Colorado History

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  • Paleo-Indians
    13,000 BCE

    Paleo-Indians

    Early Indian people arrive in Colorado.
  • Period: 1 CE to 400

    Basketmakers

  • Period: 400 to 750

    Modified Basketmakers

  • Period: 750 to 900

    Pueblo 1 Period

  • Period: 900 to 1150

    Pueblo 2 Period

  • Period: 1100 to 1300

    Classic Pueblo Period

    Ancient Puebloans build cliff dwellings.
  • 1200

    Pueblo Migration South

  • 1299

    Ute People Migrate to Four Corners

    The Ute people migrated to the Four Corners region by 1300.
  • 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus arrives in the New Worlds.
  • 1540

    Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

    Francisco Vasquez de Coronado explores the southwest and great plains regions of the future United States.

  • Ute People Occupy Colorado

    The Ute tribe arrives from the west and occupies Colorado.
    The Spanish bring livestock to North America and the Utes begin to raise horses and sheep.

  • Jamestown

    Jamestown becomes the first permanent European settlement in North America

  • Robert de La Salle

    French explorer Robert de La Salle claims much of Colorado for France

  • Native American Tribes Move to Colorado

    The Comanche tribe moves onto Colorado’s eastern plains, followed by the Cheyenne and Arapahoe.

  • Juan de Ulibarri

    Juan de Ulibarri claims Colorado for Spain

  • French Explorers and Traders

    French explorers and traders come to Colorado

  • Escalante and Dominguez

    Escalante and Dominguez explore Colorado

  • Declaration of Independence

    The United States becomes a country