The state's name, Colorado, is a Spanish word meaning reddish colored. It was the name early Spanish explorers gave to the Colorado River, which originates in the state. When Colorado became a territory in 1861, William Gilpin, the first territorial governor, formally requested that it be called by the old Spanish name.
	Colorado has 50 peaks over 14,000 ft. in elevation
	Denver is the capital city.
	Denver, Colorado lays claim to the invention of the cheeseburger. The trademark for the name Cheeseburger was awarded in 1935 to Louis Ballast, the Humpty Dumpty Drive-In. Ballast claimed to have come up with the idea while testing hamburger toppings.
	In the early 1950's, Denver architect Temple H. Buell, often called the Father of the Mall, conceived of and built one of the first shopping malls in the U.S.: the Cherry Creek Mall.
	Denver Colorado consumes less prune juice per capita than any other city in the United States.
	Former Israeli Prime Minister, Golda Meir - lived in Denver, Colorado as a child.
	The first license plate on a car in the United States was issued in Denver, Colorado in 1908
	In Fruita, Colorado, the town folk celebrate 'Mike the Headless Chicken Day'. Seems that a farmer named L.A. Olsen cut off Mike's head on September 10, 1945 in anticipation of a chicken dinner - and Mike lived for another 4 years WITHOUT A HEAD. Mike died from choking on a corn kernel