Robert A. Cameron-- Part 4: Very Active in the Development of Colorado

Cameron finished the Civil War in command of the Department of the Gulf, based at Thibodeaux, Louisiana.  On March 13, 1865, he was brevetted to major general and resigned his commission June 22 of that year.

After the war, he went west and established farm colonies in Colorado where he promoted the economic development of Colorado and was very involved in its politics.  In 1870, he was influential in the establishment of Greeley, Colorado and then he became the superintendent of a new colony which became Colorado Springs.  He was also involved in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Later, he moved to San Francisco, but returned to Colorado where he served as a postal clerk in Denver. He died on his farm near Canon City, Colorado, and is buried there at Greenwood Pioneer Cemetery.

--Old Secesh