Statehood
Colorado became a state in this year.
What is 1876?
This beautiful blue flower is Colorado's state flower.
What is the Rocky Mountain Columbine?
Colorado has this many National Parks.
What is 4?
Rocky Mountain
Mesa Verde
Great Sand Dunes
Black Canyon of the Gunnison
Colorado's offical state fossil is this armored dinosaur
What is Stegosaurus?
The Student Campaign: Fourth graders and teacher Ruth Sawdo petitioned state leaders and dressed up like dinosaurs to build support. The reward: Governor Richard D. Lamm was so impressed by their hard work that he signed an executive order at their school.
Deep roots: These massive, plant-eating dinosaurs walked across the state's landscape roughly 150 million years ago during the Late Jurassic period
This Colorado town is the only place in the United State where a working ski lift is used as public transportation to school
What is Telluride?
Route: Connects the town of Telluride to Mountain Village over the San Juan Mountains.
Travel Time: About 12 to 13 minutes end-to-end.
Typically runs daily from 6:30 AM to midnight
Colorado is known by this nickname because it joined the Union during America's 100th birthday.
What is the Centennial State?
This animal is Colorado's state mammal?
What is the Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep?
This sweet treat was invented in Colorado in 1949.
What are Jolly Ranchers?
Colorado is one of only 3 states with this geometric shape
What is a rectangle?
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
Colorado's official state tartan, adopted in 1997, contains this many colors
What is six?
Blue, red, green, gold, white, and black
Colorado became the __________ state in the Union.
What is the 38th?
This bird with a red chest is the state bird.
What is the Lark Bunting?
Colorado has this many 14ers recognized by Colorado Geological Survey
What is 58?
Colorado has 58 total named mountain peaks over 14,000 feet, though only 53 meet the strict topographic prominence criteria. The exact count depends on whether you include unranked sub-peaks
This Colorado city has the highest elevation of any incorporated city in the United States, at 10,152 feet.
What is Leadville?
Colorado recognizes this insect, discovered near Canon City, as its offical state butterfly
What is the Colorado Hairstreak?
Adopted on April 17, 1996, after a successful campaign by fourth-grade students
President ____________ signed the proclamation admitting Colorado as a State.
Who was Ulysses S Grant?
This gemstone is Colorado's offical state gem
What is Aquamarine?
This mountain pass on Interstate 70 crosses the Continental Divide at over 11,000 feet.
What is the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnel?
This small Colorado town was once the "capital" of Colorado.
What is Golden?
Golden was the capital of the Colorado Territory from 1862 to 1867, and also served as the capital of the unofficial Jefferson Territory from 1860 to 1861, before the government moved the seat to Denver in 1876.
Colorado's official state dance
What is the Square Dance?
Colorado officially became a state on this exact date?
What is August 1, 1876?
This famous peak inspired the state song, "Where the Columbine's Grow"
What is Pikes Peak?
Colorado is the only state in history to do this with the Olympic Games.
What is turn down hosting the Olympics?
1976 Winter Olympics
This tiny Colorado town, population under 500, is home to one of the world's largest collections of gnomes
What is Red Feather Lakes?
Gnome Road (also called Elf Lane) is located in Red Feather Lakes, Colorado, and features hundreds of hidden gnomes and toys along a dirt road
Colorado's official state gemstone is found primarily near this mountain
What is Mount Antero?