What’s the coolest historical fact about Colorado that you know?
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peter303_
The Confederacy invaded Colorado territory to seize recently discovered goldmines as a source of revenue. But hard scrabble miners-turned-soldiers fought them off.
MNGraySquirrel
Marble Colorado has the whitest purest marble in the world. Better than Italian marble.
youaretheuniverse
This marble was used in the Lincoln memorial in DC
krak3nki11er
The MLB Colorado Rockies mascot is a triceratops because they found triceratops fossils when constructing the foundation of the stadium.
Your_Daddy_
I was at the game when “Dinger” was born. He hatched out of an egg in center field.
realjimmyjuice000
First state to abolish prohibition, first state to legalize recreational marijuana, and so on
ABomb2001
Let’s not forget the 2 hour prohibition from 3/23/2020.
moeshapoppins
I remember the guy in front of me at the liquor store that day was on the phone with someone freaking out about it. I looked in his cart and he was buying 3 cases of rolling rock
BryCart88
The woman behind us in line for Molly’s was on the phone freaking out as well, trying to guess how much she needed based on how long the shutdown might be. She guessed 30 days and was determined to get 30-40 bottles of wine.
Othemarnintoya
Dillon Reservoir flooded what used to be an entire town! There were as many as 800 people living there as recently as 1960. Houses, businesses, even a graveyard. They basically just said “leave, we’re making a lake here.” I don’t know if it’s the coolest fact, but I found it to be very wild.
FKSTS
This is more common than you’d think, especially out west. Check out this list of sunken ghost towns: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_flooded_towns_in_the_United_States
classicolden
Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park was the original foot trail the Arapaho native Americans would use to cross from their home on the plains to mountain hunting grounds.
Sackfondler
I believe Highway 24 leading from Colorado Springs, west into the mountains, was the same thing for the Utes.
brandontaylor1
When Zebulon Pike first saw the mountain that would be named after him, he told his men that they’d walk to the top and be home for dinner. After struggling all day to reach the base of the mountain, he pronounced it impossible to climb.