Being 138 years old can be pretty young. If you don’t believe
it, ask Colorado.
That is the age our beloved Colorado will celebrate August 1st,
2014, and the party is ON.
Colorado is definitely a special state with character, history
and tons of creativity of its own. For example:
• Colorado was the first state in the
union to grant the right to vote to women through a popular election in 1893.
• Colorado is the only state in history, to turn down
the Olympics. In 1976 the Winter Olympics were planned to be held in Denver.
62% of all state voters chose, at almost the last minute, not to host the
Olympics; because of the cost, pollution and population boom it would have on
the State of Colorado, and the city of Denver. As everyone knows Olympics are
bad business for hosting cities, Am I right Sochi?
• Colorado’s geography is unique. The state owns the
world's largest flat-top mountain in Grand Mesa, contains 75% of the land area
of the U.S. with an altitude over 10,000 feet, and has in Denver the largest
city park system in the nation with 205 parks in city limits and 20,000 Acres
of parks in the nearby mountains.
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But
not everything is so serious,
• Colorado has more microbreweries per capita than
any other state and we are investing "green
