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Colorado's first and oldest military post, Fort Garland was established in 1858 and commanded by the legendary frontiersman Kit Carson.

In 1859, John Gregory discovered "The Gregory Lode" in a gulch near Central City. Within two weeks, the gold rush was on and within two months the population grew to 10,000 people in search of their fortune. It came to be known as "The Richest Square Mile on Earth".

There are nearly 20 rivers whose headwaters begin in Colorado, with the Continental Divide directing each river's course.


The Colorado Rockies play at the 50,000 seat Coors Field, located in downtown Denver.

Built in 1867 by Seth Lake, the Astor House in Golden was the first stone hotel built west of the Mississippi River.


Colorado's southwest corner borders Arizona, New Mexico and Utah the only place in America where the corners of four states meet.

The United States Air Force Academy is located in Colorado Springs.


The world's largest flat-top mountain is in Grand Mesa.

In Fruita, the town folk celebrate 'Mike the Headless Chicken Day'. Seems that a farmer named L.A. Olsen cut off Mike's head on September 10, 1945 in anticipation of a chicken dinner - and Mike lived for another 4 years without a head.

The world's largest natural hot springs pool located in Glenwood Springs. The two-block long pool is across the street from the historic Hotel Colorado, a favorite stop of former president Teddy Roosevelt.

The LoDo region of Denver stands for Lower Downtown.

Denver, lays claim to the invention of the cheeseburger. The trademark for the name Cheeseburger was awarded in 1935 to Louis Ballast.

The highest paved road in North America is the Road to Mt. Evans off of I-70 from Idaho Springs. The Road climbs up to 14,258 Ft. above sea level.


Colorado means “colored red” and is known as the “Centennial State.”

The highest suspension bridge in the world is over the Royal Gorge near Canon City. The Royal Gorge Bridge spans the Arkansas River at a height of 1,053 feet.

The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad continues to provide year round train service operating a historical train with rolling stock indigenous to the line. The line was constructed primarily to haul mine ores, both gold and silver, from the San Juan Mountains.

The Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad has been in continuous operation since 1881 and has appeared in more than a dozen movies including How the West Was Won (1963) and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969).

The Kit Carson County Carousel in Burlington dates back to 1905, making it the oldest wooden merry-go-round in the United States. It is the only wooden carousel in America still with its original paint.

The United States federal government owns more than 1/3 of the land in Colorado.


Colorado contains 75% of the land area of the U.S. with an altitude over 10,000 feet.

Colorado has 222 state wildlife areas.

Colfax Avenue in Denver is the longest continuous street in America.

The 13th step of the state capital building in Denver is exactly 1 mile high above sea level.


The Dwight Eisenhower Memorial Tunnel between Clear Creek & Summit counties is the highest auto tunnel in the world. Bored at an elevation of 11,000 feet under the Continental Divide it is 8,960 feet long and the average daily traffic exceeds 26,000 vehicles.

Leadville is the highest incorporated city in the United States at 10,430 feet elevation. Because there was lots of "silver" named towns at the time, the founding fathers suggested Leadville.


Katherine Lee Bates wrote “America the Beautiful” after being inspired by the view from Pikes Peak.

Hundreds of thousands of valentines are re-mailed each year from Loveland.
Fountain, has the distinction of being the United States' millennium city because it best symbolizes the overall composition of America. Fountain is the most accurate representation of the American "melting pot." Fountain was chosen after a Queens College sociologist crunched Census Bureau statistics in an effort to find the one city in the country that best represented the population make-up of the United States.

Pueblo is the only city in America with four living recipients of the Medal of Honor.


The tallest building in Colorado is the Republic Plaza at 57 stories high, in Denver.

Every year Denver host the worlds largest Rodeo, the Western Stock show.


Denver has the largest city park system in the nation with 205 parks in City limits and 20,000 Acres of parks in the nearby mountains.

Dove Creek is the "Pinto Bean" capital of the world.

The tallest sand dune in America is in Great Sand Dunes National Monument outside of Alamosa. This bizarre 46,000-acre landscape of 700-foot sand peaks was the creation of ocean waters and wind more than one million years ago.

The World's First Rodeo was held on July 4th, 1869 in Deer Trail.


Lieutenant Zebulon Montgomery Pike explored the southwest portion of the Louisiana Territory in 1806 and though he never climbed the peak that bears his name, he did publish a report that attracted a lot of interest to the area.

The slogan of "Pikes Peak or Bust," painted across many of the prairie schooners, was born at a time as fortune hunters headed west. Although only a handful of those who flocked to the region ever found gold.

At 14,110 feet above sea level over 400,000 people ascend Pikes Peak each year.

The aptly named town of Twin Lakes lays adjacent two natural lakes at the foot of Colorado's highest Fourteener, Mt. Elbert.

The Colorado Rockies are part of the North American Cordillera, which stretches 3,000 miles from Alaska, through western Canada and the United States, into northern Mexico. The centerpieces of this dramatic uplift are the peaks over 14,000 feet, or "Fourteeners", as they are affectionately referred to by climbers. There are 52 Fourteeners in Colorado.

Rocky Ford has been dubbed the "melon capital of the world."

The Yampa River below the northwest town of Craig holds northern pike in the 20-pound range, while the Roaring Fork and Frying Pan rivers are prime spots for trout fishing.

Colorado has the highest mean altitude of all the states.

Mesa Verde features an elaborate four-story city carved in the cliffs by the Ancestral Pueblo people between 600 and 1300 A.D. The mystery surrounding this ancient cultural landmark is the sudden disappearance of the thousands of inhabitants who created the more than 4,000 identified structures.

Colorado has more microbreweries per capita than any other state.

Dumb Colorado Laws

Car dealers may not show cars on a Sunday.
It is illegal for liquor stores to sell food or grocery stores to sell any alcohol except beer that is at most 3.2% alcohol.
No liquor may be sold on Sundays or election days. (Repealed)
It is illegal to ride a horse while under the influence.
Tags may be ripped off of pillows and mattresses.
Colorado Springs

Dumb Colorado Laws


It is permissable to wear a holstered six-gun within city limits, except on Sunday, Election Day, or holidays.
Crippe Creek

It is illegal to bring your horse or pack mule above the ground floor of any building.

Dumb Colorado Laws

The dog catcher must notify dogs of impounding by posting, for three consecutive days, a notice on a tree in the city park and along a public road running through said park.

It is unlawful to lend your vacuum cleaner to your next-door neighbor.

It is illegal to mistreat rats in Denver, Colorado.

You may not drive a black car on Sundays.

Dumb Colorado Laws

It is illegal to go in public dressed in clothes "unbecoming" on one's sex.
Logan County

It is illegal for a man to kiss a woman while she is asleep.
Pueblo

Dumb Colorado Laws

It is illegal to let a dandelion grow within the city limits.
Sterling

Cats may not run loose without having been fit with a taillight.

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Q: What do you get when you cross a human with a skunk?

A: A skunk that smells so bad it has to use a deodorant!



Q: What do you get when you cross a human with a 500 pound gorilla?

A: Someone who pollutes anywhere they want to!

Q: What is it when one human calls another human an animal?

A: Flattery.



Q: Why did humans invent writing?

A: So they could remember what their instincts are.

Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?
A: Dr. McCoy: Dammit Jim!! I'm a doctor not an farmer!



Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?
A: Mr. Spock: Obviously, it was the logical thing to do.

Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?
A: James T. Kirk: To boldly go where no chicken has gone before.



Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?
A: Mr. Scott: 'Cos ma wee transporter beam was na functioning properly.
Ah canna work miracles, Captain.