Colorado Facts, Colorado Triva, Colorado, Denver, 5280, Mile High City
In honor of Colorado’s 138th birthday here are some fun facts about the state!
Colorado turned down hosting the 1976 Winter Olympics and is the only state to ever do so.
Coors Field has a row of purple seats that are exactly 1 mile above sea level. The 13th step of the state’s capitol building is also 5,280 feet in elevation.
Each year, countless valentines are sent through Loveland to receive a special postmark.
Colfax Ave is the longest continuous road in the country.
There is a Tuff Shed in Nederland which houses the dead body of Bredo Morstoel. Grandpa Bredo (as he is more commonly known) arranged for his body to be stored and frozen before he died in 1989 until science is able to bring is body back to life. Each month another man known as the “Ice Man” ensures nearly 1,600 pounds of dry ice are delivered to Grandpa Bredo’s shed.
The world’s first rodeo took place in Deer Trail in 1869.
Denver hosts the world’s largest rodeo and stock show each year.
Per capita, Colorado has the most microbreweries in the country.
There are 222 state wildlife areas in Colorado.
The highest suspension bridge in the world spans across the Royal Gorge neighboring Canyon City.
“America the Beautiful” was written by Katherine Lee Bates after she visited the top of Pikes Peak.
Grand Mesa is the world’s largest flat top mountain.
The cheeseburger was invented in Colorado…or at least the trademarked name was awarded to a Colorado resident, Louis Ballast, in 1935.
There are 52 Fourteeners (peaks over 14,000 ft.) in Colorado.
The pinto bean capitol of the world is Dove Creek.
The Dwight Eisenhower Memorial Tunnel is the highest auto tunnel in the world. The tunnel is 8,960 feet long and more than 26,000 vehicles travel through it each day.
Do you want to live in Colorado now?
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