Trinidad is situated in the Purgatoire River valley in far southern Colorado at an elevation of 6,025 feet (1,836 m). The city lies 13 miles north of the New Mexico border. On the northern end of the town is Simpson's Rest, a prominent bluff named for early resident George Simpson, who is buried atop.
The Virginia House of Burgesses /ËbÉËrdÊÉsÉªz/ was the first legislative assembly of elected representatives in North America.
1 The Beginning of the House of Burgesses On April 26, 1607, the one hundred forty-four men and boys sent from England by the Virginia Company sighted land in the New World for the first time. These individuals were to establish the first permanent English settlement in America.