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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 ...
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]
Colorado's nickname is pretty cute if we do say so ourselves. Since it became a state in 1876, 100 years after the Declaration of Independence was signed, it was dubbed "The Centennial State ...
The nickname became official in 1995 thanks to Rep. Dennis Young, who introduced legislation citing the state's various rivers, streams, lakes, bayous, mountains, and wildlife.
Colorado Springs, Colorado: University of Colorado Denver: Lynx Denver, Colorado Colorado Mesa University: Mavericks: Grand Junction, Colorado: Colorado School of Mines (Colorado Mines) Orediggers: Golden, Colorado: Colorado Mountain College: Eagles Glenwood Springs, Colorado: Colorado Northwestern Community College: Spartans Rangely, Colorado ...
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 ...
Denver Nuggets, a National Basketball Association team based in Denver, Colorado; Denver Bears (Western League), a former minor league baseball team based in Denver, Colorado; Denver Outlaws, a professional men's field lacrosse team based in Denver, Colorado; Denver Pioneers, the sports teams of the University of Denver; Denver Zephyrs ...