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  2. List of territorial claims and designations in Colorado

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    The Spanish Empire ceded Florida, land east of the Sabine River, and claims north of the 41st parallel north to the United States. The United States ceded a southwestern portion of the Mississippi River basin to the Spanish Empire. The Treaty of Córdoba is signed on August 24, 1821. Santa Fe de Nuevo México 1821–1848

  3. Spanish Fort (Colorado) - Wikipedia

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    A Spanish military fort was constructed and occupied in 1819 near Sangre de Cristo Pass in the present U.S. State of Colorado to protect the Spanish colony of Santa Fe de Nuevo México from a possible invasion from the United States. The fort was the only Spanish settlement in present-day Colorado.

  4. Spanish Empire - Wikipedia

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    The Spanish Empire, [b] sometimes referred to as the Hispanic Monarchy [c] or the Catholic Monarchy, [d] [4] [5] [6] was a colonial empire that existed between 1492 and 1976. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] In conjunction with the Portuguese Empire , it ushered in the European Age of Discovery .

  5. San Luis, Colorado - Wikipedia

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    San Luis is a statutory town that is the county seat and the most populous town of Costilla County, Colorado, United States. [7] Formerly known as San Luis de la Culebra, it is the oldest continuously occupied town in Colorado. [8] The population was 598 at the 2020 census. [5]

  6. Colorado - Wikipedia

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    The Spanish adjective "colorado" means "colored red" or "ruddy". Colorado is nicknamed the "Centennial State" because it became a state 100 years (and four weeks) after the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence. Denver is the capital, the most populous city, and the center of the Front Range Urban Corridor.

  7. List of place names of Spanish origin in the United States

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    Post-colonial: Spanish place names that have no history of being used during the colonial period for the place in question or for nearby related places. (Ex: Lake Buena Vista, Florida, named in 1969 after a street in Burbank, California) Non-Spanish: Place names originating from non-Spaniards or in non-historically Spanish areas.

  8. Province of Las Californias - Wikipedia

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    The Province of Las Californias (Spanish: Provincia de las Californias) was a Spanish Empire province in the northwestern region of New Spain. Its territory consisted of the entire U.S. states of California, Nevada, and Utah, parts of Arizona, Wyoming, and Colorado, and the Mexican states of Baja California and Baja California Sur. [1] [2] [3] [4]

  9. Early history of the Arkansas Valley in Colorado - Wikipedia

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    In 1644, Juan de Archuleta led the first known Spanish expedition to the Arkansas River valley in Colorado. Archuleta's objective was to find and force Pueblo Indians from Taos who had fled Spanish rule to El Quartelejo, a vaguely defined region from the Arkansas River northward. He found the runaway Pueblos near present day Las Animas.