Pueblo Chronology
1860
Pueblo Town site laid out
1861
Pueblo County established
(one of the original 17 counties in the Colorado Territory)
1862
First Court session held
1862
Weekly mail established
1863
Post Office established
1864
First Religious Services held (building on SE corner 3rd & Santa Fe)
1864
Flour Mill erected and mill ditch excavated
1866
First public school classes held
1866
1st County Courthouse
1868
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church organized
1868
Colorado Chieftain Newspaper begins publication
1868
Telegraph line completed to Pueblo
1869
S.C. Gallup opens first Pueblo saddlery
1870
Town of Pueblo Incorporated
1870
First Presbyterian Church opens
1870
Adobe School at 11th and Court erected
1870
Census Population: 666
1871
Thatcher brothers charter the First National Bank
1871
Chillcott Hotel opens at NW corner 5th & Santa Fe (known later as the Lindell and the 5th Avenue Hotel)
1872
Courthouse erected at 10th and Main
1872
St. Ignatius Catholic Church organized
1872
First Colorado State Fair (incorporated as the Agricultural & Industrial Society of Southern Colorado)
1872
First Baptist Church organized
1872
The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad arrives in Pueblo (D&RG)
1873
Population reaches 3500