Colorado

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With an area of 104,091 square miles, it ranks eighth among states in size. Colorado is located in the Central Time Zone of the United States. Also known as Mountain Time Zone, it’s clock runs an hour later that the Eastern Standard Time Zone and one hour ahead of the Pacific Standard Time Zone.

The state itself is located somewhat in the center of the United States, just slightly southwest of center. It borders Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico. Colorado is called the "top of the nation" because it’s average elevation of 6,800 feet is higher than any other state. It’s lowest elevation is 3,350 feet above sea level in the plains of Prowers County, and with it’s highest elevation of 14,433 feet at Mount Elbert, Colorado claims fifty three mountains that stand over 14,000 feet above sea level, also known as the Rocky Mountains.

Colorado writer James Grafton Rogers has said, "There is in the Rocky Mountains no gentle spring, no gradual ...

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Lakewood and Pueblo.

Gold was discovered in the San Juan Mountains in the late 1800s. Because the Ute Indians inhabited most of the land where gold was discovered, the discovery of gold resulted in the movement of the nomadic Utes to a reservation. At first the Utes tolerated reservation life, but eventually they began to rebel. The United States army was called in to contain the Utes after members of a forte were murdered. With the Utes tamed and the creation of many new mining communities like Durango and Montrose, Colorado saw the last of the frontier.

The federal Homestead Act of 1862 allowed many people the chance to own their own land. Because of this, thousands ...

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