El Paso County, Kansas Territory

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A map of Kansas Territory in 1860. El Paso County was located in the territory's western panhandle, surrounded by Fremont, Montana, Broderick, Oro Counties.

El Paso County was a

Territory of Kansas
that existed for two years from February 7, 1859, to January 29, 1861.

History

In July 1858, gold was discovered along the

Territory of Jefferson
on October 24, 1859.

Following the Republican Party election victories in 1860, the United States Congress admitted Kansas to the Union.[1] The Kansas Act of Admission excluded the portion of the Kansas Territory west of the 25th meridian west from Washington from the new state, and El Paso County and the rest of this region reverted to unorganized territory.

On February 28, 1861, the Colorado Territory was organized to govern this unorganized territory and adjacent areas of the New Mexico Territory, the Utah Territory, and the Nebraska Territory.[2] The new Colorado General Assembly organized 17 counties on November 1, 1861, including a new El Paso County for the Colorado Territory.

See also

References

  1. Thirty-sixth United States Congress
    . January 29, 1861. Retrieved November 26, 2007.
  2. Thirty-sixth United States Congress
    . February 28, 1861. Retrieved November 26, 2007.

External links

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