State Bird: The Lark Bunting

State Flower: Rocky Mountain ColumbineBy Rhett

State Facts: State Animal: Rocky Mountain Big-Horned

Sheep

State Song: “Where the Columbines Grow”

Statehood: 30th State

The Bonanza Years:

The Gold Rush:There’s GOLD in these here hills!!!

Cliff Dwellers:

Anasazi Indians Pueblo

Four Corners:

Dinosaur National Monument:

Mining in Colorado:

Colorado River:

Mountains:

Mount Elbert

Pike’s Peak

Famous People:

Tim Allen

John Elway

Willard Libby

Florence Sabin

Bibliography: McAuliffe, Emily. Colorado Facts and Symbols. New York:

Grolier Publishing, 1998. New Standard Encyclopedia. Chicago: Standard Educational

Corporation, 1994. Welsbacher, Anne. Colorado. Minneapolis: Abdo Consulting

Group Inc., 1998. Images from Google.com.