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The Majestic Rocky Mountains
The Denver metro area is comprised of 50 municipalities and communities within 6 counties covering an approximate area 40 miles wide.
DENVER, COLORADO
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Colorado State Flag
Colorado History:
Dinosaurs roamed Colorado: Fossils (Click to read the Co. Geological Survey)) of oysters and shellfish have been located in southeastern Colorado; fossil insects, seeds, and leaves in perfect detail as well as petrified stumps of sequoias have been located in Florescent Fossil Beds National Monument. A real-life experience can be had just minutes from Denver in Morrison Colorado; the site features an abundance of fossils, and dinosaur remains along the walking trails. Red Rocks Amphitheater is located in the valley to the west of Dinosaur Ridge. This natural amphitheater is formed by steeply dipping beds of Pennsylvanian, Permian, and Triassic age, which underlie the rocks that form Dinosaur Ridge. Red Rocks is a fantastic place for outdoor concerts!
- Colorado was First inhabited by Native American Indian tribes such as the Sioux, Navajo and Apache.
- Frontiersmen Kit Carson and Buffalo Bill Cody. (Born in 1846, William F. Cody) herded cattle, worked wagon trains, was a gold miner, rode for the Pony Express, and was an army scout. Buffalo Bill's skill as a buffalo hunter gained him the nickname "Buffalo Bill." Buffalo Bill's Wild West shows traveled the world. See the Buffalo Bill grave and museum located at 987-1/2 Lookout Mountain Road, Golden, CO.. In the museum you'll see Sitting Bull's bow and arrows, Colonel William Frederick Cody, Buffalo Bill's show outfits, Frederick Remington's "Portrait of a Ranch Hand" in the Buffalo Bill Memorial Museum. The Museum illustrates the life, times, and legend of William F. Cody. It includes exhibits about Buffalo Bill's life and the Wild West shows, Indian artifacts, Western art and firearms. Visit the one, and the only, grave of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody. By his request, Buffalo Bill was buried on Lookout Mountain Park (Jefferson County, Colorado in 1917, overlooking the Great Plains and the Rockies. Feel the breezes from the high peaks of the Continental Divide, smell the Ponderosa Pines, and watch the mountain wildlife, all just thirty minutes from downtown Denver. The Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave is part of the Denver Mountain Parks system, a division of the Parks and Recreation Department of the City and County of Denver.
- It was the finding of gold near the present site of Denver in 1858 that led to the gold rush of 1859, which brought thousands, and thousands into Colorado. During the years that followed, gold seekers settled in Denver and formed countless mining and boomtowns throughout the high mountain regions.
Modern Day Colorado:
Colorado's economy is now driven by the service-producing industries, which provide jobs for approximately 82.4% of the state's non-farm work force. Tourism expenditures in the state total approximately 6 billion dollars annually. Tourist expenditures of the ski industry account for 1.8 billion dollars annually, approximately 1/3 of the total tourist expenditures. The main tourist attractions in the state include the Rocky Mountain National Park, Cosecant National Recreation Area, Mesa Verde National Park, the Great Sand Dunes and Dinosaur Monuments, Colorado National Monument, and the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument.
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The two primary facets of Colorado's manufacturing industry are food and kindred products, and printing and publishing.
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Denver is home to companies that control half of the nation's gold production. The farm industry, which is primarily concentrated in livestock, is also an important element of the state's economy. The primary crops in Colorado are corn, hay, and wheat.
Colorado Facts:
- Colorado has the highest elevation of any state, with more than 1,000 Rocky Mountain peaks over 10,000 feet high and 54 towering above 14,000 feet. Pikes Peak is the most famous of these mountains.
- The mountainous area of Colorado is six times the size of Switzerland and contains approximately 9,600 miles of fishing streams, 2,850 lakes and over 1,000 peaks two miles high.
- The road up 14,260-foot high on Mount Evans is the highest paved road in all of North America -- and the road is maintained and operated by the Denver city parks department and the Denver mountain parks department maintains 20,000 acres of park lands including its own private buffalo herd and Red Rocks Amphitheater -- all part of the largest city park system in the nation.
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Area: 104100 Sq. Mi.
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Bird: Lark Bunting, states List
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Border States: Regional List, Arizona, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming,
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Colorado: The State has a population of 4,301,261 in 2000, a 30.6 percent increase since 1990 with more than 1 million people moving to Colorado in the past decade, an average of 276 new residents every day for the past decade
Agriculture: Cattle, wheat, dairy products, corn, hay.
Colorado state flag:
The flag consists of three alternate stripes of equal width and at right angles to the staff, the two outer stripes to be blue of the same color as in the blue field of the national flag and the middle stripe to be white, the proportion of the flag being a width of two-thirds of its length. At a distance from the staff end of the flag of one fifth of the total length of the flag there is a circular red C, of the same color as the red in the national flag of the United States. The diameter of the letter is two-thirds of the width of the flag. The inner line of the opening of the letter C is three-fourths of the width of its body or bar, and the outer line of the opening is double the length of the inner line thereof. Completely filling the open space inside the letter C is a golden disk, attached to the flag is a cord of gold and silver, intertwined, with tassels, one of gold and one of silver. Flag adopted 1911
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Flower: Rocky Mountain Columbine Aquila caerules `Glauca'
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Song: Where the Columbines Grow
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Governor: Bill Owens (Republican)
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Largest Cities: Denver, Colorado Springs, Aurora, Lakewood, Fort Collins, Arvada, Pueblo, Westminster, Boulder, Thornton
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Origin of state's name: Taken from the Spanish for the "color red" and was applied to the Colorado River.
