In its colorful history, the Greenhorn Valley has been
claimed and fought over by Indians, foreign countries, the
Confederacy, various states, the Jefferson and Colorado
territories, and the new State of Colorado.
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It is one of
the original Colorado counties
and in 1866 added a part of Huerfano
County
to its southeast corner.
Pueblo County was named
for the Spanish word for "town" or "village." For centuries people
have settled in what we now call Pueblo.
Zebulon Pike
camped at the confluence of
the rivers in 1806 and made his
unsuccessful
attempt to climb nearby Pikes Peak.
In the
1840s fur
traders built Fort Pueblo and during
the 1858 gold rush settlements
sprang
up all over the West. |
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