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98 unusual facts about Colorado


2007 Mountain West Conference football season

November 23, 2007 • Hughes StadiumFort Collins, Coloradothe mtn. • Attendance: 18,827

2012 Colorado Ice season

In their first season under head coach Heron O'Neal, the Colorado Ice played their home games at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland, Colorado.

2012 Colorado wildfires

Starting Monday, June 25, 2012, this grassland fire, in and near the small towns of Last Chance and Woodrow in Washington County, burned over 45,000 acres, making it the second largest wildfire by acreage in Colorado in the year 2012 to date, after the High Park fire.

A Perfect Circle Live: Featuring Stone and Echo

The box set includes five audio CDs and a DVD of Stone and Echo, a full-length concert film of the band's performance on August 02, 2011, at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado.

Albert McIntire

In 1896 Governor McIntire sent the Colorado National Guard to Leadville due to violence at the Coronado Mine during a strike by the Western Federation of Miners.

Amelia Milka Sablich

Amelia "Mildred" Milka Sablich (born 11 Jun 1908 in Trinidad, Colorado, died 7 Oct 1994 in Helper, Utah) also known as Flaming Milka, was 19 years old when she became a leader in the 1927 coal strike in that state.

Animas River

The Durango and Silverton Narrow gauge railroad follows the river through the canyon to Durango.

Battle of Milk Creek

A reconnaissance team comprising about four officers including Major Thornburgh and two scouts probed cautiously toward the crest of Yellow Jacket Pass seeing as they proceeded mounted warriors passing back and forth along its crest.

Ben Cerullo

At the age of 18, Ben's love of action sports took him to Vail, Colorado to pursue his dream of becoming a professional snowboarder.

Bill Schade

Schade was the 13th head football coach for the Adams State College Grizzlies located in Alamosa, Colorado

Buntport Theater

Members of the company began collaborating while attending Colorado College in Colorado Springs, in the late 1990s.

Cafe Antarsia Ensemble

The CD was recorded in the summer of 2006 in the sanctuary of Pagosa Springs, Colorado, produced by Kevin Johnson after Nikos Brisco and Ruth Margraff returned from a four month Fulbright “New Opera” fellowship in Athens, Thessaloniki, Paros and Crete (Greece).

Carole Murray

Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Republican in 2008, Murray represents House District 45, which encompasses Teller County and southern Douglas County, Colorado.

Casey Malone

Casey Malone (born 6 April 1977 in Wheat Ridge, Colorado) is an American discus thrower.

Century Theatres

On July 20, 2012, in Aurora, Colorado, during a midnight showing of the movie The Dark Knight Rises, a gunman, suspected to be one James Eagan Holmes, shot at viewers in Theater 9 at the Century 16 theater, killing twelve people and injuring 58 others.

Charles B. Stone III

Joining the Air Defense Command in February 1946, General Stone assumed command of the 2nd Air Force at Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Chris McAllister

He is currently an instructor at a hockey school in Superior, Colorado.

Chris Olsen

Born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, he began piano at age 4, studied classical piano at the University of Sioux Falls, and moved to the Boulder, Colorado in 2005 studying under the instruction of Art Lande.

Chris now lives in Boulder, Colorado and tours actively with the Fusion-trio Time in Motion with bandmates Dan Pearson on alto/barry/and tenor saxophone along with local Boulder drum instructor Steve Saviano.

Christoph von Dohnányi

Jens Georg Bachmann, music director of the Crested Butte Music Festival in Colorado, had been in the same position at the NDR Symphony Orchestra from 2007 to 2009.

Christopher F. Norton

Christopher Frazine Norton (July 21, 1821 Fredonia, Chautauqua County, New York – May 6, 1880 Perry Park, Douglas County, Colorado) was an American politician from New York.

Cigarettes and Valentines

The title song, "Cigarettes and Valentines" was first played live at the concert in Greenwood Village, Colorado on August 28, 2010, during the band's concert at the Comfort Dental Amphitheatre while on their 21st Century Breakdown World Tour.

