verde |
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Los Indios Bravos
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Utes, Apache Navajo
*15th/16th century |
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Utes
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Dominant people of Southern Utah and western Co
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Apache
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Dominant people of Kansas , East CO, and NM
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Navajo
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Renegade group of apache that wanted to be more aggressive. Eventually settled down to begin farming
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Fur trade
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Early 1700's-mid 1800's
CO Mtns Juan Maria de Rivera: -Found Gunnison River *went through San Juan Mtns. |
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Patron
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Family Patriarchical system that was transfered to the business world by John Lawrence.
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William H. Larimer
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Penn Politician
*moved west after panic of 1854 *failed at creating a new town in Nebraska *Set out for Cherry Creek in 1858 *Got guard of St. Charles drunk and got him to give him the deed to the city *this city became denver |
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Boosterism
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1850's & 1860's
Propoganda spread by CO entrapraneurs, merchants and journalists to get people to move out west for gold |
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Sand Creek Massacre
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1864
Near Fort Lyon in SE Co Colonel Chivington: -Attacked an encampment of Cheyenne and Arapahoe *natives thought they were safe due to treetee they signed. |
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Black Kettle
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Chief of Arapahoe & Cheyenne enampment that was attacked by Colonel Chivington in 1864 near Fort Lyon in SE CO
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William Jackson Palmer
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Founded CO Springs
*Built Denver & Rio Grande Railroads *Founded CO Coal & Iron co. *Late 1800's |
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Miners Cooperative Union
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Founded in 1880 by KNights of Labor
*1st strike split Leadville *Demanded 8 hour work day for $4 *Most strikers returned for original wages |
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Horace Tabor
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*Started Pittsburgh Mine
*1880 *Bought Matchless Mine *wasn't all it was cracked up to be *became mayor of leadville |
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Cripple Creek
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Gold rush started in 1890's
Bobby Womack discovered $2 billion in gold found by 2000 |
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Meeker Massacre
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1870's
Nathan C. Meeker: -Controlled an agency that created farm machinery and sunday schools *one day a group of utes attacked meeker *meeker cals in troops *Utes ambush troops *Kill meeker and 10 others *leads to more reservations for utes |
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Co Fuel & Iron co.
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Founded by Osgood
*45%of states output of coal *went broke improving work conditions * Sold to John D. Rockafeller Sr. |
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John R. Lawson
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Put in charge of United Miner Workers Association
*Lawyer *mediator Prestented 7 demands to businessmen |
