Colorado Fact File
"Beulah red" is the name of the red marble that gives
the Colorado State Capitol its distinctive splendor.
Cutting, polishing, and installing the marble in the
Capitol took six years, from 1894 to 1900. All of the
"Beulah red" marble in the world went into the Capitol.
It cannot be replaced, at any price.
Colorado is the only state in history, to turn down the
Olympics. In 1976 the Winter Olympics were planned
to be held in Denver. 62% of all state Voters choose
at almost the last minute not to host the Olympics,
because of the cost, pollution and population boom it
would have on the State Of Colorado, and the City of
Denver.
Colorado means “colored red” and is known as the
“Centennial State.”
In Fruita, the town folk celebrate 'Mike the Headless
Chicken Day'. Seems that a farmer named L.A. Olsen
cut off Mike's head on September 10, 1945 in
anticipation of a chicken dinner - and Mike lived for
another 4 years without a head.
Colorado has 222 state wildlife areas.
The tallest sand dune in America is in Great Sand Dunes
National Monument outside of Alamosa. This bizarre
46,000-acre landscape of 700-foot sand peaks was the
creation of ocean waters and wind more than one
million years ago.
The highest suspension bridge in the world is over the
Royal Gorge near Canon City. The Royal Gorge Bridge
spans the Arkansas River at a height of 1,053 feet.
John Henry "Doc" Holliday's brief and tumultuous
existence led him to Glenwood Springs where he
succumbed to tuberculosis and died at the Hotel
Glenwood on November 8, 1887.
Colorado, which joined the union as the 38th state in
1876, is America's eighth largest state in terms of land
mass. Located in the Rocky Mountain region of the
western United States, the state's abundant and varied
natural resources attracted the ancient Pueblo peoples
and, later, the Plains Indians.
Colorado covers 269,837 km² of land