Essay
The Development of the West
In the summer of 1876, two dramatically different places captured the American nation’s attention. As the summer began, fairgoers in Philadelphia teemed into the Centennial Exhibition held to commemorate...
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The Great Depression, the New Deal, and World War II in the American West
The Great Depression and World War II, far and away the worst economic calamity and the...
Glossary Term – Event
Flourishing of Anasazi culture
The Anasazi culture of prehistoric American Indians developed and flourished, ca. 800–1100, in the Southwest near the present-day borders of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah. Pueblo tribes later developed from the Anasazi.
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Colorado entered the Union
President Ulysses S. Grant issued a proclamation declaring Colorado the thirty-eighth state.
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Columbine shootings
At Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, two students—Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold—killed thirteen people in a shooting spree before committing suicide.
Glossary Term – Person
Zebulon Pike
Zebulon Pike (1779–1813) was an American officer and explorer. Pike’s Peak in Colorado is named in his honor. He was sent to explore the southern portion of the Louisiana Purchase in 1806–1807, but he was captured by the Spanish and held briefly in 1807. He was killed in the War of 1812.
Glossary Term – Place
Spanish America
Until 1821, Spain ruled the area that now includes the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah. Spanish explorers, priests, and soldiers had first entered the area in the early sixteenth century, half a century before the first English colonists arrived at Jamestown. Spain left a lasting cultural imprint on the region.