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Colorado State

Colorado State Information

Colorado State History

Colorado is a part of the Mountain States, the Western and the Southwestern U.S. It covers the Southern Rock-strewn Alps, northeastern Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains in the US. It is surrounded by bon the west. It is one of the three U.S. states without natural borders, the others being Wyoming and Utah. It was added to the Union in 1876 as the 38th state and is thus nicknamed as “Centennial state”; 1876 being the year of US declaration of Independence.

History of Colorado

The existent region that is known to be the state of Colorado has been populated by Native Americans for more than 13 millennia. Articles dating from 11200 BCE to 3000 BCE have been found at The Lindenmeier Site in Larimer County. The early Pueblo People used to live in valleys and cliffs of the Colorado Plateau and the migration route used by them was to the eastern side of Rocky Mountains.

The eastern side of the Rocky Mountains was acquired by the U.S.as a provincial claim with the acquisition of Louisiana from France in 1803 which had a conflict with Spain’s claim to a giant state adjoining its colony Santa Fé de Nuevo Méjico. The US gave up its claim of all the land that was around the Arkansas River as a part of Florida’s purchase from Spain under the treaty of Adams-Onís in 1819 that took effect on February 22, 1821. After setting its border with Spain, U.S. added the region of southeast Missouri to the Union as the State of Missouri on August 10, 1821.After 11 years of war, Mexico was finally recognized as an independent state under the Treaty of Cordoba signed by Spain on 24th August 1821. The treaty of Adams-Onís was also approved by Mexico in 1831, but later on because of Texan Revolt in 1835-36 a dispute arose between the U.S. and Mexico which finally led to the Mexican-American War in 1846. At the end of the war in 1848, Mexico finally gave up its northern territory to the U.S.by signing the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

The territory of the State of Deseret was created by the Mormons of Salt Lake Valley in 1849 by a claim on the entire Great Basin and all lands covered by the Green, Grand and Colorado Rivers. But, the central administration of the U.S. refused to be acquainted with the new Mormon administration, as it allowed many marriages. The Mexican region and northwestern Texas were divided to form a new state of California and two territories of New Mexico and Utah after the negotiations of 1850.

In 1854, the region of the Continental Divide was divided into two regions of Kansas and Nebraska and another southern region was known as Indian Territory. When Abraham Lincoln was elected as the U.S President on 6th November 1860, the nine southern slave states revolted and a situation of civil war arose among them. Looking for an increase in the power of the Union, the Republican Party added the east Kansas in the Union as a Free State in 1861, leaving the rest of the territory as unorganized territory.

On February 28, 1861, the leaving President James Buchanan signed an Act of Congress and organized the Territory of Colorado. The actual borders of Colorado remain unchanged these days. The name Colorado was given as it was a belief that the Colorado River originated here only.

On April 12, 1861, South Carolina artillery declared civil war. In 1862, a force of Texas went on to invade New Mexico to grab the gold fields of Colorado, California and ports of the Pacific Ocean for the Union. To block the Texans, a force of Colorado was organized hurriedly and was sent to march from Denver City, Colorado to Glorieta Pass, New Mexico. On March 28, the Texans were defeated by the Coloradans and New Mexico volunteers and were forced to move back to Santa Fe.

In 1864, the territorial superintendent John Evans appointed Parson John Chivington as Colonel of the Colorado Volunteers ordering the protection of white settlers from Cheyenne and Arapaho warriors accused of stealing cattle. Later on, the U.S. Congress passed an act on March 3, 1875, stating the necessities for the Territory of Colorado to become a state. On August 2, 1876 U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signed a declaration admitting Colorado to the Union as the 38th state and earning it the name "Centennial State".

Colorado Education

Colorado Schools and Colleges List

Colorado Commission on Higher Education

Colorado Federal Institutions

Colorado Four-Year Institutions

• United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs

Colorado State Institutions

Colorado Two-Year Institutions

• Colorado Mountain College
  • Alpine Campus, Steamboat Springs
  • Aspen Campus, Aspen
  • Rifle Campus, Rifle
  • Roaring Fork Campus, Carbondale and Glenwood Springs
  • Summit Campus, Breckenridge and Dillon
  • Timberline Campus, Buena Vista and Leadville
  • Vail-Eagle Valley Campus, Eagle and Edwards
• Colorado Northwestern Community College
  • Craig Campus, Craig
  • Rangely Campus, Rangely
• Lamar Community College
• Trinidad State Junior College
  • Trinidad Campus, Trinidad
  • Alamosa Campus, Alamosa

Colorado Four-Year Institutions

• Adams State College, Alamosa
• Colorado School of Mines, Golden
• Colorado State University System
  • Colorado State University, Fort Collins (main campus)
  • Colorado State University-Pueblo, Pueblo
• Fort Lewis College, Durango (liberal arts college)
• Mesa State College, Grand Junction
• Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver
• University of Colorado System
  • University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder (main campus)
  • University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs
  • University of Colorado at Denver, Denver and Aurora
• University of Northern Colorado, Greeley
• Western State College of Colorado, Gunnison

Colorado Private Institutions

Colorado Two-Year Institutions

• Nazarene Bible College, Colorado Springs
• Westwood College of Technology, Denver
• Webster University

Colorado Four-Year Institutions

• CollegeAmerica
  • Arizona Campuses - Flagstaff, Phoenix
  • Colorado Campuses - Colorado Springs, Denver Fort Collins
  • Wyoming Campus - Cheyenne
• Colorado Christian University, Lakewood
• Colorado College, Colorado Springs (liberal arts college)
• Colorado Heights University, Denver
• Colorado Technical University
  • Colorado Springs
  • Greenwood Village
• DeVry University
  • Colorado Springs
  • Denver
  • Westminster
• Johnson & Wales University, Denver
• Jones International University, Centennial
• Naropa University, Boulder
• Regis University, Denver
• Remington College
  • Colorado Springs
  • Denver
• Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Denver
• Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine
• University of Denver, Denver
• University of Phoenix
  • Aurora
  • Colorado Springs
  • Fort Collins
  • Greenwood Village
  • Lone Tree
  • Northglenn
  • Pueblo
  • Westminster

Colorado Military Installations

• Buckley Air Force Base
• Fort Carson
  • Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site
• Peterson Air Force Base
  • Cheyenne Mountain Directorate
• Pueblo Chemical Depot
• Schriever Air Force Base
• United States Air Force Academy

Colorado Protected Areas

• Arapaho National Recreation Area
• Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
• Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
• Canyons of the Ancients National Monument
• Colorado National Monument
• Continental Divide National Scenic Trail
• Curecanti National Recreation Area
• Dinosaur National Monument
• Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
• Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
• Hovenweep National Monument
• Mesa Verde National Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site
• Old Spanish National Historic Trail
• Pony Express National Historic Trail
• Rocky Mountain National Park
• Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site
• Santa Fe National Historic Trail
• Yucca House National Monument

Colorado Sports

Colorado Professional Sports Teams

Former Professional Sports Teams

List of Colorado State Symbols

Colorado State Insignia

Colorado Living Symbols

Colorado Earth Symbols

Colorado Cultural Symbols