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	Colorado Volunteers Civil War
		Colorado's first cavalry regiment was formed in November 1862 from the 1st Regiment of Colorado Volunteers (Infantry) and Companies C and D of the 2nd Colorado Infantry.
		The 3rd Colorado Infantry was raised by "General" William Larimer, one of the founders of Denver, in the fall of 1862.
		The 2nd Colorado was attached to the Union force raised to repel the invasion, and took part in the battles of the Little Blue, Westport, Marias des Cygnes, and Mine Creek in October, 1864.
	www.colorado.gov /dpa/doit/archives/civwar/civilwar.html (2229 words)

	Colorado War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The war was centered on the Eastern Plains of the Colorado Territory and resulted in the elimination of all Native American presence from present-day Colorado and their removal to present-day Oklahoma The war included a particular notorious episode in November 1864 in known as the Sand Creek Massacre.
		The war was fought over the ability of the Plains tribes to maintain control of the bison migration grounds on the High Plains in the upper valleys of the South Platte, Republican, Smoky Hill and Arkansas River valleys, at the edge of the plains where they meet the Rocky Mountains.
		The war was seen by the whites as a counterattack in retaliation for Cheyenne and Arapaho attacks on the Overland Stage routes and emigrant parties along the South Platte.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Colorado_War (1467 words)

	Colorado Territory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Although seemingly stationed at the periphery of the war theaters, the Colorado regiments found themselves in a crucial position in 1862 by the Confederate invasion of the New Mexico Territory by General Henry Sibley and a force of Texans.
		Despite the retreat of the Confederates, the territorial regiments found themselves in the midst of action on the Eastern Plains during the Colorado War of 1864, a component of the Indian Wars led by Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Kiowa bands that sought to expel settlers and turn back the encroachment on their hunting grounds.
		The most infamous incident of the war was the Sand Creek Massacre, in the southeastern part of the territory, a brutal slaughter of Arapaho led by Chivington, a hero of Glorietta Pass.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Colorado_Territory (1530 words)

	Indian Wars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		2.3 Tecumseh, the Creek War, and the War of 1812
		Tecumseh, the Creek War, and the War of 1812
		Colorado War (1864–1865) — Clashes centered on the Colorado Eastern Plains between the U.S. Army and an alliance consisting largely of the Cheyenne and Arapaho.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Indian_Wars (3019 words)

	History of Colorado State
		History of Colorado, the first inhabitants of what was to become the State of Colorado were the American Indians.
		The organization of the Colorado Territory included land from the western portion of Kansas, the eastern portion of Utah Territory, the southwestern portion of Nebraska Territory, and a small portion of northeastern New Mexico Territory on February 28, 1861.
		The Territory of Colorado was a historic, organized territory of the United States that existed between 1861 and 1876.
	www.theusaonline.com /states/colorado/history.htm (1180 words)

	Colorado War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		For those interested in helping to defeat Colorado's proposed anti-bilingual amendment (on the ballot November, 2002) there is now a web site: http://www.no-on-31.org/ It provides information and even a way to send e-cards to your friends in Colorado to inform them about this issue.
		Colorado points out, this initiative eliminates parental choice and local control from schools and districts, and will force all bilingual and many ESL teachers out of their jobs.
		The truth is that, while the political wars rage, those who suffer the consequences are not the politicians or pollsters, but the children who lose their access to an equal education.
	www.nmabe.net /legislation/colorado.html (4181 words)

	The Risks of War from Democratization
		In short, the risks of war are reduced by democratization, both in the long term and while societies undergo democratic change as well.
		Accordingly, the likelihood of war should to be the greatest at low levels of democracy and diminish gradually as countries democratize.
		Cases in which there was a war are rare, of course, and the predicted probabilities associated with these cases are higher than in other cases, but do not approach the 0.50 level that would be a minimum for predicting the presence of a war.
	www.colorado.edu /IBS/GAD/Manuscripts/warornot..htm (5258 words)

	Sand Creek Massacre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Sand Creek Massacre (also known as the Chivington Massacre or the Battle of Sand Creek) was an incident in the Indian Wars of the United States that occurred on November 29, 1864 when Colorado Militia troops in the Colorado Territory attacked a village of Cheyenne and Arapaho encamped on the territory's eastern plains.
		These statements were filed with his reports and can be found in the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, and copies of which were submitted as evidence in the Joint Committee of the Conduct of the War, and in separate hearings conducted by the military in Denver.
		The sudden immigration came into conflict with the Cheyenne and the Arapaho who inhabited the area, eventually leading to the Colorado War in 1864.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sand_Creek_Massacre (1050 words)

	The Colorado Coalfield War, 1913-1914
		Adjutant General Chase, commander of the Colorado Militia, was so furious he confronted the women and, in the excitement, fell off his horse.
		It was the worst mine explosion in Colorado history with 121 men dying in the notoriously gassy mine.
		Colorado finally began to enforce the state's mining safety and labor laws in Las Animas County in the 1920's.
	sangres.com /history/coalfieldwar01.htm (1494 words)

