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This partial list of city nicknames in Colorado includes some of the sobriquets, pseudonyms, and slogans that identify, or have identified, the cities and towns of the U.S. state of Colorado. City nicknames can help in establishing a civic identity, helping outsiders recognize a community or attracting people to a community because of its ...
Flag of the State of Colorado [4] June 5, 1911 SB 118-1911 February 28, 1928 SB 152-1929 March 31, 1964 Logo Colorado state government logo [5] See Colorado state logo. March 26, 2019 [5] Motto: Nil sine numine [2] (Latin: Nothing without providence) NIL SINE NVMINE: November 6, 1861 November 6, 1876 CRS 24-80-901 [1] Nickname: Centennial State ...
Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.
Denver (/ ˈ d ɛ n v ər / ⓘ DEN-vər) is a consolidated city and county, the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado.It is located in the western United States, in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. [10]
John Hickenlooper, later a Colorado Governor and United States Senator, founded a popular Denver brewpub in 1988. The Denver Broncos won the NFL Super Bowl in 1998, 1999, and 2016. President Bill Clinton signed an act of Congress elevating the national monument to Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park on October 21, 1999.
State motto: NIL SINE NUMINE (Latin: Nothing without providence) State nickname: The Centennial State: State slogan: Colorful Colorado: State amphibian: Western Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma mavortium) State bird: Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocoryus Stejneger) State cactus: Claret Cup Cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus) State fish:
An enlargeable map of the state of Colorado. Names Common name: Colorado. Pronunciation: / k ɒ l ə ˈ r æ d oʊ / ⓘ Official name: State of Colorado; Abbreviations and name codes Postal symbol: CO; ISO 3166-2 code: US-CO; Internet second-level domain: .co.us; Nicknames Buffalo Plains State [1] (in disuse) Centennial State [2] (previously ...
The Denver area, part of the Territory of Kansas, was sparsely settled until the late 1850s.Occasional parties of prospectors came looking for gold, then moved on. In July 1858, Green Russell and Sam Bates found a small placer deposit near the mouth of Little Dry Creek (in the present-day suburb of Englewood) that yielded about 20 troy ounces (620 g) of gold, the first significant gold ...