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Colorado has two official state songs: "Where the Columbines Grow" by A.J. Flynn and John Denver's "Rocky Mountain High." Colorado Springs English teacher Katharine Lee Bates wrote the poem that became "America the Beautiful" after visiting Pikes Peak. The world-famous Red Rocks Amphitheater...
State motto:Nil sine Numine(Latin “Nothing without the Diety”) State animal: Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) State bird: Lark bunting (Calamospiza melanocoryus Stejneger) State fish: Greenback cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki somias) ...
On these grants were established the first permanent settlements of non-Native American people in Colorado and, in 1851, the first recorded irrigation. The Spanish language is imprinted on Colorado geography. The state’s name is derived from the Spanish colorado (“red,” or “ruddy”). ...
Like most states, you'll find some pretty long names all across the state ofColorado. For example, there are names like Uncompahgre, Walsenburg, and even something so simple as Colorado Springs. However, when it comes to towns with the longest names in Colorado, the top spot on the list...
State Motto: Nil sine Numine (Nothing without Providence) State Flower: Rocky Mountain Columbine State Bird: Lark Bunting State Animal: Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep State Tree: Colorado Blue Spruce State Fish: Greenback Cutthroat Trout State Gem: Aquamarine State Insect: Colorado Hairstreak Butter...
In 1858 gold was discovered in Cherry Creek, which led to the Pike’s Peak excitement and immigration of 1859. That year is the date of the first real settlement of the country by English-speaking people. Colorado was organized as a Territory in 1861, and admitted as a State in 1876, ...
Colorado - Arts, Music, Sports: Among the writers associated with Colorado are poet and novelist Helen Hunt Jackson, who relocated from Massachusetts to Colorado Springs in 1875; novelist James Michener, who studied and taught at the Colorado State Colle
The consolation prize for the losing city would be home of the new Colorado State Prison. Cañon City was at a disadvantage as it was already the home of the Colorado Territorial Prison (There are now six prisons in the Cañon City area). The cornerstone of the building that would ...
The number of Chinese residents would naturally dwindle. As more left the state and even the country, a door opened for more Japanese immigrants. A new wave of immigration The first big wave of Japanese immigrants began coming to Colorado in the early 20th century. They worked in the mines,...