Tag: Centennial State

Colorado’s Road to Statehood

On August 1,  1876, President Ulysses S Grant proclaimed Colorado the 38th state in the union.  The road to statehood was not a smooth one however, and there were many machinations and shenanigans behind the scenes that needed to be overcome before statehood was secured.  The following recordings of newspaper articles from the time will…

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