COLORADO
- Origin of name: From the Spanish, “colored red” (a reference to the sediment-rich Colorado river)
- Capital: Denver.
- Largest city: Denver.
- Population: 5,187,582 (2012 est) Ranked 22nd in the US
- Nicknames: The buffalo plains state; The Centennial state.
- Highest point: Mount Elbert, 14,440 ft.
- Admission to union: August 1, 1876 (38th)
- State motto: Nothing without providence.
- State song: Where the columbines grow.
- State tree: Colorado blue spruce
- State flower: Rocky mountain Columbine
- State bird: Lark bunting
- Area: 104,094 Ranked 8th in the US
Did you know……...
1) The world's largest flat-top mountain is in Grand Mesa.
2) Denver, lays claim to the invention of the cheeseburger. The trademark for the name Cheeseburger was awarded in 1935 to Louis Ballast.
3) Colorado contains 75% of the land area of the U.S. with an altitude over 10,000 feet.
4) 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.
5) 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.
The Little Bridges series was started by Stanthews in 2009 to highlight small footbridges in remote parts of Wiltshire. Since then the series has been expanded by others all over the country and starting to spread fast, Damian from Winter Foxes has created and updates a list of cachers who has found 10 or more little bridges and can be found here, if you would like to add to the series, please contact Stan here and he will give you a number for your bridge, to qualify, the bridge must be a foot bridge too small for vehicles, please make sure your title exactly matches “Little Bridges # xx then name” including spaces so it will get picked up and added to Damian’s list.