Pueblo

Pueblo, capital of Pueblo county, Colorado, on the Arkansas River, at the mouth of Fountain Creek, 117 miles by rail S. by E. of Denver. Through its iron and steel industry it has rapidly become the second city of the state and an important railway centre; immense quantities of raw materials and fuel abound in the vicinity. The principal establishments are those of the Colorado Coal and Iron Company, which include two blast-furnaces, steel-works, a rail-factory, bar- and nail-mills, and a pipe-foundry. In 1890 a Mineral Palace was erected to hold a permanent exhibit of Colorado's mineral productions—from stone and coal to pure gold—valued at almost $1,000,000. Pop. (1880) 3217; (1890) 24,558.