Circa Reproductions Nieuport

Leading Edge Air Foils of Peyton, Colorado at one time also made construction kits available.

Climax mine

The prospector Charles Senter discovered and claimed the outcropping of molybdenite (molybdenum sulfide) veins in 1879, during the Leadville, Colorado, Silver Boom, but he had no idea what the mineral he found was.

Coal Ridge High School

Coal Ridge High School is a public secondary school in New Castle, Garfield County, Colorado serving New Castle, Silt, and Rifle.

Colorado's 4th congressional district election, 2006

Musgrave's opponents were Democratic state representative Angie Paccione and former Ronald Reagan United States Environmental Protection Agency appointee Eric Eidsness, a former Republican who entered the race as a Reform Party candidate.

Diane Mott Davidson

Evergreen is where Mott Davidson currently resides with her family.

Dolores River

The section from Slickrock to Bedrock, Colorado goes through the goosenecks of a sandstone canyon with several mostly class II rapids.

Dolores, Colorado

The BLM-Anasazi Heritage Center, and the on-site Domniguez and Escalante Pueblos are listed on the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties and the National Register of Historic Places listings in Montezuma County, Colorado.

Drop City

Libre, north of Gardner, Colorado was founded by several ex-"Droppers", and was among the more well known.

Edwards, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area

The Edwards Micropolitan Statistical Area is a United States Office of Management and Budget defined Micropolitan Statistical Area located in the Edwards area of the State of Colorado.

Emily Susan Rapp

She was trained as a downhill skier at the Center for Disabled Sports in Winter Park, Colorado.

Eric Ludy

He is also the senior pastor at the Church at Ellerslie and the lead instructor at Ellerslie Leadership Training in Windsor, Colorado.

First Baptist Church of Moffat

First Baptist Church of Moffat (also known as Moffat Community Church) is a historic church at 401 Lincoln Avenue in Moffat, Colorado.

Florence, Colorado

Florence was built as small railroad depot for the trains that hauled coal from the neighboring towns of Rockvale and Coal Creek.

Fourmile Canyon Creek

This stream rises west of the old mining settlement of Sunshine.

Fraser, Colorado

Fraser is a Statutory Town in Grand County, Colorado, United States.

Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

The FLDS Church is estimated to have 6,000 - 10,000 members residing in the sister cities of Hildale, Utah and Colorado City, Arizona; Eldorado, Texas; Westcliffe, Colorado; Mancos, Colorado; Creston and Bountiful, British Columbia; and Pringle, South Dakota.

Geography of Denver

Additionally, there is the Ski Train provided by the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad which takes passengers between Denver and the Winter Park Ski Resort (operation suspended as of January 2009).

Green Mountain Falls, Colorado

Green Mountain Falls is a Statutory Town in El Paso and Teller counties in the U.S. state of Colorado.

Gypsum, Colorado

The Town of Gypsum is a Home Rule Municipality located in Eagle County, Colorado, United States.

Heber J. Grant

In 1889, to avoid being forced to testify in pending unlawful cohabitation charges against her husband, Emily went to Manassa, Colorado, where she stayed for a year-and-a-half.

Herman Shumlin

Herman Shumlin (December 6, 1898, Atwood, Colorado – June 4, 1979, New York City) was a prolific Broadway theatrical director and theatrical producer beginning in 1927 with the play Celebrity and continuing through 1974 with a short run of As You Like It, notably with an all male cast.

Ishay Berger

On January 27, 2011, Useless ID played their last show in support of The Lost Broken Bones at the Barby club in Tel Aviv, Israel, before taking off to record their new album at the Blasting Room in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Janie Johnson series

They find an address, where Hannah may be living in Boulder, Colorado.

John Calderwood

Emma Langdon was the wife of a man who had been a newspaper reporter in Victor, Colorado, during the Cripple Creek miner's strike of 1903-04.

