032 Colorado Wagon Roads 1879 history teacher gifts and peoples of the region

and peoples of the region

The tribes people lived in tipis and lodges built of cattails woven into mats

including plantations

with the touch of blue as Lake Superior peeks into the picture from the far right

Portions of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge

032 Colorado Wagon Roads 1879 history teacher gifts and peoples of the regionThis 1879 atlas map by Rand McNally depicts the state of Colorado. The map shows great relief detail, named railroads, and different terrain heights throughout. County boundaries are drawn in green, with the state being outlined the same. While full of natural resources and abundant opportunity, this particular year would find Colorado in the midst of the battle of Milk Creek. In September of that year the United States Army would clash with warriors