Colorado Info
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Capital
City: Denver
Economy: Mining, tourism, manufacturing, high technology
and agriculture.
Population: 4,056,133
Time Zone: 7 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (-7 GMT).
Daylight Saving Time is observed from the first Sunday in April to the last
Sunday in October
Colorado's Flag:
The flag consists of three alternate stripes of equal width and
at right angles to the staff, the two outer stripes to be blue of the same
color as in the blue field of the national flag and the middle stripe to
be white, the proportion of the flag being a width of two-thirds of its
length. At a distance from the staff end of the flag of one fifth of the
total length of the flag there is a circular red C, of the same color as
the red in the national flag of the United States. The diameter of the letter
is two-thirds of the width of the flag. The inner line of the opening of
the letter C is three-fourths of the width of its body or bar, and the outer
line of the opening is double the length of the inner line thereof. Completely
filling the open space inside the letter C is a golden disk, attached to
the flag is a cord of gold and silver, intertwined, with tassels, one of
gold and one of silver.
History of Colorado:
First visited by Spanish explorers in the 1500s, the territory was claimed
for Spain by Juan de Ulibarri in 1706. The U.S. obtained eastern Colorado
as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the central portion in 1845 with
the admission of Texas as a state, and the western part in 1848 as a result
of the Mexican War. Colorado has the highest mean elevation of any state,
with more than 1,000 Rocky Mountain peaks over 10,000 feet high and 54 towering
above 14,000 feet. Pikes Peak, the most famous of these mountains, was discovered
by U.S. Army Lieut. Zebulon M. Pike in 1806. Once primarily a mining and
agricultural state, Colorado's economy is now driven by the service-producing
industries, which provide jobs for approximately 82.4 percent of the state's
non-farm work force. Tourism expenditures in the state total approximately
6 billion dollars annually. Tourist expenditures on the ski industry account
for 1.8 billion dollars annually, approximately a third of the total tourist
expenditures. The main tourist attractions in the state include Rocky Mountain
National Park, Curecanti National Recreation Area, Mesa Verde National Park,
the Great Sand Dunes and Dinosaur National Monuments, Colorado National
Monument, and the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument. The two
primary facets of Colorado's manufacturing industry are food and kindred
products, and printing and publishing. The mining industry, which includes
oil and gas, coal, and metal mining, was important to Colorado's economy,
but it now employs only 1.2 percent of the state's workforce. Denver is
home to companies that control half of the nation's gold production. The
farm industry, which is primarily concentrated in livestock, is also an
important element of the state's economy. The primary crops in Colorado
are corn, hay, and wheat.
Other Colorado Links:
Colorado Association of Commerce
and Industry
Colorado Department of Education
Colorado Municipal Clerks Association
Colorado State Library
Services
Colorado Rural Development Council
Colorado Municipal League
Colorado Travel and Tourism Authority
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