Pueblo Chronology
1899
Nuckolls Packing Co. incorporated
1900
Census Population: 28,157
1900
Eastern investor builds Pope Block at 4th & Main
1900
Great wave of immigrants to Pueblo
1901
State Fair moves to Beulah Ave. location
1902
Minnequa Bank opens in Bessemer
1902
Minnequa Hospital opens new 200 bed facility
1902
Amherst Building completed at 2nd and Main
1905
Alva Adams third term as Governor (only two months served)
1905
Streets Paved for first time (Main, Union, Northern)
1905
Christopher Columbus Statue erected (Abriendo Ave)
1909
Rush-Knight Lumber opens (2nd & Court)
1909
President William Howard Taft tours Pueblo
1910
Census Population: 41,747
1910
Teddy Roosevelt visits Pueblo for the third time
1914
Colorado Coal Field Wars and the Ludlow Massacre prompt John Rockefeller Jr. to visit Pueblo to address labor issues
1916
Colorado adopts Prohibition (National Prohibition under Volstead Act not until 1920)