Facts

Capital: Denver
Flower: Rocky Mountain Columbine
Tree: Blue Spruce
Animal: Big Horn Sheep
Fish: Greenback Cut-throat Trout
Insect: Colorado hairstreak butterfly
Bird: Lark Bunting
Dance: Square Dancing
Dinosaur: Stegosaurus
Gemstone: Aquamarine
Rock: Yule Marble
Mineral: Rhodochrosite
Nickname: The Centennial State
Statehood: 1876 - 38th
Motto: "Nothing without Providence"
Area: 104,247 square miles
Governor: John Hickenlooper


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