This section is from "The American Cyclopaedia", by George Ripley And Charles A. Dana. Also available from Amazon: The New American Cyclopędia. 16 volumes complete..
Arapahoe, an E. county of Colorado territory; area, 4,600 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 6,829. The Kansas Pacific railroad passes through the county and terminates at Denver, and is connected by a branch from that city with the Union Pacific at Cheyenne. Capital, Denver, which is also the capital of the territory.
 
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