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15 cool facts about Colorado
Officially nicknamed "Hundred-Year State", Colorado is the 38th state participating in the United States in the United States on August 1, 1876.
It has a population of 5,758,736 people, making it the 21st population state.
Colorado was amplitude by the states of Arizona, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah and Wyoming.
With a total of 104,094 sq mi (269,837 km²) land and water, this is the 8th largest state.
The capital of Colorado is Denver, located just northeast of the state center.
Enough about quick facts, let's learn more about hundred years!
Colorado has been living for more than 13,000 years!
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There is an archaeological site called the Lindenmegeier website in the north of the state with the border with wyoming full of dating antiquities from 11,200 BC.
The first people living in the region are nomads who will monitor the herds, and have been identified as the people of the Folsom tradition because the arrow tips they have used.
The first European discovery Colorado is Spanish.
Like many other US states in the region, the first European to Colorado is Conquistadors.
It is very likely that in 1541, the famous Spanish explorer Francisco VaSquez de Coronado crosses the parts of the southeast corner of what we know is Colorado when looking for a legendary golden city.
It was not until 1598 when Don Juan de Oñate Salazar established the colony of Santa Fe de Nuevo Méjico that the parts of modern Colorado were declared by Europeans.
Not much happened in Colorado for 250 years after it was discovered by Europeans for the first time.
Although the parts of modern Colorado were announced by the Spaniards in 1598, there was very little attention to the region.
While they sent some expeditions to further and farther away, never had a real shot to stabilize.
Spain gave up his rights to the region for the French in 1800, and the French then sold it to the US as part of buying Louisiana in 1803.
During the next 20-30 years, the fur traps moved into the area to hunt beaver, but many other things happened in the area.
The first US explorer passed through Colorado was "lost" and was arrested by Spanish.
Zebulon Pike was ordered to attach an expedition to find Arkansas and Red Rivers origin, which led him into modern Colorado.
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After giving up due to big snow and lack of food, they go south and set up a base to spend the rest of the winter.
Not sure if they lost their bearings, or whether the action was intentional or not, but they actually established the camp in Spanish territory!
They promptly arrested, held in Santa Fe, then released at the Louisiana border a few months later.
Colorado was finally stable thanks to a yellow fever.
In 1849, gold was discovered in California, and the next gold rushed to the area that made history.
When many people rushed to California, those golden hunters began to expand their search further and more.
A prospect named William Green Russell appeared a gold buffer worth hundreds of dollars in Colorado, then reminded gold to rush to the area.
This is the beginning of the Gold Rush "Pike Peak or Bust", of which about 50,000 people moved to the area.
As the direct result of Russell's findings, a settlement area was founded by Montana City in 1858, making it the first person in a long row of settlements in Colorado territory.
Colorado is known for its harsh weather.
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However, it is not surprising, the fields of Colorado with the harshest weather problems are also the least level.
Part of the famous Tornado alley of the United States includes the eastern plain of Colorado, an area of the United States, where scary tornadoes regularly.
The eastern plain not only has a tornado though - they also experience some of our biggest infants in all of us!
Life in Colorado's mines soon is brutal.
At the beginning of the 20th century, there was still an outstanding mining industry, but life is not ideal for operators.
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The Western mining federation tried against the injustice of all but had a brutal of the army.
Strikes appear and quickly turn off the wire for decades.
The first Rodeo is said to have been held in Colorado.
Most people will assume that this daring sport is derived from somewhere like Texas, but not!
Deer Trail Town, Colorado, is one of many towns claiming to have held the first Rodeo in the world.
A local magazine called "fields and farms" recorded the event as happened on July 4, 1869.
The prize of the competition is a new set of clothes and given to a man named Emiline Gardenshire.
Capitol State Colorado building is made of unique materials.
Parts of Capitol State Colorado Building in Denver are made of other known materials in the world.
In 1893 in the town of Beulah, Colorado, an extremely rare deposit of a marble like a marble was discovered.
It has rich pink and attractive marble and has promptly grabbed by people who build Capitol building of the state.
Nearly the entire stone deposit is used in building buildings, entering the bases of columns and stairs.
Fortunately, a small amount of stone was kept in reserves to make changes, because the deposits of the stone found in Beulah are one of its only kinds of things in the world!
Colorado is the highest, longest and largest place!
The Highest Auto Tunnel In The World Is The Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Tunnel and Can Be Found About 60 Miles To The West Of Denver.
Colorado also has the highest plastic coverage in North America, with the highest score of 14,258 amazing feet (4246m) on sea level!
In Denver, you can find the longest routine in the United States that spread across the city center of the city.
Denver is also home to the largest rodeo in the world, stored annually.
CheEeburger was invented in Colorado.
Well, at least.
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Unfortunately for Louis, the launch trend and diners across the United States started selling their own variants about delicious burgers.
Colorado is famous for hot springs.
There was a sight of Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
Stretching as long as two cities blocks, Glenwood Hot Springs is a giant natural hot pool in the historic center of town.
Hot mineral water flows into the pool from Yamah springs, providing an incredible 3.5 million gallons (1.32 million L) of water every day!
Colorado is the only state in the US refusing to store the Olympics.
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Fear of large costs and pollution related to this event, Denver's citizen voted against holding it, and finally held in Austria.
The highest sand dunes in North America can be found in Colorado.
If you find yourself in the south of Colorado, make sure you rotate through the Great Sand Dunes National Monument.
You can find sand dunes just outside the town of Alamosa, in 85,000 acres (34,000 ha) Parkland protected.
Here you can try to expand 750 feet sand dunes (228m), which is the remnants of prehistoric oceans.
Colorado almost many ghost towns like it works.
Colorado has a large history with golden fever, and you can still see the remnants of this era today.
When explorers to gold, news will spread quickly.
This makes people scramble in the hope of luck, and these people finally set up settlements in the areas they have ended.
Many of these settlements and small towns died immediately after all gold were exploited, leaving the hollow shells of the rear buildings.
There are about 500 ghost towns in Colorado, and only 650 activities!
When it comes to Colorado, you have to think big!
If you are interested in nature, it's definitely worth taking a trip to Colorado.
Unfortunately, though, you can no longer visit Humpty Dumpty Drive-in, as it has been destroyed in the 60s.
