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.