Show ilois bof fv OUR STATES cy 0 r t 1 0 0 Is tile the most precious of tor for in the mining of gold it surpasses all other inducing about one third ol of output of the entire coun act its real history starts ahen gold was first dincov S that time there had been settling in this region had bad traversed the i 1 the latter part of the i century and laid claim to tart alart ot of the louisiana pur ime lite into tile tho of 0 I 1 states slates in 1803 Olli cers aed ted states amcy were sent tore this wilderness among re ire lieutenant pike lit in it nv ab after him that it was named in ili 1819 ang ng made extensive 1 he was followed in it whose activities in tho the ar brought him into much e at the close of the ar mexico ceded her citory to the lite united states stales considered a barren watt active for settlers 1858 came the lite disco cry the bed of dry creel a autu south outu of where denver a the following barins aprin arands of men flocked into i t the he i called then pike s iry ty in 1859 IS 5 9 denver ben of one thousand inhabit by the next year had r v a big city nith etli rs ra and a government mint athe the territory of colorado ad 1 and in 1876 colorado ed to lo the linion binlon Us its area quare miles and its pop poll aties tile the state stale to six kors actors ie Is taken from the coloa aind nil is a spanish adjective dolored t red is often called the can le je as it was admitted to just one hundred years declaration of 0 |