Chapter I
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CHAPTER I.
Cession of Louisiana Province and Territorial purchase from Mexico—expedition of Coronado—United States expedition to examine Louisiana Province—brief history of Kansas to 1861—first discovery of Gold—trains of prospectors—first settlements in Colorado—early attempts to organize a Territory and State—first representative to Kansas Legislature—visit of Horace Greeley—Provisional Territorial government organized—people’s courts and miners’ courts—condition of affairs in 1860—pony express and other events of 1860—Territory of Colorado organized.—Pages 33-43.