COLORADO HISTORY

Colorado History

Colorado History

The rise of the fur trade and the Santa Fe trade are two of the most famous aspects of life in the West. Trace their development with special attention to Bent's Fort and its impact. How did the growth of the fur trade and Santa Fe trade alter much older patterns of life in the region?

In America, the process of conquest and colonization that prevailed in the movement to west region among other attempts had different nuances. The first settlers came to the lands of eastern North America to the early seventeenth century. After the 'men of rock' settled in Mesa Verde in Colorado, the first inhabitants of the mountains of Colorado were small groups coming from the deserts of Utah. In the early eighteenth century, fur trade with the Spanish and the tribe's people of the Rio Grande Valley began in exchange for horses and weapons. The Spanish horses were served to the Utes to move east into the plains of Colorado, where they also met with the newly arrived settlers and Cheyenne tribes (Carson, 2002).

During the eighteenth century, the Spanish of New Mexico explored different parts of Colorado. The first Americans who came to the region were soldiers. The U.S. government had sent military personnel in 1806 to explore the west of the Mississippi. In 1820, a second detachment sailed up the South Platte River to the site of Denver. The botanist and historian of this detachment, Edwin James, led the first ascent of Pikes Peak. The fur trade and the Santa Fe trade were closely related. Fur trade began in early 12th century doubled in early 18th century. This attracted many European traders and trappers.

In 1821, William Becknell opened the track between Independence and Santa Fe: a profitable trade moves instantly between industrial America ...