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Ludlow Massacre

In Ludlow Massacre
…the Colorado National Guard and Colorado Fuel and Iron Company guards at Ludlow, Colorado, on April 20, 1914, resulting in the deaths of 25 people, including 11 children.
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Pueblo

In Pueblo
…Minnequa was home to the Colorado Fuel and Iron Corporation, once one of the nation’s largest steel plants and a significant economic and environmental factor in the region. The University of Southern Colorado originated as Pueblo Junior College (1933). A flood-control system along the Arkansas River was constructed to prevent…
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