Chicago-Colorado Colony

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The Chicago-Colorado Colony was a 19th-century planned agricultural settlement company whose members established and developed the town that became Longmont, Colorado.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonization company
planned agricultural settlement company
activeInCentury 19th century
associatedWith Longmont Museum & Cultural Center (as historical subject)
history of Longmont, Colorado
category Agricultural colonies in the United States
History of Boulder County, Colorado
History of Longmont, Colorado
country United States
developedInto Longmont, Colorado
economicActivity irrigated farming
townsite development
economicBase agriculture
financedBy sale of surrounding farm tracts
sale of town lots
founded 1870
foundedTown Longmont, Colorado
historicalSignificance one of the early planned agricultural colonies in Colorado
influencedDevelopmentOf St. Vrain Valley, Colorado
languageOfWork English
locatedIn Boulder County, Colorado NERFINISHED
Colorado
notableOutcome creation of a permanent agricultural town in northern Colorado
organizedBy group of investors from Chicago
organizedInCity Chicago, Illinois
linked to: Chicago
organizedInState Illinois
originalTownName Longmont
purpose to develop a planned town and surrounding farms
to establish an agricultural colony in Colorado
region St. Vrain Valley
timePeriod American Westward expansion
post–Civil War era
transportationConnection near Colorado Central Railroad
usedModel planned community

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Longmont foundedBy Chicago-Colorado Colony