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FUN FACTS ABOUT COLORADO

Do you love baseball? Colorado was the first national league team Wildcard to go to the playoffs in 1995, even the first rodeo in the world was held in Deer Trail, Colorado 1869 and Denver hosts the largest rodeo in the world, still they were the only state to turn down the Olympics yet the united states air force academy is located in its hot springs.

Colorado was first visited, by the Spanish explorers in the 1500s, eastern Colorado was obtained as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, by the U.S. It became the 38th state in 1876, and it’s the largest state by landmass, in America.

‘Nothing without deity is its motto,’ the official tree, flower and bird are the Colorado blue spruce, white and lavender columbine and lark bunting, respectively. It is nicknamed ‘The Centennial State.’

Why watch Nat Geo Wild when Colorado is the second nation for a variety of birds, you can experience the wildlife at San Luis Lake near Alamosa, there you see raptors, bald eagles, shorebirds and sandhill cranes nesting and migrating’. And you could munch on a cheeseburger while at it, being that Denver claims to be the inventor of cheeseburgers, surely it will be mouth-watering.

Colorado has the world flattest mountain top and the world largest hot springs with over 222 wildlife areas. Jog through the Colfax Avenue if you are looking to get fit, it is the longest continuous street in America, have a long gulp of water after but don’t dare urinate in public it’s considered illegal. The Spanish people called the centennial state ‘Colorado’ because of its red-colored earth.

While you’ve always fancied skiing, Colorado is known for world-class skis and amusement sites like the breathtaking Rocky Mountain National Park, Mesa Verde National Park, the Great Sand Dunes, and Dinosaur National Monuments, Curecanti National Recreation Area Colorado National Monument, and the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument.

Guess you are probably singing after your trip to the top of Pikes Peak, in 1893 Katharine Lee bates wrote the lyrics to “America the Beautiful” which is commonly sung to the ‘Materna’ tune composed by Samuel Ward, 1882. The Gregory Lode is the wealthiest square on earth, who knows you might just get lucky and return home a millionaire but keep in mind that over 400,000 people visit Pikes Peak each year.

Do you have cats? You might have to gag them at night because if they meow in the dark Colorado has the right to chop their tails off!

REFERENCES
Encyclopedia: History
Encyclopedia: Colorado
Encyclopedia: Geography
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