Colorado

Colorado is a state in the United States encompassing most of the Southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains. Colorado is part of the Western United States, the Southwestern United States, and the Mountain States.Its capital and largest city is Denver.

The state was named for the Colorado River, which Spanish travelers named the Río Colorado for the ruddy (Spanish: colorado) silt the river carried from the mountains. The Territory of Colorado was organized on February 28, 1861, and on August 1, 1876, U.S. Presiden tUlysses S. Grant signed Proclamation 230 admitting Colorado to the Union as the 38th state. Colorado is nicknamed the "Centennial State" because it became a state a century after the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

Colorado is bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas to the east, Oklahoma to the southeast, New Mexicoto the south, Utah to the west, and Arizona to the southwest at the Four Corners. Colorado is noted for its vivid landscape of mountains, forests, high plains, mesas, canyons, plateaus, rivers, and desert lands.Colorado is home to 4 national parks and has 498 species of birds on its list.Its state bird is the Lark Bunting.

Notable Places

 * Denver
 * Aurora
 * Boulder
 * Colorado Springs
 * San Luis Valley
 * Pueblo
 * Aspen
 * Telluride
 * Vail
 * Grand Junction
 * Sangre de Cristos Mountains
 * Great Sand Dunes National Park
 * Mesa Verde National Park
 * Black Canyon Of The Gunnison National Park
 * Rocky Mountain National Park