Pueblo Chronology
1873
Population reaches 3500
1873
Town Trustees’ ordinance declares Pueblo now a “City”
1873
The town of South Pueblo platted
1873
Pueblo Public Library Assoc. founded
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
Loretto Academy established
1878
Centennial School constructed (11th & Court Streets)
1878
Insane Asylum established
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
Street Railway with horse cars commences
1880
First Foundry established
1880
South Pueblo Water Works built
1880
Steel Works started (Colorado Coal & Iron)
1880
Town of Bessemer platted