Pueblo Chronology
1873
Pueblo Public Library Assoc. founded
1873
Population reaches 3500
1873
Town Trustees’ ordinance declares Pueblo now a “City”
1874
Organization of Volunteer Fire Department
1874
Holly Waterworks system completed (4th & Grand)
1875
President Ulysses S Grant visits Pueblo
1875
Crown Flour Mill built (102 S. Oneida)
1876
Colorado admitted to the Union
1876
Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railroad arrives (ATSF)
1877
Mather and Geist build first Smelter
1877
Masonic Lodge organized in South Pueblo
1878
Insane Asylum established
1878
Loretto Academy established
1878
Centennial School constructed (11th & Court Streets)
1879
Clark’s Spring Water- Artesian Well commences
1879
Congregational Church organized
1879
Royal Gorge Railroad War – Roundhouse Battle in Pueblo (D&RG vs ATSF)
1880
Census Population: 3,217
1880
People in Pueblo get Telephones
1880
Town of Bessemer platted
1880
Street Railway with horse cars commences
1880
First Foundry established
1880
South Pueblo Water Works built
1880
Steel Works started (Colorado Coal & Iron)
1881
Union Gas Co. organized (later Pueblo Gas & Fuel)