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Before Columbus, Colorado was inhabited by the Anasazi Indians.

The first Europeans to land in Colorado were the Spanish. In 1540-41 Coronado led an expedition to North America in search of the seven cities of Cibola, "where the streets were carved out of Gold" and years later the Spanish got to Colorado. Traders followed soon and started selling local goods eg. the beaver fur which was considered to be of excellent quality and thus expensive.

Traders started hunting buffaloes by 1830, as subsequently demand and sale of Beaver fur nose-dived. They also used to barter with Indians and many tribes wandered nomadically also and hunted the buffaloes and deer for their clothing and other needs.

When Gold was discovered in this area in 1849 many regions started developing. Historians believe that approximately 50,000 came to Colorado in search for Gold in 1858-59. By 1860 more Gold was discovered helping some other town's existence including Denver.

Oldest city in Colorado is probably San Luis. Boundary of Colorado was fixed by a bill being passed. In the coming years many attempts were made to declare Colorado as a state. But it was only after 30 long years that Colorado was declared as the 38th state of the US in 1876.

Colorado was called the "Centennial State" in honor of 100th year of independence.

The original Brent's Old Fort National Historic Site was built in 1833 to trade with the plains Indians and trappers. Buffaloe robes were traded firstly by Apache Indians and also the Southern Cheyenne. Santa Fe Trail had its first white settlement between Mexico & Missouri.

The Fort was used by explorers, adventurous and US Army to stock their food, weapons, livestock, wagon repairs, water, company's rest and protection rooms in the vast desert. Disasters & diseases made them leave the fort in 1849.

When it was reconstructed in 1976 many archeological excavations, original sketches and paintings and diaries were used.

Action of water and rocks sliding down through hard Proterozoic crystalline rock formed the Black Canyon of Gunnison National Monument. No other canyon in North America presents sheer walls, narrow opening and startling depths like the Black Canyon.

On May 24, 1911 a 20,453.93 acres of land was established as Colorado National Monument. It includes deep, sheer walls of canyon, towering red sandstone monoliths and lots of different wildlife like golden eagles, mule deer, bighorn sheep and mountain lions.

Dinosaur National Monument is a echo park established in 1869 when the first expedition to the Colorado Plateau was undertaken. Dinosaur Quarry Visitor Center exhibits the Jurassic Dinosaurs that used to live here.