Brief History of Denver in Politics
Denver entered the political arena fairly quickly after its founding in 1858 and incorporation in 1861. The city was named the state capital of Colorado upon its entering the Union in 1876, as state leaders saw Denver, which was the territorial capital of the 15 year lived Colorado Territory, as an economically booming city that would no doubt come to be one of America's pillars. Their prediction turned out to be correct. The city boomed in the "old west" fashion, and became the economic capitol of the west through much of the 19th century.
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