Our state

A few facts about Colorado
"CO"

Colorado was originally called The territory of Jefferson.

Colorado became The Territory of Jefferson in 1861

Eastern Colorado was Originally acquired by the United States under the Louisiana Purchase on April 30, 1803

Colorado became the 38^th state of the union on August 1, 1876.

Colorado was the second state in the union to extend the right to vote to women in 1894.

The word Colorado is Spanish for "color red"

State Capital - Denver
Largest City - Denver

Colorado has 104,100 square miles and is the 8th largest state in the USA

Colorado's highest point is:
Mt. Elbert; 14,433 feet (4,399 m)
above sea level

According to the 2000 U.S. Census our state has a population of 4,301,261

Colorado is the 24^th most populous state in the USA.

The official state flag of Colorado was adopted on June 5, 1911 and was designed by Andrew Carlisle Carson.

The colors of the Colorado State flag represent certain geographical features of our state:.

The Gold is for the abundant sunshine
that our state enjoys.

The white represents the snowcapped mountains

The blue stands for
our clear blue skies.

The red represents the ruddy color of much of our state's soil

Attached to the flag is a cord of gold and silver, intertwined with gold and silver tassels

State Bird	State Animal	State Fish	State Insect	State Fossil
Lark Bunting	Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep	Greenback Cutthroat Trout	Colorado Hairstreak Butterfly	Stegosaurus

State Grass	State Flower	State Gemstone	State Soil	State Tree	State Song	State Motto	State Nickname
Blue grama grass	Rocky Mountain Columbine (White and Lavender)	Aquamarine	Seitz	Colorado Blue Spruce	Where the Columbines Grow	"Nil sine Numine" - Nothing Without Providence	Centennial State Colorful Colorado