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Fort Collins

(Encyclopedia) Fort Collins, city (2020 pop. 169,810), seat of Larimer co., N Colo., on the Cache la Poudre River, at the foot of the Rocky Mts., inc.…

Teller, Henry Moore

(Encyclopedia) Teller, Henry Moore, 1830–1914, American statesman, b. Allegany co., N.Y. A lawyer, he practiced in Colorado after 1861. He commanded a militia district in the Civil War period. When…

Ludlow massacre

(Encyclopedia) Ludlow massacre, strike-related killings at Ludlow, Colo., on Apr. 20, 1914. Attempting to improve wages and working conditions and to stop numerous abuses, coal miners had been on…

Mohave, indigenous people of North America

(Encyclopedia) MohaveMohavemōhäˈvē [key], indigenous people of North America whose language belongs to the Yuman branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). In the…

Chivington, John Milton

(Encyclopedia) Chivington, John Milton, 1821–92, Union general in the American Civil War, b. Lebanon, Ohio. Ordained a Methodist minister (1844), he served in Missouri and Nebraska before moving to…

potato beetle

(Encyclopedia) potato beetle, name for two beetles of the leaf beetle family and for two of the blister beetle family, all destructive to the potato plant and its relatives. Most notorious is the…

Park Range

(Encyclopedia) Park Range, part of the Rocky Mts., central Colo. and S Wyo., extending N from the Colorado River. Mt. Lincoln (14,284 ft/4,354 m) is the highest peak.

Census Maps of Colorado

Colorado: Persons per square mile, 2000 Colorado: White persons, percent, 2000 Colorado: Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 Colorado: American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent,…

Colorado Area Codes

Area codes Selected cities303, 720Denver, Boulder719Colorado Springs, Pueblo970Aspen, Fort CollinsSource: North American Numbering Plan Administration. Web: www.nanpa.com . To find phone numbers,…