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Colorado: An Overview

Colorado, “the Centennial State,” was the thirty-eighth state to enter the Union on August 1, 1876. Its diverse geography encompasses 104,094 square miles of the American West and includes swathes of the Great Plains, southern Rocky Mountains, and the…

History Colorado (Colorado Historical Society)

History Colorado (HC) was founded in 1879 by the state legislature as the State Historical and Natural History Society. Later known as the Colorado Historical Society, it assumed its current name in 2009. HC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational…

State Facts

TERRITORY:
 
 February 28, 1861
 
 STATEHOOD:
 
 August 1, 1876
 
 CAPITAL:
 
 Denver
 
 MOTTO:
 
 “Nil Sine Numine” – “Nothing without Providence”
 
 NICKNAMES:
 
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