Colorado was admitted to the Union on August 1, 1876. 10 things you might not know about Colorado:
The name Colorado means “coloured Red” and derives from Spanish. The state was named after the red silt carried by the Colorado river.
Its nickname is the Centennial State because it was admitted to the Union in the centennial year, 100 years after the declaration of independence.
The capital is Denver. The flag features three horizontal stripes: White in the middle and Blue at the edges. In the foreground is a red letter “C” for Colorado, with a gold disc inside it which represents the mining industry.
The official state animal is the Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep; the state tree is the Colorado Blue Spruce; the state bird is the lark bunting and the state flower is Rocky Mountain Columbine, which explains why the state song is called ‘Where the Columbines Grow’.
Everyone’s first rodeo: Colorado claims to have held the world’s first rodeo on July 4th, 1869 in Deer Trail. First prize in this contest was a suit of clothes.
It is the only U.S. state that lies entirely above 1000 meters’ elevation, and has the highest mean altitude of all the states. Hence it is the location for a number of US highests: The highest paved road in the U.S., the Mount Evans Scenic Byway; the highest suspension bridge, the Royal Gorge Bridge in Cañon City (1,053 feet); the tallest sand dune, the Star Dune at The Great Sand Dunes National Park, located in the San Luis Valley; and the highest incorporated city, Leadville, an old mining town, although it was Silver which was mined here, not lead!
Colorado also has the world’s largest natural hot springs swimming pool, at Glenwood Springs, and the world’s deepest hot springs. The Mother Spring aquifer in Pagosa Springs is more than 1,002 feet deep.
Cheeseburgers were invented in Colorado. In 1935, the owner of Denver’s Humpty Dumpty Drive-In, Louis Ballast, applied for a patent for a cheeseburger sandwich.
A famous dish is Rocky Mountain Oysters, which may seem odd as Colorado isn’t by the sea. Until you learn that they are actually bull’s testicles.
One of America’s wackiest celebrations takes place in Nederland, Colorado. It’s called Frozen Dead Guys Day and originated when an immigrant from Norway brought his grandfather’s cryogenically preserved corpse to the town. Traditional events on this day include a polar plunge, a hearse parade, and a coffin race.
Character Birthday
Betty Green, Housekeeper to eccentric professor Ildas McNair, who steps in to help him bring up the two princesses of Galorvia that he was asked to rescue. She is a minor character in From a Jack to a King.
From A Jack To A King
A royal palace is burning. The King and Queen are dead. The only hopes for an ancient dynasty flee to England for their lives.
A boy runs from his mother and the people he believes want to mutilate him, and vanishes, seemingly forever.
Gary Winchcombe, the experimental "super-cop" pursues a notorious gang of bank robbers, and starts to discover that his friends and neighbours have secrets he never could have imagined.
Tod Reynard wants to turn his life around. When he meets and falls in love with the beautiful Jade, he knows she might just be the one to help him change his life for the better. He cannot possibly know just how much.
When Jade's twin sister Gloria is kidnapped, old rivalries must be put aside and new associations formed in order to save Gloria's life and restore the rightful order of things.
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