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Population: 4,301,261
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Song: Where the Columbines Grow
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Topography: Eastern dry high plains; hilly to mountainous central plateau; western Rocky Mountains of high ranges alternating with broad valleys and deep narrow canyons.
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Tree: Colorado Blue Spruce
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Highest Point in Colorado is Mt. Elbert; 14433 feet. "Climbing fourteener's" is a sport and an accomplishment! 
Colorado State Capital
Governor: Bill Ritter, Democrat
Location: 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado, 80203-1784, telephone #: (303)-866-2358
Visitor Information: Room 029
Visitor Info Phone #: (303) 866-2604
Hours Open: Monday – Friday, closed on holidays with the exception of Martin Luther King Day & Presidents Day
No Reservations Required
Cost: Free
Visitor Entrance: Colfax Avenue entrance
Tours: 45 minutes
Construction:
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Start of Construction in July 6, 1886
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Completed construction in 1908 when the dome was leafed with 24 karat gold and the electric bulb installed on top of it.
Built of Colorado white granite from Granite CO in a style replicating the nation's capitol
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The official elevation of Denver is measured outside the west entrance to the building, where the fifteenth step is engraved with the words "One Mile Above Sea Level."
Famous People of Colorado Ouray: Ute Indian chief, Colorado Territory
Buffalo Bill Cody:The Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave is part of the Denver Mountain Parks system, a division of the Parks and Recreation Department of the City and County of Denver William N. Byers: Founded the Rocky Mountain News Molly Brown: Survived the Titanic disaster taking command of her lifeboat, and assisted tending to the injured on the rescue vessel. Visit the Molly Brown House located at 1340 Pennsylvania Street, Denver, CO. 80203 or call 303 832-4092 for times and reservations
The Incomparable Molly Brown: Molly and her husband, J.J. Brown bought a three-story Denver Victorian style home at 1340 Pennsylvania Avenue in Denver Colorado. They later purchased a summer home on Bear Creek in Lakewood Colorado. The summer home was approximately nine miles from their city home and was on 400 acres of land. Molly Brown was a survivor of the Titanic's sinking on Sunday, April 14, 1912. Known as Tim Alan, Timothy Allen Dick was born on June 13, 1953, in Denver, Colorado, is an American comedian, voice-over artist, and character actor perhaps best known for his role in the sitcom Home Improvement and his roles in Disney films, such as The Santa Clause and Toy Story. Allen is known for most of his roles being fathers
Zachery Ty Bryan was born on October 9, 1981 in Aurora Colorado. His big break came when he was 9 years old as was casted as 'Brad Taylor' on "Home Improvement" with Tim Alan, also from Denver Colorado. M. Scott Carpenter, born in Boulder, Colorado is pioneer of modern space exploration and he has the unique distinction of being the first human to penetrate both inner and outer space acquiring the dual title, Astronaut/Aquanaut Lon Chaney: Actor, born in Colorado Springs and known for "The Hunchback of Nortre Dame" and many other rolls.
William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey from Manassa, Colorado was a boxer who held the world heavyweight title between 1919 and 1926, is regarded as one of the greatest heavyweight champion of the world. Eugene Fodor: violinist, Turkey Creek Lawrence H. Gipson: historian, Greeley
Ruth Handler: toy maker, Denver Erick Hawkins, choreographer was one of the great figures of American dance Homer Lea: Born in Colorado, soldier and writer: Homer Lea (1876 – November 1, 1912), was a general in the army of Sun Yat-sen and a writer of several books of geopolitics. Homer was a frail American hunchback, helped make China a republic and prophesied the apocalyptic convulsions of two world wars. Ted Mack: TV host, Greeley: Ted Mack, born William Edward Maguiness, remembered for Ted Mack and the Original Amateur Hour. The program, a hit in the early days of television.
Robert J. Seiwald: inventor, Fort Morgan Colorado: Joseph Burckhalter and Robert Seiwald invented the first practical and patented antibody labeling agent. What Burckhalter and Seiwald achieved was a practical and economic method of making synthesized fluorescein isothiocyanate or FITC. An antibody labeling agent, FITC is a dye used for diagnosing infectious disease that is now used widely for numerous infectious diseases, including AIDS, syphilis, leukemia, and lymphoma. Request our Free Denver, Castle Rock and Highlands Ranch Relocation Package. It's packed full of useful and important information about the Denver, Castle Rock and Highlands Ranch, Colorado area. Don't move here without it! Remember: we'll send it to you for free and without obligation. Just fill out the form and we will send it right out... Call The DeLUX Team Toll Free @ 1 888-LuxTeam (589-8326) with any questions today.
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