El Paso County, Jefferson Territory
- El Paso County, Jefferson Territory
El Paso County was a county of the extralegal United States Territory of Jefferson that existed from November 1859 until 1861-02-28.
History
In July 1858, gold was discovered along the South Platte River in Arapahoe County, Kansas Territory. This discovery precipitated the Pike's Peak Gold Rush. Many residents of the mining region felt disconnected from the remote territorial governments of Kansas and Nebraska, so they voted to form their own Territory of Jefferson on 1859-10-24. The following month, the Jefferson Territorial Legislature organized 12 counties for the new territory: Arrappahoe County, Cheyenne County, El Paso County, Fountain County, Heele County, Jackson County, Jefferson County, Montana County, North County, Park County, Saratoga County, and St. Vrains County. El Paso County was named for the Spanish language name for Ute Pass north of Pikes Peak. Colorado City served as the county seat of El Paso County.
The Jefferson Territory never received federal sanction, but on 1861-02-28, U.S. President James Buchanan signed an act organizing the Territory of Colorado.[cite web|url=http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/territory.pdf|title=An Act to provide a temporary Government for the Territory of Colorado|format=PDF|publisher=Thirty-sixth United States Congress|date=1861-02-28|accessdate=2007-11-26] On 1861-11-01, the Colorado General Assembly organized 17 counties, including El Paso County and Pueblo County, for the new Colorado Territory.]ee also
*El Paso County, Colorado
*Historic Colorado counties
*History of Colorado
*Pike's Peak Gold Rush
*Pueblo County, Colorado
*State of Colorado
*Territory of Colorado
*Territory of Jefferson
References
External links
* [http://www.coloradohistory.org/ Colorado State Historical Society website]
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