_Territorial._
W. Gilpin 1861 E. M. McCook 1869
J. Evans 1862 S. H. Elbert 1873
A. Cummings 1865 E. M. McCook 1874
A. C. Hunt 1867 J. L. Routt 1875
_State._
J. L. Routt Republican 1876
F. W. Pitkin " 1879
J. B. Grant Democrat 1883
B. H. Eaton Republican 1885
A. Adams Democrat 1887
J. A. Cooper Republican 1890
J. L. Routt " 1891
D. H. Waite Populist 1893
A. W. M'Intire Republican 1895
A. Adams Dem.-Populist 1897
C. S. Thomas " 1899
J. B. Orman " 1901
J. H. Peabody Republican 1903
A. Adams Democrat 1905[5]
Jesse F. M'Donald Republican 1905[5]
Henry A. Buchtel " 1907
John H. Shafroth Democrat 1909
AUTHORITIES.--For _topography and general description_: Hayden and
assistants, reports on _Colorado_, U.S. Department of the Interior,
Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (13 vols.,
1867-1878), various reports, especially annual report for 1874;
Captain J. C. Fremont, _Report of the Exploring Expedition to the
Rocky Mountains in 1842_, published 1845 as Congressional document
28th Congress, 2nd Session, House Executive Document No. 166, and
various other editions. Other early exploring reports are: _The
Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike ... Through Louisiana Territory
and in New Spain in the Years 1805-6-7_, edited by E. Coues (3 vols.,
New York, 1895); _Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the
Rocky Mountains, 1819-20, under the Command of Major S. H. Long;
compiled ... by Edwin James_ (3 vols., London; 2 vols., Philadelphia,
1823); Captain H. Stansbury, _Exploration of the Valley of the Great
Salt Lake_ (2 vols., Philadelphia, 1852; also as Senate Executive
Document No. 3, 32nd Congress Special Session); Francis Parkman, _The
California and Oregon Trail_ (New York, 1849; revised ed., Boston,
1892),--a narrative of personal experience, as are the two following
books: Bayard Taylor, _Colorado; A Summer Trip_ (New York, 1867);
Samuel Bowles, _The Switzerland of America, A Summer Vacation in
Colorado_ (Springfield, Mass., 1869); F. Fossett, _Colorado; A
Historical, Descriptive and Statistical Work on the Rocky Mountain
Gold and Silver Region_ (Denver, 1878; New York, 1879, 2nd ed., 1880).
On _fauna and flora_: United States Biological Survey, _Bulletins_
(especially No. 10), &c.; the _Biennial Report_ of the State Game and
Fish Commissioner; United States Geological Survey, _10th Annual
Report_, pt. v., and 20th A.R., pt. 5, and various publications of the
United States Forestry Division for forest and forest reserves; Porter
and Coulter, _Synopsis of the Flora of Colorado_ (1879); and scattered
papers in scientific periodicals. On _climate_: United States
Department of Agriculture, _Colorado Climate and Crop Service_
(monthly). On _soil and agriculture_: _Annual Report_ of the State
Board of Agriculture (since 1878), of the State Agricultural College,
Agricultural Experiment Station (since 1887), and of the State Board
of Horticulture; _Biennial Report_ of the State Board of Land
Commissioners (since 1879); publications of the United States
Department of Agriculture, various bulletins on agrostology, water
supply and irrigation, &c. (See Department bibliographies); United
States Census, 1900 (States), _Bulletin_ 177, "Agriculture in
Colorado" (Special), _Bulletin_ 16, "Irrigation in the United States"
(1902), &c.; United States Geological Survey, various materials,
consult bibliographies in its Bulletins 100, 177, 215, 301, &c. On
_manufactures_: publications of United States Census, 1900, and the
special census of manufactures, 1905. On _mineral industries_: United
States Geological Survey, _Annual Report_, annual volume on "Mineral
Resources"; also the annual _Mineral Industry_ (Rothwell's New
York-London); Colorado State Bureau of Mines, _Biennial Report_,
Inspector of Coal Mines, _Biennial Report_ (since 1883-1884); and an
enormous quantity of information in the publications of the United
States Geological Survey. For labour troubles see below. On
_railways_, see annual _Statistics of Railways_ of the United States
Interstate Commerce Commission, and Poor's Manual (Annual, New York).
_Rivers_, see _Index to Reports of the Chief of Engineers_, United
States Army (3 vols., 1900, covering 1866-1900); publications United
States Geological Survey. On _population_: United States Census, 1900.
_Administration_: J. W. Mills' _Annotated Statutes of the State of
Colorado ..._ (2 vols., Denver, 1891; vol. iii. 1896); Helen L.
Sumner, _Equal Suffrage in Colorado_ (New York, 1909,); J. E. Snook,
_Colorado History and Government_ (Denver, 1904), is a reliable school
epitome.
On _history_: F. L. Paxson, "A Preliminary Bibliography of Colorado
History," being vol. iii., No. 3, of _University of Colorado Studies_
(June 1906); H. H. Bancroft, _History of ... Nevada, Colorado and
Wyoming, 1540-1888_ (San Francisco, 1890); on _labour conditions and
troubles_ consult: _Reports_ of the State Bureau of Labour Statistics
(since 1892); _Annual Reports_ of the State Board of Arbitration
(since 1898); publications of United States Bureau of Labour
(bibliographies); also especially Senate Document 122, 58th Congress,
3rd Session, covering the years 1880-1904. See also CRIPPLE CREEK and
LEADVILLE.