Colorado was the 38th state in the USA; it became a state on August 1, 1876 .
 State Abbreviation
- CO
State Capital - Denver
Largest City - Denver
Area - 104,100 square miles [Colorado is the 8th biggest
state in the USA]
Population - 4,301,261
(as of 2000) [Colorado is the 24th most
Name for
Residents - Coloradans
Major
Industries - agriculture (wheat, cattle, sheep), tourism (especially
skiers), mining (gold, silver), oil, finance, and manufacturing
Major Rivers - Colorado River, Rio Grande,
Arkansas River, South Platte River Major
Lakes - Grand Lake, Blue Mesa Reservoir, John Martin
Reservoir Highest Point - Mt. Elbert;
14,433 feet (4,399 m) above sea level Bordering
States - Arizona, Kansas, Nebraska, New
Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming
Origin of the Name Colorado - The word
Colorado is Spanish for the "color red," and refers to the muddy Colorado
River State Nickname - Centennial State,
Colorful Colorado State Motto - "Nil sine
Numine" - Nothing Without Providence State
Song - Where the Columbines Grow
Dinosaur Fossils Found in Colorado - Allosaurus, Amphicoelias,
Apatosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Camarasaurus, Camptosaurus, Cathetosaurus,
Ceratosaurus, Cionodon, Denversaurus,
Diplodocus, Dryosaurus, Dystylosaurus,
Edmontosaurus, Epanterias, Haplocanthosaurus,
Marshosaurus,
Nanosaurus,
Ornithomimus, Othnielia, Polyonax, Stegosaurus, Supersaurus, Torvosaurus, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus rex, Ultrasauros
Colorado State Symbols
and Emblems:
| State Flag
 The official state flag of Colorado was adopted on
June 5, 1911. It was designed by Andrew Carlisle Johnson in 1911. The white in
the flag symbolizes Colorado's snowcapped mountains, the blue symbolizes clear
blue skies, the red symbolizes the reddish soil, and the golden yellow
represents the Sun. Attached to the flag is a cord of gold and silver,
intertwined with gold and silver
tassels.
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Animal Symbols:
| State Bird
Lark bunting |
State Animal
Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep |
State Insect
Colorado Hairstreak Butterfly |
State Fish
Greenback Cutthroat Trout |
State Fossil
Stegosaurus
A plant-eating dinosaur with plates
along its back.
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Plant Symbols:
| State Flower
Rocky Mountain Columbine
(White and Lavender) |
State Tree
Colorado Blue Spruce |
State Grass
Blue grama grass | |
