Colorado (U.S. state)

Colorado is a state in the western USA. On August 1, 1876 Colorado became the 38th state to enter the union. Colorado is known as the "Centennial State" because it entered 100 years after the the nation was born.

Bibliography

• Eugene H. Berwanger. The Rise of the Centennial State: Colorado Territory, 1861-76, (2007) 208 pages
• Cronin, Thomas E. and Robert D. Loevy. Colorado Politics & Government: Governing the Centennial State, (1993) online edition
• Scamehorn, Lee. High Altitude Energy: A History of Fossil Fuels in Colorado (2002) online edition
• Scamehorn, Lee. Mill & Mine: The Cf&I in the Twentieth Century (1992) online edition
• Smith, Duane A. Henry M. Teller: Colorado's Grand Old Man, 2002 online edition

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See also

U.S. States and Territories