St. Vrains County, Jefferson Territory
- St. Vrains County, Jefferson Territory
St. Vrains County was a county of the extralegal United States Territory of Jefferson that existed from November 1859 until 1861-02-28. It was also known as St. Vrain County.
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. St. Vrains County was named in honor of Ceran de Hault de Lassus de St. Vrain, the French trader who established the first trading post on the upper South Platte River. St. Vrains County encompassed much of what is today Weld County, Colorado.
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 Weld County, for the new Colorado Territory.]Elections And Elected Officials
St. Vrain County's first office holding official was Corydon P. Hall, appointed by Governor Robert Williamson Steele in December 1859 as President Judge of St. Vrain County. He was to hold office until the county's first popular election was held on January 2, 1860.
ee also
*Historic Colorado counties
*History of Colorado
*Pike's Peak Gold Rush
*State of Colorado
*Territory of Colorado
*Territory of Jefferson
*Weld County, Colorado
References
External links
* [http://www.coloradohistory.org/ Colorado State Historical Society website]
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