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ColoradoThe Centennial State
What does “centennial” mean & why is Colorado called the
Centennial State?Centennial refers to
100 years.That’s right, partner! This here Colorado
became a state in the year 1876,
one-hundred years after the Declaration of Independence was signed!
The Declaration of Independence was when the original 13 colonies
officially declared themselves independent of England.
Long before Colorado was a state, tribes of people lived on this
land. We call them Native
Americans.
COLORADO’S NATIVE PEOPLE
INCLUDED…
The Cheyenne
The Arapaho
The KiowaTheComanche
The Apache
TheUte
The Navajo
…and the Anasazi people.
The Anasazi people lived in southwest Colorado hundreds of years ago, so we don’t actually have any photos of them.
…but here are some images from where they
once lived!
Colorado’s state fossil is the…
The stegosaurus roamed across Colorado more than 150 million years ago.
Dinosaur Ridgehas hundreds of dinosaur
tracks.
Colorado’s State Animal is…The Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep
The State Bird is…
The Lark Bunting
The state flower is…
The Columbine
The Colorado State tree is…
The Blue Spruce
The Colorado State Insect is…
The Colorado Hairstreak Butterfly
The capital of Colorado is…
Denver
Final Fast FactsThe highest paved road in North
America is to Mt. Evans.
Colorado means
“colored red” in Spanish.
The world’s largest Flat-top
mountain is in Grand
Mesa.
The United
States Air Force
Academy is in
Colorado Springs.
The 13th step of the capital building is exactly 1 mile above sea level.
I hope you enjoyed learning a bit about
Colorado!
Meanwhile…
Keep on ROCKING!
