Colorado and the road to mythical teguayo -- The search for the Río del Tizón: renewed Spanish colonial interest in Colorado and Utah -- Rivera's second expedition to the Yutas, October 1765 -- Domínguez, Escalante, and Armijo: western Colorado, southern Utah and the road to California, 1776-1830 -- Juan Bautista de Anza's 1779 campaign against Cuerno Verde -- The Colorado crucible: New Mexican traders, Ute raiders, and military expeditions from New Mexico, 1779-1845 -- Betwixt governance, land grants and U.S. occupation: a summary history of the Mexican territorial period, 1821-1848 -- Hispanic legacies: the land grants of southern Colorado -- The Office of the Surveyor General, the Court of Private Land Claims and Colorado's land grants: a synopsis -- Era of mistrust: the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and Hispanic citizenship rights -- Epilogue.
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