Place details
Place nameColorado
Other namesCO
CountryUnited States
Latitude39
Longitude-105
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Inhabited by Basket Makers (early Anasazi) around start of Christian Era; inhabited by cliff-dwellers & Plains Indians, mainly Arapaho & Cheyenne, when Spanish & French arrived 16-18th cen.; parts went to USA in Louisiana Purchase & after Mexican War.