Colorado: Best Place in the World

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Come to Colorado
for its history and beauty. Heres why
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Big game hunters lived in Colorado as long as
15,000 years ago. People have been in Colorado
for a very long time.
Anasazi Indians lived in the Cliff Dwellings in
the Mesa Verde area from around the year 1 to the
year 1299. The Ute Indians are the oldest
continuous residents in Colorado. They have
lived in the Rocky Mountains in southern Colorado
since around 1500.
Seven different Indian tribes called Colorado
home. They were the Ute, Kiowa, Comanche,
Pawnee, Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapahoe. (1)
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Colorado became the 38th state of the United
States of America in 1876
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The Columbine flower was declared the state
flower on April 4th, 1899 (2)
In my opinion the Columbine flower is the most
beautiful flower I have ever seen.
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The Lark Bunting became the state bird on April
29, 1931. They come in April and inhabit the
plains and fly south in September. The Lark
Bunting is a very pretty bird and I hope you like
it too.(2)
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The state song of Colorado is Where the
Columbines Grow by A.J. Fynn. It was adopted as
the state song on May 8, 1915. (2)
Where the snowy peaks gleam in the
moonlight,Above the dark forests of pine,And
the wild foaming waters dash onward,Toward lands
where the tropic stars shineWhere the scream of
the bold mountain eagleResponds to the notes of
the doveIs the purple robed West, the land that
is best, The pioneer land that we love. Tis the
land where the columbines grow, Overlooking the
plains far below,While the cool summer breeze in
the evergreen trees Softly sings where the
columbines grow.
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The state flag was adopted on June 5, 1911 and
the flag has my two favorite colors on it blue
and red. (2)
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Famous People in Colorado
Scott Carpenter was the second American to orbit
the earth and he was born in Boulder, Colorado.
He was born in 1925 and he is still alive today.
(3)
Chief Ouray was a Ute Indian born in 1833 and
died in 1880. He decided to learn Spanish,
English, and he spoke the Ute and Souix languages
as well. He was a great man. He tried to help
his people make peace with the Americans..(4)
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The Unsinkable Molly Brown. Her husband struck
it rich in a silver mine in Leadville, Colorado
and he gave her the money. In the movie titled
The Unsinkable Molly Brown, it tells the story
that she went to Europe and she didnt think she
wanted to come back, so she wrote him a letter
saying I might be divorcing you. He wrote back
saying, take off your ring. She thought he was
saying yes to the divorce but then she discovered
he had enscripted Ill never say no to you, in
the ring.
She got on the first boat for home. That boat
was the Titanic. An iceberg ripped a hole in the
bottom of it and the Titanic sank. Molly Brown
got in one of the lifeboats and kept the others
in the lifeboat alive and in good spirits. That
is why she is called the unsinkable Molly
Brown.
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John Elway was born in 1960. He started playing
baseball and football and he was very good at
both of them. He took the Broncos to five Super
Bowls and they won two of them. He is also still
alive today. He is running car dealerships all
over Colorado. (5)
Clara Brown was born in 1800 as a slave in
Virginia. She was freed in 1859 and by 1866 she
had accumulated 10,000 by establishing the first
laundry in Leadville, Colorado. She was the
first black woman to travel across the Great
Plains during the Gold Rush. She spent the rest
of her life looking for her lost family (four
children.) She eventually found one daughter and
grandchild before she died in 1885. (6)
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Employment Major Industries
The major industries are mining, tourism, oil,
agriculture, finance and manufacturing. There
are gold and silver mines, people can go skiing,
camping, and white water rafting, in agriculture
there are wheat farms and cattle and sheep
ranches, and there are also oil wells on the
plains. (7)
There are schools where people can get work, car
dealerships, train stations, up in the mountains
there are ski and snow boarding resorts, the
federal industry in Denver is where people can
get lots of different jobs as well as all the
others.
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Education in Colorado
There are five different ways for a kid in grades
kindergarten through 12th to get an education.
Here they are public school, charter school,
private school, online school and home school. A
public school is run and paid for by the state.
A charter school is paid for by the state but run
by private teachers and parents. A private
school you have to pay to get into it and it is
completely run by the school. An online school
is paid for by the state and is run by the
school, but parents are the onsite teachers. A
home school is run by the parents - the
curriculum and everything. When you get out of
high school you can go on to college.
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There are lots of community colleges in Colorado
such as Pikes Peak, Arapahoe, Front Range and Red
Rocks. After two years you can get an
Associates Degree. Then there are Universities
where you can get a Bachelor degree after four
years of school, a Master degree after about six
years of school and a Doctorate degree after
about seven to eight years of school. Some of
the universities are Colorado School of Mines,
University of Northern Colorado, Colorado State
University, University of Colorado, and Western
State University. My dad, Erik, attended the
Colorado School of Mines.
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Government and Geography
The governor of Colorado is Bill Owens. Our
state capital is Denver. Two laws are that you
are not allowed to speed or drive drunk. Those
are good laws because they help keep people safe
and alive. There are 64 counties in our state.
(8)
Our most famous attractions are Pikes Peak, Rocky
Mt. National Park, Mesa Verde, the Royal Gorge,
Longs Peak, and Dinosaur National Monument.
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Ethnic Cultures and Races in Colorado
Most people in Colorado (82.8)are white
(Caucasian.) There are 3.8 Black (African
American.) Only 1 are American Indian (Native
American) which is pretty low when you consider
that there used to be tribes of Indians all over
the state. All the people from Asian countries
are 2.2. People that are Hispanic (from Mexico,
Central and South America) total 17.1.
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There are many different types of sports for
everyone including elderly and here they are.
The Rockies play baseball. The Broncos is our
football team. The Colorado Avalanche is our
hockey team. The Nuggets is our basketball team.
And the Rapids are our soccer team.
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Colorado offers all kinds of recreational
activities
Like snowboarding, biking, skiing, white water
rafting, kayaking and horseback riding.
There are many different things you can do in
Colorado
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Colorado Best Place in the World

• This state has the best scenery in the world.

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Colorados waterfalls are in the mountains and
my favorite waterfall is on the left because of
its beautiful blue color.
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People come to Colorado to see the animals
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And even more animals
Some animals eat others. Like a cougar hunting
elk.
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Colorados snowscapes are my favorite
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Beautiful Plants of Colorado.
Beautiful colors of Colorado.
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You Must Visit Colorado for its Beauty
Beauty of Colorado.
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Colorado has a rich history, many different types
of sports and recreational activities, has lots
of jobs and many different cultures live here.
Id like to invite you to Colorado for its beauty
and its history and I hope that you will come to
Colorado.
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Jason Akia April 21, 2006 Colorado History Final
Project M28-32
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