A PRELIMINARY BIBLIOGRAPHY OF COLORADO 



HISTORY 



By Frederic Logan Paxson 



The materials relating to the history of Colorado have never been 

 described in a systematic manner and remain unnoticed in our libraries 

 in the form of books, chapters, and magazine articles. The official 

 records of the state have received some attention in "The Public 

 Archives of the State of Colorado," by F. L. Paxson, in the Annual 

 Report 0} the American Historical Association, 1903, Vol. I, pp. 414- 

 437. A beginning has also been made in the bibliography of formal 

 books relating to the history of the state, by the same writer in his 

 "The Historical Opportunity in Colorado," in the University 0} Col- 

 orado Studies, Vol. Ill, pp. 19-24. But no attempt has thus far been 

 made to arrange the magazine articles and public documents in any 

 sort of order. This last work is the purpose of this present paper, 

 but no claim for an exhaustive bibliography is here made. It is hoped 

 that the most important articles have been found and listed, but in 

 some directions the collection is avowedly partial, while in all it is 

 only preliminary. 



The land which is incorporated in Colorado has been acquired 

 at various times from France, Mexico, and Texas, the steps being 

 recorded in F. L. Paxson, "The Boundaries of Colorado," in the 

 University of Colorado Studies, Vol. II, pp. 87-94. The actual survey 

 of the southern boundary touching New Mexico and Oklahoma was 

 long deferred, the attempts to provide for it being described in H. 

 Doc. 604; 57C.1; Serial 4377; May, 1902,' and H. Doc. 120; 57C.2; 

 Serial 4489; December, 1902. So much of the land as lies between 

 the Rio Grande and the Arkansas, and the meridians of their 

 sources, was bought from Texas on September 9, 1850. The exist- 

 ence of various Mexican grants in this region has been a source of 



' This reference, and all others to the public documents, should be expanded in this manner: House 

 Docimient 604; Fifty-seventh Congress, First Session; Serial No. 4377. 



