1. State Bird: The Lark Bunting State Flower: Rocky Mountain Columbine By Rhett

2. State Facts:  State Animal: Rocky Mountain Big-Horned Sheep  State Song: “Where the Columbines Grow”  Statehood: 30 th State

3. The Bonanza Years:  The Gold Rush: There’s GOLD in these here hills!!!

4. Cliff Dwellers: Anasazi Indians Pueblo

5. Four Corners:

6. Dinosaur National Monument:

7. Mining in Colorado:

8. Colorado River:

9. Mountains:  Mount Elbert  Pike’s Peak

10. Famous People:  Tim Allen  John Elway  Willard Libby  Florence Sabin

11. Bibliography:  McAuliffe, Emily. Colorado Facts and Symbols. New York: Grolier Publishing, 1998.  New Standard Encyclopedia. Chicago: Standard Educational Corporation, 1994.  Welsbacher, Anne. Colorado. Minneapolis: Abdo Consulting Group Inc., 1998.  Images from Google.com.