Pueblo

Sister cities

• Chihuahua City
• Maribor
• Bergamo
• Lucca Sicula
• Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza

History

From 1050 to 1450, the area that is now Pueblo was first inhabited by Paleo-Indians and Archaic peoples, as well as people of the Apishapa culture. By 1500, the Ute hunter-gatherers inhabited the region, who hunted in the mountains during the summer and wintered in warmer areas, such as modern-day Pueblo, during the winter. In 1521, Spain assumed control of the land, however, very little settlement or occupation ever occurred. By the time of the 17th century, the Ute acquired horses from the Spanish allowing them to hunt bison on the plains. The Ute bands of the Pueblo area were the Tabaguache and the Muache. Along the eastern Arkansas River, the Jicarilla Apache lived in villages and hunted bison, and grew corn, beans, and squash. During the middle of the 18th century, the Comanche came through the middle of Colorado on horseback, claiming the Arkansas River valley and pushing up against the boundary of New Spain. The Ute and Comanche formed an alliance, trading and raiding along modern-day Southern Colorado and Northern New Mexico. In 1779 between modern-day Pueblo and Colorado City, Juan Bautista de Anza invaded the area and killed the Comanche leader Cuerno Verde. Despite the loss, the indigenous peoples continued to fight back against the Spanish, with the Comanche claiming swathes of land from Southeastern Colorado to Texas. By the early 1800s, the Arapaho entered and claimed modern-day Pueblo as well, having a fierce rivalry with the Ute. The area was also frequented by the Cheyenne and the Pawnee. According to accounts of residents who traded at the plaza (including that of George Simpson), the Fort Pueblo Massacre happened sometime between December 23 and 25, 1854, by a war party of Utes and Jicarilla Apaches under the leadership of Tierra Blanca, a Ute…

Geography

Pueblo is south of Denver and is on the front range of the Rocky Mountains. Pueblo sits on the western edge of the Great Plains in a high desert area of terrain in southern Colorado and is near the western edge of the Southwestern Tablelands ecology region. At the 2020 United States Census, the city had a total area of , including of water. Pueblo is considered a high desert climate, and sits on the desert lands in southern Colorado between Pueblo and the Royal Gorge. The hottest temperature recorded in Pueblo was on July 13, 2003, while the coldest temperature recorded was on February 1, 1951. | source 2 = National Weather Service }}

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  7,937
• Ring-billed Gull

  Larus delawarensis Ord, 1815 · Aves
  7,441
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  7,363
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  7,226
• American Coot

  Fulica americana Gmelin, 1789 · Aves
  6,599
• Eurasian Collared-Dove

  Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) · Aves
  6,476
• Northern Flicker

  Colaptes auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  6,298
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  6,282

Largest nearby schools

• GOAL Academy
  High · PUEBLO · 5,690 students · 31.3:1 ratio
• Pueblo West High School
  High · PUEBLO WEST · 1,484 students · 21.2:1 ratio
• Pueblo County High School
  High · PUEBLO · 1,219 students · 20.3:1 ratio
• South High School
  High · PUEBLO · 1,059 students · 21.2:1 ratio
• East High School
  High · PUEBLO · 1,000 students · 19.2:1 ratio
• Chavez/Huerta K-12 Preparatory Academy
  Other · PUEBLO · 996 students · 17.8:1 ratio
• Central High School
  High · PUEBLO · 971 students · 24.9:1 ratio
• Centennial High School
  High · PUEBLO · 840 students · 16.5:1 ratio