Large+Cities

= =  by David =DENVER= Denver Co was founded in 1858 and is now the capital and the biggest city in Colorado. When it first came to be it was nothing more than a small mining town. This was founded in the middle of the pikes peak gold rush, as many of the towns today were. When Denver was founded it was part of the Kansas territory. Life in Denver was very much like any mining town during that time period. Unlike now, there was nothing special about it. Now Denver is a big bustling city with a growing economy and an enormous population. back then though Denver was just another small town that passerby would stay at before moving on to try and get rich off of gold. A child's life in Denver would not be much different than the lives that ordinary kids like me live today.The cities houses were usually made of cloth to build tents and live in or if you could afford it, a quality log cabin.Other than that the town was mostly made up of hotels, saloons and alcohol stores. sounds like a nice place, huh? = COLORADO SPRINGS = Colorado springs was founded by a man named William Palmer in 1859 and has now become the second most populous city in Colorado. It also has one of the nicest hotels in our region, the Antlers hotel. In 1880 Colorado springs expanded and added two annexations farther north. Then, in 1889,this growing city expanded even more and added two more annexations. These communities included Seavey's additions, West Colorado Springs, East End, and more expansion on the north end. Then, 2 years after that, the Broadmoor land Co. built a suburb called the Broadmoor suburb. By the year 1895 there was over 275 mining brokers and 4 mining exchanges! As this growing city continued to expand it was divided into 4 sections. These 4 sections were were the north/south quadrants and east/west quadrants. Now, more than a hundred years later this city is much bigger than it was and a larger population than back then, but is still growing just as fast as it was in its early days. =GRAND JUNCTION=

This city is the biggest city in Colorado's Mesa county. It is also the 15th biggest city in the State of Colorado. This report will tell about this cities history. Until 1821 this valley that is now Grand Junction was ruled by the Spanish kingdom. People from these regions came their sometimes, probably looking for gold. At first many trappers coming to this region were not very succesful in their business either. That is, until Western Colorado became part of Mexico and the trappers came pouring into the mountains, looking for good fortune. = =