	Metro Brokers Realtors in Denver Colorado (800) 875-3718
		Colorado has a semiarid continental climate that is strongly influenced by the terrain, with marked zonation in the mountains.
		Colorado has five distinct life zones, which are associated with climate and topography and provide habitat for a wide variety of plant and animal life.
		Colorado, at both the state and local levels, provides significant support to public libraries; the Denver Public Library is one of the largest in the American West.
	www.denver-homes.com /coloinfo.htm (2768 words)

	bestdestiny
		The Rocky opined today about Colorado Senate Bill 25, which would raise the cap on general non-economic damages (“pain and suffering”) by $84,000 dollars next year, and them raise it by the rate of inflation every year after that.
		Colorado’s public and private schools have made big strides when it comes to the percentage of students earning top scores on Advanced Placement exams that provide high school students with the opportunity to earn credits or be placed in higher-level courses at many colleges and universities.
		Colorado is, supposedly, one of the best educated states in the union, and this is why—we start them early.
	bestdestiny.blogspot.com /2005_01_01_bestdestiny_archive.html (15821 words)

	Colo. water war goes to the polls - The Boston Globe
		Concerned that too much of Colorado's most precious commodity is running downstream to other Western states, Governor Bill Owens proposed damming the Colorado River at the Utah border and pumping the water back over the Continental Divide to Denver through a pipeline acting as a giant straw.
		Colorado is entitled to more than 16 million acre feet per year but stores only 6 million acre feet per year.
		The Colorado River Compact of 1922 divides the Colorado's water among the seven states of the river's basin.
	www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2003/11/04/colo_water_war_goes_to_the_polls (832 words)

	colorado map, attractions, facts, famous natives, famous people, flag, landforms, land statistics, latitude, longitude, ...
		Colorado (for the most part) was a Union territory, and over 4,000 men volunteered to support the Union cause, fighting the confederates and the Indians.
		Much of America was devastated by the Civil War, and like other states, the economy in Colorado finally sprang to life some during World War I, but only after the high employment rates and manufacturing demands of World War II did real economic growth take place in the state.
		Colorado today is famed for its refreshing air and scenic lifestyles; the incomparable ski resorts and winter sport venues in the Rockies; Denver's many cultural attractions and professional sports teams; small, clean mountain towns, and a broad slice of America's most beautiful landscape - in plain view - for all to see.
	www.worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/namerica/usstates/co.htm (741 words)

	NPR : Chance to Win Colorado Has Democrats Excited (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Colorado's Hispanic population is growing quickly and here Hispanics tend to favor for Democrats.
		But Colorado was not one of those states that saw a lot of anti-war protests and bumper stickers leading up to the invasion of Iraq.
		Colorado's recovery has lagged behind the nation's, but most here seem to blame that on the decline of the high-tech and telecommunications industries and not the president, specifically.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=4127051 (936 words)

	Colorado Military Records
		About 32 percent of the men who carried war risk insurance named their wives as beneficiaries, 22 percent named their mothers, while "wife and child" were the beneficiaries in 14 percent of the policies.
		Of the 42,898 soldiers, sailors, and marines from Colorado who participated in World War I, 1091 were killed or died of wounds during the period of the conflict.
		Among these were the University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado State University at Ft. Collins, Colorado College in Colorado Springs, and the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Nebraska.
	www.colorado.gov /dpa/doit/archives/military/war_risk_insurance (367 words)

	The Colorado Coalfield War, 1913-1914
		He issued orders that the troops be impartial in their handling of the situation and that no present or former coal company guards and gunmen were to be enlisted for service during this crisis.
		It was the worst mine explosion in Colorado history with 121 men dying in the notoriously gassy mine.
		Colorado finally began to enforce the state's mining safety and labor laws in Las Animas County in the 1920's.
	www.sangres.com /history/coalfieldwar01.htm (1502 words)

	Colorado Springs History
		Colorado Springs sits in the center of Colorado in the South Central Region.
		Colorado Springs is at 6012 feet in elevation and sits at the base of the Pikes Peak and Cheyenne Mountain.
		Population for Colorado (as of the 2002 census) is 4,550,688.
	www.coloradospringsinfo.net /history.htm (809 words)

	Ciruli Associates - Colorado Politics - Polls - Research - Public Policy - Regional Transit
		A plurality of Colorado Front Range voters no longer believe it was worth going to war in Iraq (46% to 44% believe it was “not worth going to war”).
		Colorado voter opinion has been closely divided on the worth of the war, at least since last fall.
		Opinion on that question since the fall of 2003 (when the cost of the war was first identified as $87 billion and 500 troops had been killed) has gone back and forth on whether the war was or wasn’t a mistake.
	www.ciruli.com /polls/military4-05.htm (709 words)

	HobbsOnline: 01/01/2003 - 01/31/2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Nobody wants war, but when the alternative is leaving millions of innocent people at the mercy of brutal thugs who look for more ways to acquire weapons and expand their power, well, I'll take war.
		Today, the gravest danger in the war on terror, the gravest danger facing America and the world, is outlaw regimes that seek and possess nuclear, chemical and biological weapons.
		In November 2000, Colorado voters approved a ballot question asking for roughly one fourth of TABOR surplus revenue over the next ten years to be set aside for increasing spending on public K-12 education.
	hobbsonline.blogspot.com /2003_01_01_hobbsonline_archive.html (13536 words)

