Pueblo (Colorado)
Pueblo County
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Pueblo is a city in Pueblo County and the seventh largest in the U.S. state of Colorado with 106 595 inhabitants ( 2010) and the county seat of administration. The area of the city is 117.5 km ². The city is home to the Colorado State University - Pueblo.
History
End of 1842 built 15 to 20 independent Indian traders to James P. Beckwourth a fort of about 55x55 m at the current municipal area. It has been extended to annex later. 1854, the establishment of Indians was attacked and killed most of the inhabitants. 1859 saw the city, which was at times referred to as Independence in the Gold Rush of Colorado within a very short time an enormous upswing. In the 1970s and 80s Pueblo was one of the largest steel-producing cities in the United States.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Gordon L. Allott (1907-1989), U.S. Senator
- Frank DeSimone (1909-1967), Mafioso
- David Packard (1912-1996), co-founder of Hewlett -Packard
- Kelly Reno (born 1966 ), former U.S. film actor
- William Wadsworth Hodkinson (1881-1981), film producer
- Grant Withers (1905-1959), Hollywood actor of the silent era
Twinning
Pueblo has five sister cities:
- Italy Bergamo, Italy
- Mexico Chihuahua, Mexico
- Italy Lucca sicula, Italy
- Mexico Puebla, Mexico
- People's Republic of China Weifang, China
Traffic
Pueblo is situated at the intersection of U.S. Highway 50 with the highway I- 25th East of the town is the regional airport Pueblo Memorial Airport.