John Gordon Purvis

an Aspen, Colorado detective named Gary White put the first crack in the Hamwi murder,

John Henry Smith

His second wife, Josephine Grosbeck Smith, spend 1888 until 1896 in exile in Manassa, Colorado, to avoid her being used as a witness to convict Smith of unlawful cohabitation.

Joseph Alfred Slade

Julesburg, Colorado named after Jules Beni, whom Slade killed in 1861 after Beni ambushed and shot him multiple times in 1860.

KDEN-TV

KDEN-TV, digital channel 29 (virtual channel 25), is the Telemundo owned-and-operated television station licensed to Longmont, Colorado run by NBCUniversal.

Kim Jin-hi

Plunged into the American avant-garde music scene, she was invited to the Composer-to-Composer festival in Telluride, Colorado in 1989 and joined the one week residency with John Cage and selected leading composers.

Koichi Yamaguchi

In 1987, Koichi came to the United States and founded his own bicycle building company, Yamaguchi Bicycles, based in Rifle, Colorado.

Kremmling, Colorado

Kremmling is a Statutory Town in Grand County, Colorado, United States.

KRYD

KRYD-LP, a low-power television station (channel 10) licensed to Vail, Colorado, United States

Lewis Thornton Babcock

Lewis Thornton Babcock (b. April 4, 1943, Rocky Ford, Colorado) was a federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of Colorado and the Colorado Court of Appeals.

Libertarian Party of Colorado

Elected libertarians in Colorado include city councilmen Doug Anderson in Lakewood, Colorado, Joe Johnson in Frederick, Colorado, and sheriff Bill Masters in San Miguel County.

Lift Engineering

Potential problems with Yan lifts began to surface as early as 1985, when the upper bullwheel on the Teller lift at Keystone Ski Resort in Colorado disconnected from the main gearbox shaft.

Lloyd Aldrich

When Alrich was three months old, his parents moved to Los Angeles, California and when he was 12 he was orphaned and ended up living with his older brother in Colorado.

Magellan Data and Mapping Strategies

Magellan Data and Mapping Strategies, now called Magellan Strategies, is a survey research firm with offices in Louisville, Colorado and Geismar, Louisiana.

Michael Vega

Michael Vega (born September 4, 1969 in Colorado Springs, Colorado) is an American actor.

Mitch Morgan

The Mitch Morgan is a popular beverage at the Oak the New Fat Alley Barbecue in Telluride, Colorado, where the drink originated.

Moffat County, Colorado

The headquarters of Dinosaur National Monument are located east of Dinosaur, Colorado.

Mohammed Arkoun

He is the author of numerous books in French, English and Arabic, including most recently: Rethinking Islam (Boulder, Colorado, 1994), L'immigration: défis et richesses (Paris, 1998) and The Unthought in Contemporary Islamic Thought (London, 2002).

Nether Lands

The album title is a play on Nederland, Colorado, the location of one of the studios used to record the album.

Nick Stavinoha

He is one of the few players in college baseball to participate in both the JUCO World Series in Grand Junction, Colorado (twice) and also at the NCAA D1 World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.

Nikki Marshall

Born in Thornton, Colorado to Mike and Kelly Marshall, Nikki was raised with her younger sister, Shaye, in Mead, Colorado.

Northern Colorado Bears men's basketball

The Northern Colorado Bears men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colorado, United States.

Norwood, Colorado

Norwood is a Statutory Town in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States.

Orchard City, Colorado

Orchard City is a Statutory Town in Delta County, Colorado, United States.

Orrin Grimmell Judd

Judd died of a heart attack in July 1976, at the age of 69, while attending a judicial seminar in Aspen, Colorado.

Phacelia formosula

This plant was first collected on August 6, 1918, near Walden, Colorado.

Phantom Canyon

Phantom Canyon is the name of two canyons located in Colorado, in the Western United States.

Pine Junction, Colorado

The community sits astride the Park-Jefferson county line, and is situated at the crest of a hill on the highway, east of where the highway drops from Crow Hill down into the Platte Canyon near Bailey.

