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.
In North America, the House of Burgesses became the first  legislative assembly to elect representatives. It was founded by  the Virginia Company, partly as a way to attract â¦ new English  colonists to North America and improve their own quality of life.