The City of Pueblo has a long and colorful history dating back to 1842, when it was called Fort Pueblo. What brought the city from a small fort in southern Colorado to the backbone of Colorado were the ore mines. This area once housed 4 separate towns, which are Pueblo (Incorporated 1870), South Pueblo (Incorporated 1873), Central Pueblo(Incorporated 1882), and Bessemer (Incorporated 1886). These 4 towns together now make up the City of Pueblo.