Raphael Tsu

During 1985-1987 Tsu served as the amorphous silicon program group leader at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (then known as SERI, Solar Energy Research Institute) in Golden, CO.

Redstone Coke Oven Historic District

The Redstone Coke Oven Historic District is located at the intersection of State Highway 133 and Chair Mountain Stables Road outside Redstone, Colorado, United States.

Redstone Inn

A large part of the venture was the construction of a planned company town at Redstone, where the coke ovens were.

Saab 9-5

The town of Vail, Colorado, had been using Saabs since 1980, but in 2005, the black 9-5 patrol cars were replaced by Ford Explorers, due to budget reasons.

Sai Maa

Sai Maa (born 1953) also known as Her Holiness Sai Maa (Mataji) or Sai Maa Lakshmi Devi is a guru and leader of a large community of followers, the head of the Humanity In Unity organization based in Boulder, Colorado, and an ashram based in Crestone, Colorado.

Sawtooth Botanical Garden

In August 2005 a notable new garden was constructed, the Garden of Infinite Compassion, designed by landscape designer Martin Mosko, Zen Buddhist monk and abbot of the Hakubai Temple in Boulder, Colorado.

Silverthorne, Colorado

The Town of Silverthorne is a Home Rule Municipality that is the second most populous town in Summit County, Colorado.

Skansen

The name "Skansen" has also been used as a noun to refer to other open-air museums and collections of historic structures, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe, but also in the United States, e.g. Old World Wisconsin and Fairplay, Colorado.

Snogo Snow Plow

The National Park Service gave the plow to the city of Estes Park, Colorado in 1952, which used it until 1979, when it was damaged by water entering through the exhaust.

South Bald Mountain

The summit in Roosevelt National Forest southwest of Red Feather Lakes is the highest of five peaks forming Bald Mountain.

St. Elmo Historic District

Elmo Historic District, St. Elmo, Colorado, a National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)-listed ghost town district that makes up part or all of St. Elmo, Colorado

Steve Marker

After living for 25 years in Madison, following's Garbage hiatus in 2005, Marker relocated to Carbondale, Colorado with his family.

The Affair at Grover Station

The next day, Rodgers went about the station and then up to Grover, Colorado.

The Java Posse

The group has also organized the "Java Posse Roundup", an unconference held in Crested Butte, Colorado in 2007-2014 and organized by Bruce Eckel.

The Signal Box Inn

It faced opposition for the title of the world's smallest pub by Sam's World's Smallest Bar in Colorado Springs, United States.

Tie Siding, Wyoming

Tie Siding interacted with such nearby communities as Virginia Dale, LaPorte and Pingree Park.

Tracks to Telluride

The game is played on a map of southwestern Colorado between the cities of Denver, Grand Junction, Dolores and Trinidad.

Treat Her Right

"I Think She Likes Me" describes Sandman's experience in a Fairplay, Colorado bar where a woman came on to him.

United States presidential election in Colorado, 2000

Colorado is allocated 8 electors because it has 6 congressional districts and 2 senators.

Vance Johnson

Johnson owned his own real estate company in Grand Junction, Colorado, and is now the owner of Vance's Epicurious in Grand Junction and VJ's Outlaw Ribs in Parachute, Colorado, where he lived with his son, Scott.

Walter Netsch

He may be best known as the lead designer for the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado and its famous Cadet Chapel.

Weld County Veterans Memorial

Joe P. Martinez of Ault, Colorado, the first Weld County resident to be awarded the Medal of Honor.

Wichita State University football team plane crash

In clear and calm weather at 1:14 p.m. on Friday, October 2, 1970, a chartered Martin 4-0-4 airliner crashed into a mountain eight miles (13 km) west of Silver Plume, Colorado.

William Lutley Sclater

He then moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado, which had been founded by Charlotte's brother-in-law, General William Jackson Palmer.

William Meninger

In 1979 Meninger was transferred to a daughterhouse of Spencer Abbey, St. Benedict's Monastery in Snowmass, Colorado, where he has served as Prior, vocation director, Master of novices, and teacher of theology and scripture.


