Population reaches 3500

The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad arrives in Pueblo (D&RG)

First Baptist Church organized

First Colorado State Fair (incorporated as the Agricultural & Industrial Society of Southern Colorado)

St. Ignatius Catholic Church organized

Courthouse erected at 10th and Main

Chillcott Hotel opens at NW corner 5th & Santa Fe  (known later as the Lindell and the 5th Avenue Hotel) 

Thatcher brothers charter the First National Bank

Adobe School at 11th and Court erected

First Presbyterian Church opens