Colorado officially became a state on: August 1, 1876

Colorado's brief history before it became a state: At 1803, the United State needed the Eastern part of Colorado, because of the Louisiana purchase and the western portion in 1848, it went through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. In 1850, the federal government also brought Texas and which combine to Colorado and eventually became the Colorado Territory.

Colorado abbreviation: CO

Key industries: Oil, coal, solar, electricity, gold, wheat, timber, melons, sweet corn, chilies.

• Colorado State fossil is Stegosaurus

• Colorado is the 38th State.

• Colorado invented Root Beer floats, Jolly Ranchers, Chipotle, and Crocs. 

• Denver's nickname is Mile High City because the elevation is 5280 feet which is exactly one mile above sea.

• South of Colorado's corner borders meets Wyoming, Kansas, Oklahoma Arizona, New Mexico, Nebraska, and Utah and it's the only state in the United States where the corner of the states meet.