ScawFraw

@huKSer no, not at least...at most...and it was an unearned and undeserved half of a natty

@ZRod  We literally did own them, including Boulder

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebraska_Territory

When gold was discovered in Colorado we didn't want that land part of Nebraska due to the type of people it would attract.  It explains a lot.

A new territory was formed from land that other territories did not want thus constraining all the gold digging jackholes in 1 place.  They called it Colorado  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_Territory