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 ⓘ
linked to: Boulder County

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 ⓘ
John Brisben Walker → founded → Fort Collins Agricultural Colony (as a promoter/investor) ⓘ
linked to: Chicago-Colorado Colony
Longmont, Colorado → foundedBy → Chicago-Colorado Colony ⓘ