1996 Holiday Bowl

Jeremy Aldrich kicked a 42-yard field goal before halftime, to put Colorado on top 24–21.

Apex Silver Mines

Apex Silver Mines, founded by Thomas Kaplan, from Denver, Colorado was a US-American transnational mining corporation with a tax haven address in the Cayman Islands.

Baskery

2013 saw the group touring Germany supporting Ina Müller before embarking on their own US tour playing across the country, including The Birchmere in Virginia, Four Corners Folk Festival in Colorado and Sisters Folk Festival in Oregon.

Bayfield, Colorado

Bayfield is a Statutory Town in La Plata County, Colorado, United States.

Cat gap

The La Garita Caldera is a large volcanic caldera located in the San Juan Mountains in southwestern Colorado, United States, and is one of a number of calderas that formed during a massive ignimbrite flare-up in Colorado, Utah, and Nevada during the Oligocene Epoch.

Colorado Ranger

The original foundation ancestors of the Colorado Ranger were two stallions brought to the United States and given to US president Ulysses S. Grant by the Turkish Sultan Abdul Hamid II in 1878.

Colorado Relay

The majority of teams have 10 runners and 2 volunteers plus other support staff (Minimum 5/maximum 12 runners per team) who make their way from Georgetown to Aspen/Snowmass, Colorado with each team member running a certain number of "legs" determined by their teammates (each averages approximately 6 miles).

Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind

Colorado Springs founder William Jackson Palmer was the land-grantor of several institutions in Colorado Springs, including the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind.

Donna M. Jones

She spent her early childhood at Rago, Colorado, which is located on the northeastern plains of the state about 20 miles outside of Akron, Colorado.

Dudi Appleton

In 1999 they made The Most Fertile Man in Ireland (set in County Donegal in west Ulster), for which he would later win the HBO Comedy award in Colorado for best director, awarded to Appleton by Billy Crystal.

Elitch Gardens

The Sidewinder was Colorado's first looping coaster, and arrived from Magic Springs and Crystal Falls park in 1990.

Emil John Raddatz

He worked as a grocery bagger until 1879, when he moved to Silver Cliff, Colorado and then San Juan.

Emporia State University

In March 2010, the Lady Hornets basketball team won the NCAA Division II National Championship, defeating the Fort Lewis College (Colorado) Skyhawks.

Ernst Haas

Haas also taught frequently at photography workshops, including the Maine Photographic Workshop, the Ansel Adams Workshop in Yosemite National Park, and the Anderson Ranch Arts Center near Aspen, Colorado.

Etheostoma exile

They are native in Colorado only in the South Platte River drainage, but recent research has also placed them in the Yampa River (Colorado) and the Green River (Utah).

Frank Hayes

Frank L. Hays (1922–2003), 35th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, United States

Fred Rath

Fred Rath, Jr. (born 1973), son of the above, Major League Baseball pitcher for the Colorado Rockies

H. Steven Blum

# August 2002 - April 2003, Chief of Staff, United States Northern Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado

Heritage College

Heritage College & Heritage Institute in Denver, Colorado, Kansas City, Missouri, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Fort Myers, Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, Falls Church, Virginia, Manassas, Virginia, and Wichita, Kansas

James Belich

T. James Belich (born 1976), playwright, also known by pseudonym of Colorado Tolston

Joseph Projectus Machebeuf

He served as pastor at Albuquerque (1853–1858) and at Santa Fe (1858–1860) before being transferred to Colorado, where he was thrown from his carriage while descending a spur of the Rocky Mountains and lamed for life.

Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail

Both these pueblos and missions were on the California side of the Colorado River near the mouth of the Gila River but were administered by the Arizona authorities.

KCQX

KCQX-LP, a defunct low-power radio station (106.9 FM) formerly licensed to Cuchara, Colorado, United States

KDTA

KJYE, a radio station (1400 AM) licensed to serve Delta, Colorado, United States, which held the call sign KDTA until 1986 and from 1988 to 2012

Kenny Noble Cortes

He graduated from the USAF Academy Prep School and received an appointment to the USAF Academy in Colorado Springs.

