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First in Time, First in Right

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Colorado becomes a state. Breaking with territorial law, the new state constitution enshrines the doctrine of prior appropriation (first in time, first in right) as the governing principle of water law in Colorado.

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Many flags, including those representing claims by France, Spain, Mexico, and Great Britain, have flown over the land we know today as Colorado. Colorado's current state flag was officially adopted on June 5, 1911.
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