trappers and explores

Question 1

Describe how the Two Buttes was created?

Answer 1

The Mountain is a laccolith- a type of volcanic formation which occurs when lava forces itself.

Question 2

What was discovered in the Mountain in 1914? How much?

Answer 2

Discover gold and sliver - sank 3 tunnels around $154,53

Question 3

Describe Southeastern Colorado 180-135 million years ago.

Answer 3

Jurassic Period - Partially by water

Question 4

How do we know dinosaurs once tracked across Powers Country?

Answer 4

Left tracks in the mud ( foot prints)

Question 5

First “ Human” to live in or travel through Southeastern Colorado?

Answer 5

The Folsom Man

Question 6

What are the two methods of writing on rocks?

Answer 6

Petroglyphs - carved into rocks

Pictographs - printed on rocks

Question 7

Earliest petroglyphs?

Answer 7

Great basin curvilinear

Question 8

What did these early petroglyphs consist of?

Answer 8

Abstract Geometric designs/ grids/ spirals

Question 9

Second era of rock writing

Answer 9

Scratched into rock not peaked

Question 10

What makes this era unique from the first period?

Answer 10

More than 4 marks usually extend along the horizontal line

Question 11

Third era of rock writing

Answer 11

Scratched/ abraded into sand stone ( Plains Indian)

Question 12

Unique features of third era

Answer 12

Contains figure not just lines and patterns / animals

Question 13

What does Bertz consider to be the “modern era” of rock writing? `

Answer 13

Graffiti/JJ/ML/

Question 14

Who were the first Europeans to clam Southeast Colorado ?

Answer 14

Spanish

Question 15

What happen too much of the Spanish history of this era?

Answer 15

Unrecorded and destory

Question 16

Name of the major Indian town to the northwest of lamar

Answer 16

El Cuartelejo

Question 17

What did Indians from this area survive on?

Answer 17

Staple foods and meats / wild plums and grapes

Question 18

What did the Indians from this era use to help travel ?

Answer 18

Dogs/ horses

Question 19

What Group of Indians seemed to occupy the territory near or around lamar during the 1500s?

Answer 19

Apaches Cuartelejo

Question 20

Coronado was searching for whats in his expedition of 1540?

Answer 20

Quivera

Question 21

Describe the three possible routes Coronado took when returning from his expedition.

Answer 21

1. SE Corner CO
2. Oklahoma River
3. Mountain/ power route

Question 22

Next Europeans to come through Powers Country after Coronado?

Answer 22

Father Juan de padilla/ Andres

Question 23

What motivated the Spanish to explore this area in the late 1600s and early 1700s?

Answer 23

Finding the Straight of anian

Question 24

What did Ulibarri discover at tachichichi?

Answer 24

A plans of the Surprise Attack

Question 25

Described the Vlaverde’s meeting with Indians during his expedition of 1719.

Answer 25

He promised to fight but then leaves

Question 26

Who were the first recorded French explorers to cross Powers Country?

Answer 26

Pierre and Paul Mallet brothers

Question 27

What drove French travel through the Arkansas Valley?

Answer 27

Santa FE / trade/ trapping

Question 28

Why did the French offer the Louisiana Territory to Spain during the French Indian War?

Answer 28

To avoid to losing their territory to the british

Question 29

What treaty gave the Louisiana Territory back to the french in 1800?

Answer 29

San Ii Franzo

Question 30

What did Napoleon do in 1803 with the Louisiana Territory?

Answer 30

He sold to the U.S for 15 million dollars

Question 31

What did the Spanish agree on as the Northern most boundary of New Spain?
Who controlled the area north of this border?

Answer 31

The Arkansas boundary

U.S/ Spanish