Colorado Mining
Colorado Symbols
Colorado Women
Colorado Government
Colorado Powwow
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Gold seekers headed for Colorado painted these words on their wagons.
What is "Pikes Peak or Bust!"?
100
The state flower.
What is Rocky Mountain Columbine?
100
She and her husband made and lost several fortunes in Leadville mining, and she survived the sinking of the Titanic.
Who was Molly Brown?
100
Number of counties in Colorado.
What is 64?
100
National park near Cortez that preserves the world's largest collection of ancient Indian cliff dwellings.
What is the Mesa Verde National Park?
200
The discovery of this metal changed Oro City's name to Leadville.
What is lead?
200
The state fish.
What is the Greenback Cutthroat Trout?
200
The state's first permanent black resident, she bought her way out of slavery and established a boarding house in Central City.
Who was Clara Brown?
200
Branch of government that carries out the state's laws.
What is the executive branch?
200
Ute chief who promoted peace between his people and the settlers even when the government seized their land.
Who was Ouray?
300
A cowhand found gold here in 1891, the first in a series of finds that made this area into the largest producer of gold.
What is Cripple Creek?
300
The state animal.
What is the Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep?
300
Her novels included A Centruy of Dishonor and Ramona.
Who was Helen Hunt Jackson?
300
Branch of state government that makes the state's laws.
What is the legislative branch?
300
The Ute Sun Dance, which begins in the summer, ensures this.
What is good hunting?
400
New factories opened in Colorado when this was discovered in Las Animas, La Plata, Dolores, and Huerfano counties.
What is Coal?
400
Lark Bunting
What is the state bird?
400
The first woman named to the National Academy of Sciences; a statue of her represents Colorado at the U.S. Captitol building.
Who was Florence Rena Sabin?
400
Branch of state government that interprets the laws?
What is the judicial branch?
400
Country that gained control of the southern and western portions of Colorado when it won Independence from Spain in 1821.
What was Mexico?
500
His party of gold seekers found gold near the junction of Cherry Creek and the South Platte River in 1858.
Who was William Green Russel?
500
The state folk dance.
What is the sqare dance?
500
Former congresswoman who was the first woman to serve on Congress' Armed Services Committee.
Who is Patricia Schroeder?
500
The name of the state legislature.
What is the General Assembly?
500
This 785-acre area straddles Colorado and Utah and includes the ruins of six prehistoric pueblo sites, as well as stone towers.
What is Hovenweep National Monument?
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