Have Colorado’s boundaries ever changed?
No
What time zone does Colorado lie in?
Mountain Standard Time
Colorado gives birth to four major rivers, what is its nickname?
Mother of Rivers
Five P’s
Peaks, Parks, Piedmont, Plains
French Term for the Rocky Mountains
Les Montaignes Rocheuse
Piedmonts
Foothills
Mount Massive Height
14421 feet. 13-foot rock pile on top
What was the trapping system?
A way for trappers and traders to exchange beaver pelts and bison robes. There was the Upper Missouri Fur Trade (Bison Robes) and Rocky Mountain Fur Trade (Beaver Pelts)
What was the ultimate result of the fur trade?
The creation of trading posts and forts
What are Mountain Men?
Explorers who lived in the wilderness
What happened to William Bent?
He left, developed an unknown phenomenon and die
What does the Treaty of Paris end?
French and Indian War
What part of Colorado does the Louisiana Purchase give to the United States?
Colorado Plateau
What does Mexico inherit when they gain independence?
Spanish land in North America
What is the Meeker Massacre?
A massacre in which Meeker offended his chief, so the chief retaliated by killing him and hi soldiers.
What did Native Americans call white people? Why?
Spider people because the lines left by trails and tracks looked like webs
What does the Treaty of Fort Laramie promise to Native Americans?
Land from the North Platt
How was John Chivington’s account of the Sand Creek Massacre a lie and why would he feel the need to lie about this?
What is the best way to describe the immigration to Colorado during the Gold Rush?
Out of the people who poured into Colorado to strike it rich, roughly how many left disappointed?
2/3
Whose party discovered gold in Cherry Creek?
William Green Russell
What company did the Russell party establish?
Auraria Town Company
What fever caused mass migration?
Pike’s Peak Fever
Who struggled the most because of their loss of land?
Native Americans
Who discovered the mother-load of gold 25 miles west of Denver?
John Gregory
When did the first map of Denver appear?
December 1, 1859
The city Stratton sold his mine in is now called?
Cripple Creek District
What company was the oldest and finest retailer in Denver?
Daniels & Fisher
What was the name of the first bank Butch Cassidy Robbed?
San Miguel Valley Bank
How did Butch Cassidy get his nickname?
Butch - butcher job; Cassidy - Mike Cassidy (father figure)
How did Butch Cassidy create a blueprint on how to rob banks?
He used well-thought out escape plans and planted fresh horses so he would have clean getaways.
What was the title of the photo that got Butch Cassidy and his gang caught?
The Fort Worth Five
What city was the photograph taken?
Fort Worth, Texas
What trail did Butch Cassidy and his gang utilize?
Outlaw Trail
What was the name of Butch Cassidy’s gang?
The Wild Bunch
What are the three theories behind the death of Butch Cassidy?
A.) He was killed in South America B.) It was a murder suicide C.) They escaped and adopted new identities
What city is it rumored that Butch Cassidy died in? And Country?
San Vicente in Bolivia
What location did South Park help put back on the map?
Lakewood (South Park)
What is the DIA conspiracy theory?
The paintings represent the destruction of the world and the New World Order. The airport was constructed by Freemasons who planted a time capsule to be opened in 2094.
What is different about the horse at DIA?
It has red eyes and fell on and killed its creator
How did Soapy Smith get his Nickname?
His soap game
What did Soapy Smith declare himself?
Boss of Denver’s Underworld Empire of Crime
What were gang members in the crowd of a scam known as?
“Soap Gang” or shills
What scam did Soapy Smith Utilize in all of his scams?
He auctioned soap bars wrapped in money and planted $100 bills in one of the bars. He then planted members of his gang in the crowd to find the $100 bill.
What was the name of the man who killed Mountain Charley’s husband?
Jameison
How did Mountain Charley get out of her misfortune?
She pawned all of her belongings, dressed up as a man, and got a job.
What was the first town of Colorado Butch Cassidy was in and robbed?
San Miguel Valley
How did Butch Cassidy get his Outlaw name?
Robbing banks and having clean getaways
Who were the Pinkertons?
Detective Agency
What was the Scudder’s American Museum? (P.T. Barnum)
Broadway in New York. Presented 500,000 natural and artificial curiosities from around the world.
What opera singer did P.T. Barnum promote? What was her most famous opera?
Jenny Lind Young
What was the title of the show P.T. Barnum Created?
A) The Greatest Show on Earth B) Swedish Nightingale
What was the colony called that Barnum and Greeley created in Colorado?
Union Colony No. Barnum
What was Brown’s Bluff? Why is it significant?
Barnum found the land. Site of the new capitol building. Barnum and son worked together to build the sanitarium.
What act caused the Tabor’s to go bankrupt?
Sherman Act
What was Baby Doe Tabor’s real name?
Elizabeth McCourt Tabor
How did she get her nickname Baby Doe?
Miners in central city who found her attractive
Who was Horace Tabor?
A prospector, businessman, and politician heavily involved in the silver mining business
What were Tabor’s various titles?
Bonanza King of Leadville and Silver King
What was Tabor’s first wife’s name?
Agusta Pierce Tabor
What cafe did Tabor and Baby Doe meet? What city was this in?
Saddle Rock Cafe in Leadville
In what cities were the two Tabor opera houses?
Leadville
Roughly how much was Baby Doe’s wedding dress and necklace? Both back then and in today’s money.
Dress - $7,000
Necklace - $90,000
What year did Tabor die?
1899
Where did Baby Doe die? What was wrong with her?
In her cabin, where she froze to death
