Colorado “C”s
This Mexican Grill first founded in Denver in 1993, calculated that the store would need to sell 107 burritos per day to be profitable. After one month, the original restaurant was selling over 1,000 burritos a day. By 2005 they had opened over 500 stores nationwide.
Chipotle
June 15: Disney releases this animated film, which follows a young heir apparent who is forced to flee after his uncle kills his father and usurps the throne. After growing up in exile, the rightful king returns to challenge the usurper and end his tyrannical rule over the kingdom.
The Lion King
Thie HB is a staple breakfast item at diners in North America.
Hashbrowns
This Japanese MLB player was unable to pitch in 2024 while recovering from a second elbow injury, and instead played as a DH for the Dodgers.
Shohei Otani
Hatty Jones starred in this 1998 movie based on a beloved children’s story alongside Frances McDormand and Nigel Hawthorne in supporting roles as Miss Clavel and Lord Covington respectively.
Madeline
This footwear company, founded in 2002 and based in Broomfield, Colorado, manufactures and markets foam “clogs.”
Crocs
March 11: This fast fashion brand opened its first store in Northern California, intentionally designed with an industrial warehouse feel—cement floors, metal shelving, and shopping carts.
Old Navy
HB began her career as a model and entered several beauty contests, but is best known as an actress for Storm in four installments of the X-Men film series (2000–2014), and the title role in Catwoman(2004).
Halle Berry
This Canadian pop singer's #1 hit "Baby," featuring Ludacris, is one of the best selling singles of all time.
Justin Bieber
Hattie Peterson was an American pitcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League from 1948-1949 for the Rockford this team, named for a summer stone fruit.
Peaches
The blue or Rocky Mountain variety of this flowering plant in the buttercup family is Colorado’s state flower
Columbine
September 14: this professional sporting championship event was officially cancelled due to the ongoing work stoppage. It was the first time this championship was not played since 1904.
The World Series
HB Reese, known for creating the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, was born in 1879 in this Pennsylvania town that shares the name with another type of candy.
York
This American singer-songwriter was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2020. She was discovered by Pharrell while a student at NYU in 2016.
Maggie Rogers
African-American actress, singer-songwriter, and comedian Hattie McDaniel became the first African American to win this award for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind in 1939.
Academy Award
This brewery, founded in 1873, operates the largest single brewing facility in the world. It is located in the town of Golden.
Coors
February 12: The Winter Olympics open in Lillehammer, Norway and this sport was held indoors for the first time, to avoid interference from wind and weather conditions in the competitions. It is held indoors to this day.
Speed skating
This HB composer is known for his orchestral work Symohonie fantastique, the "dramatic legend" La Damnation de Faust, and opera Les Troyens.
Hector Berlioz
Born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio this Puerto Rican rapper, singer, actor, and record producer was the first non-English-language act to become Spotify's most streamed artist of the year.
Bad Bunny
Hattie Caraway was the first woman elected to serve a full term as a Senator in this landlocked US State in 1931, known as the Land of Opportunity.
Arkansas
This stellar tea company, founded in 1969 in Boulder, specializes in herbal teas but also sells green, white, black, and chai.
Celestial Seasonings
May 10: This man is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president.
Nelson Mandela
This HB mammal native to Africa, India, and southwest Asia. It bears anatomical similarities to the weasel.
Honey badger
This retired artistic gymnast and two-time Olympian is from Needham, MA.
Aly Raisman
Born Henrietta Kanengeiser in 1880s Vienna, this Hattie changed her surname in her 20s as an homage to the richest person in America at the time.
Carnegie