Editing Ignacio, Colorado (section)

==History==
*On February 2, 1848, the [[Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo]] ceded northern [[Mexico]] (including all of the future [[State of Colorado]]) to the [[United States]].<ref name=Guadalupe>{{USStat|9|922}}</ref>
*On December 30, 1849, [[Ute people|Chiefs of Ute]] signed the [[Peace Treaty of Abiquiú]] with the United States.<ref name=Abiquiú>{{cite web|url=http://resources.utulsa.edu/law/classes/rice/Treaties/09_Stat_984_Utah.htm|title=Treaty with the Utah|author=The [[United States|United States of America]] and the [[Southern Ute Indian Reservation#Capote|Capote]] and [[Southern Ute Indian Reservation#Mouache|Mouache Utes]]|date=December 30, 1849|access-date=March 16, 2022}}</ref>
*The [[Territory of Colorado]] was organized on February 28, 1861.
*The [[Consolidated Ute Reservation]] was created on March 2, 1868.<ref name=Ute_Treaty_of_1868>{{cite web|url=https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/llsl//llsl-c40/llsl-c40.pdf|page=619|title=Treaty between the United States of America and the Tabeguache, Muache, Capote, Weeminuche, Tampa, Grand River, and Uintah Bands of Ute Indians|author=The [[United States|United States of America]] and the [[Ute Nation]]|publisher=[[40th United States Congress|Fortieth United States Congress]]|date=March 2, 1868|access-date=March 16, 2022}}</ref> 
*On September 13, 1873, the [[Brunot Treaty]] removed the [[San Juan Mountains]] from the Consolidated Ute Reservation.<ref name=Brunot_Treaty>{{cite web|url=https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/llsl//llsl-c43/llsl-c43.pdf|page=36|title=An act to ratify an agreement with certain Ute Indians in Colorado, and to make an appropriation for carrying out the same|author=[[43rd United States Congress|Forty-third United States Congress]]|date=April 29, 1874|access-date=March 16, 2022}}</ref>
*[[La Plata County, Colorado|La Plata County]] was created on February 10, 1874.<ref name=COcounty/>
*The Territory of Colorado became a state on August 1, 1876.
*On November 9, 1878, the Consolidated Ute Reservation was replaced by the much smaller [[Southern Ute Indian Reservation]].<ref name=Southern_Ute>{{cite web|url=http://images.library.wisc.edu/History/EFacs/CommRep/AnnRep79/reference/history.annrep79.i0026.pdf|title=Agreement with the Capote, Muache, and Weeminuche Utes|author=[[United States|United States of America]] and the [[Southern Ute Indian Reservation#Capote|Capote]], [[Southern Ute Indian Reservation#Mouache|Mouache]], and [[Ute Mountain Ute Tribe|Weeminuche Utes]]|location=[[Pagosa Springs, Colorado]]|date=November 9, 1878|access-date=March 16, 2022}}</ref>
*The Ignacio, Colorado, post office opened on Jan 31, 1882<ref name=CPO>{{cite book|title=Colorado Post Offices 1859–1989|first1=William H.|last1=Bauer|first2=James L.|last2=Ozment|first3=John H.|last3=Willard|date=1990|publisher=[[Colorado Railroad Museum|Colorado Railroad Historical Foundation]]|location=[[Golden, Colorado]]|isbn=0-918654-42-4}}</ref>
*The Town of Ignacio was incorporated on July 7, 1913.<ref name=COMun/>