KLMR

KLMR-FM, a radio station (93.5 FM) licensed to Lamar, Colorado, United States

KLPD

KLPD-LD, a low-power digital television station (channel 28) licensed to Denver, Colorado, United States

Manitou Cliff Dwellings

The project was done with the approval and participation of well-known anthropologist Dr. Edgar Lee Hewett, and Virginia McClurg, founder of the Colorado Cliff Dwelling Association.

Marbella Suns

Former Colorado player Zac Colvin helped out from the field as a quarterback to lead the team into major Spanish competition.

Mary MacPherran

Born prematurely in a suburb of Denver, Colorado, Mary MacPherran grew up scrawny and short-statured, inspiring a popular girl at school, Vanessa Ashwood, to nickname her "Skeeter" (a slang word for mosquito).

Mineralogy of the Pikes Peak Region

It can be reached from Colorado Springs by driving up North Cheyenne Cañon.

Minturn, Colorado

Minturn is a Home Rule Municipality in Eagle County, Colorado, United States.

National Minimum Drinking Age Act

When brewing magnate Pete Coors raised the drinking age as a campaign issue during the 2004 U.S. Senate race in Colorado, Republican leaders praised his stand on States' rights but distanced themselves from apparent self-interest.

National Supermarkets

At its height, National's footprint extended from western Pennsylvania to Colorado, with stores in Denver, Sioux Falls, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, the Quad Cities, Indianapolis, Chicago, Youngstown, Memphis, and Nashville.

Norris Division

The Winnipeg Jets return to the Smythe Division when the Colorado Rockies move to East Rutherford, New Jersey, to become the New Jersey Devils; the Devils are moved from the Smythe Division to the Patrick Division.

Organic certification

Some retailers have their stores certified as organic handlers and processors to ensure organic compliance is maintained throughout the supply chain until delivered to consumers, such as Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers, a 60-year old chain based in Colorado.

Phil Pritchett

His high-energy shows around Texas and the surrounding areas are known for the performances of songs such as "Song of the Doorman", "High Tide in the Heartland", "Luke Skywalker and Indiana Jones", "Colorado On Trial," "Tougher Than the Rest" and the all-time fan-favorites: "Maria," "Snuff Machine" (written by ex-Suburbans' member Wes Cunningham), "Antarctica U.S.A." (written by Dewitt now of the Residudes), and "Drink When I Think" and "Rolling" (both co-written with Chip Evans).

Poundstone

Freda Poundstone, Colorado politician and lobbyist, and drafter of the Poundstone Amendment

Salix serissima

These include four in the Black Hills of South Dakota (two on the Black Hills National Forest); one in the Sherman Mountains of Albany County, Wyoming (on the Medicine Bow National Forest); seven in north-central Colorado (one on the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forest); and one in southwestern Colorado (potentially on the San Juan National Forest).

Senate Conservatives Fund

The PAC also supported a number of candidates that lost their elections, including Sharron Angle in Nevada, Ken Buck in Colorado, Joe Miller in Alaska, John Raese in West Virginia, Dino Rossi in Washington, and Christine O'Donnell in Delaware.

Snowmass

Snowmass Mountain, a mountain in the Elk Mountains in Colorado, U.S.

Sun Valley Serenade

The film became a Hollywood hit, and served as a recruiting effort for the elite ski corps of the 10th Mountain Division stationed at Camp Hale in Colorado.

Thede

Thede Farmhouse, farmhouse in Northglenn, Colorado, United States

U.S. Route 95 in California

Upon entering San Bernardino County, US 95 turns away from the Colorado River, heading northwest towards Vidal Junction, the junction with SR 62 in the Vidal Valley.

Wiggins, Colorado

Around 1900, Corona was renamed in honor of Oliver P. Wiggins, who served as a guide and scout for Captain John C. Frémont, on some of his explorations through northern Colorado in the 1840s.