Fun Facts About Colorado
1. The Colorado Flag is red, white, blue, and gold. The colors are sid to represent natural elements of the state: red soil, white snow-capped mountains, blue skies, and golden sunshine.
2. Pike's Peak, named after explorer Zebulon Pike, hosts the highest railroad in the U.S. The Pike's Peak Cog Railway starts in Manitou Springs and Climbs to 14,114 feet.
2. Pike's Peak, named after explorer Zebulon Pike, hosts the highest railroad in the U.S. The Pike's Peak Cog Railway starts in Manitou Springs and Climbs to 14,114 feet.
Pike's Peak
3. How do you feel about heights? Go visit the Royal Gorge Bridge and find out! The world's highest suspension bridge rests 1,053 feet above the Arkansas River in Canon City.
4. About 1,000 years ago, ancestors of the Anasazi people built houses into cliffs in what is now Mesa Verde National Park. There was no rolling out of bed in those houses!
5. The longest continuous street in America is Denver's Colfax Avenue. The 40-mile-long street has many claims to fame, including several mention in Jack's novel, On the Road.
4. About 1,000 years ago, ancestors of the Anasazi people built houses into cliffs in what is now Mesa Verde National Park. There was no rolling out of bed in those houses!
5. The longest continuous street in America is Denver's Colfax Avenue. The 40-mile-long street has many claims to fame, including several mention in Jack's novel, On the Road.
Colfax Avenue... longest street in America!
Hattie McDaniel
6. Hattie McDaniel, the first African American to win an Oscar, grew up in Denver. The singer and actress appeared in over 300 films, receiving credit for only about 90.
7. At the end of July in Fairplay, competitors in the Burro Day's 29-mile race must dash from downtown Fairplay to the summit of Mosquito Pass- while leading a donkey.
7. At the end of July in Fairplay, competitors in the Burro Day's 29-mile race must dash from downtown Fairplay to the summit of Mosquito Pass- while leading a donkey.
Four Corners! You'll be four states at once!
8. Can't decide where to go? Cover all your bases and head to Colorado's southwest corner where you can stand in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado at the same time!
9. Activist Margaret Brown, who lived for a time in Leadville, became known posthumously as the Unsinkable Molly Brown, a referance to having survived the sinking of the Titanic in 1912.
10. The Swetsville Zoo in Timnath was home to over 160 scrap-metal creatures including a giant car with spider legs and dinosaur-like monsters rocking out in a "heavy metal" band.
9. Activist Margaret Brown, who lived for a time in Leadville, became known posthumously as the Unsinkable Molly Brown, a referance to having survived the sinking of the Titanic in 1912.
10. The Swetsville Zoo in Timnath was home to over 160 scrap-metal creatures including a giant car with spider legs and dinosaur-like monsters rocking out in a "heavy metal" band.
11. Bighorn sheep, Colorado's state animal, are found only in the Rocky Mountains.
12. Colorado is one of the top ten wheat-growing states in the nation.
13. The Blue Spruce not only Colorado's state tree, but Utah's as well.
12. Colorado is one of the top ten wheat-growing states in the nation.
13. The Blue Spruce not only Colorado's state tree, but Utah's as well.
14. Millions of years ago, before people arrived, dinosaurs roamed Colorado. The bones of atleast a dozen dinosaurs species have been found there, including the plant-eating Apatosaurs, the meat-eating Tyrannosaurus Rex, and the Stegosaurus.
15. Colorado is the 24th most populated state in America.
16. Did you know that Colorado has over thousands of mountains reaching over 10,000 feet high. There are so many mountains that some aren't even named yet.
15. Colorado is the 24th most populated state in America.
16. Did you know that Colorado has over thousands of mountains reaching over 10,000 feet high. There are so many mountains that some aren't even named yet.
Beautiful Mountains of Colorado...