	The Pictures - Colorado Photos
		The territory was officiall organized by Act of Congress on February 28, 1861, out of lands previously part of the Kansas, Nebraska, Utah, and New Mexico territories.
		Technically the territory was open to slavery under the Dred Scott of 1857, but the question was rendered moot by the impending American Civil War and the majority pro-Union sentiment in the territory.
		Despite the retreat of the Confederate, the territorial regiments found themselves in the midst of action on the Eastern Plains during the Colorado War of 1864, a component of the Indian Wars led by Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Kiowa bands that sought to expel settlers and turn back the encroachment on their hunting grounds.
	www.colorado-photos.net /pictorials.html (1490 words)

	TCL - Modern-Day Minutemen: The Colorado Bar and Legal Reform in Cold War Colorado - March 2003 - Historical ...
		Such judicial problems documented by the Colorado Bar in the 1940s and 1950s exposed widespread threats to the sanctity of due process, equality, and fairness in judicial proceedings in the state.
		As Colorado Supreme Court Justice and later U.S. District Judge William Doyle declared, it was a "frontier" system ill-suited to the demands of modern society [see Doyle, "Colorado’s Program to Improve Court Administration," 38 Dicta 1, 9 (Jan.–Feb. 1961)].
		In addition, many of the problems threatening judicial administration in the state are assessed in transcripts of the proceedings of "Judicial Organization for Colorado" (Colorado Bar Association, Dec. 16–17, 1960) located at the University of Colorado Law Library.
	www.cobar.org /tcl/tcl_articles.cfm?ArticleID=2126 (910 words)

	Police fire tear gas, rubber bullet at Colorado Springs war protest : SF Indymedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Police fired tear gas at anti-war demonstrators and hit at least one with a rubber bullet after a rally spilled out of a park and blocked a major thoroughfare Saturday.
		Without stating her stance on the war, she said that it's great to live in a democracy where we can speak our minds no matter what we believe.
		Corrina Mc Farlane for her eloquent letter to the Mayor, Chief of Police and Governor of Colorado Springs; taking them to task for allowing the violent disruption of the Peace Rally and exhorting them to uphold the very democratic principles that they are legally bound to uphold.
	sf.indymedia.org /news/2003/02/1574351_comment.php (3795 words)

	Debating the American Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb
		After the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and the Russian entry into the war on August 9th, the Japanese surrendered on August 10th and the U.S. accepted their surrender on August 15th--the day the Russians were scheduled to enter the war against Japan.
		He concludes that the bomb was dropped in 1945 to "shorten the war, and in that they succeeded." For McGeorge Bundy, as for many Americans since, there is little reason to question why the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Japan.
		General Dwight Eisenhower, supreme commander of American forces in Europe, told Secretary of War Stimson "that Japan was already defeated and that dropping the bomb was completely unnecessary." In July 1945 Eisenhower met with Truman and advised him not to use the bomb.
	www.colorado.edu /AmStudies/lewis/2010/atomic.htm (3091 words)

	Police fire tear gas, rubber bullet at Colorado Springs war protest
		COLORADO SPRINGS - Police fired tear gas at anti-war demonstrators and hit at least one with a rubber bullet after a rally spilled out of a park and blocked a major thoroughfare Saturday.
		Members of the Colorado Coalition Against War in Iraq said they invited protesters from across the state to Colorado Springs because it is home to the largest concentration of military personnel and facilities in the state.
		In Boulder, home of the University of Colorado, an anti-war group circulated a petition on the city's pedestrian mall to impeach President Bush.
	www.ccmep.org /2003_articles/Iraq/021503_protesters_teargased_in_colorado.htm (554 words)

	Colorado Department of Personnel & Administration (DPA) Division of Information Technologies (DoIT)
		The names come from the divorce index that was compiled in the 1930s and 40s and spans as early as the 1870s to 1939.
		This index is available on microfilm and used to be available on-line through the Colorado Department of Health, Vital Records.
		A volunteer at the Archives extracted information from this index such as names, date, the court the case was filed in and the case number which is what we have loaded onto our database.
	www.colorado.gov /dpa/doit/archives/new.htm (456 words)

	USS Colorado History 1944-1947 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A week after her arrival in Leyte Gulf, the COLORADO was struck by one of the myriad of suicide aircraft that roamed the skies over the Philippines; incurred heavy casualties and moderate damage.
		On the 21st of March, 1945, the USS COLORADO began firing the first of two million pounds of high explosives, which were to be her donation to the destruction of the Okinawa stronghold.
		On August 27, the COLORADO was among the first group of Allied warships to enter Japanese homeland waters, dropping anchor in Sagami Bay to help cover initial airborne landings at Atsugi Airfield (Tokyo Area) in preparation for General MacArthur's arrival in Japan.
	www.usscolorado.org /History/1944-1946.htm (2101 words)

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