Barka da ranar Colorado!

A ranar 1 ga Agusta, 1876, Shugaba Ulysses S. Grant ya rattaba hannu kan sanarwar amincewa da Colorado a matsayin jiha. Kuma a ranar da ba ta da mahimmanci kusan kusan shekaru 129 daga baya, na ƙaura zuwa wannan kyakkyawan yanayin. Na fara ƙaura zuwa yankin Denver daga yankin St. Louis don karatun digiri. Da farko ba ni da niyyar zama a Colorado na dogon lokaci, amma yayin da nake tafiya cikin shekaru biyu na makarantar sakandare ya zama da wahala da wahala in yi tunanin komawa gida zuwa Midwest. Ina samun ganin gindin gindin a madubin gani na a duk lokacin da na bar gidan. Rage gashi na mai lanƙwasa ya fi sauƙi don kiyaye frizz-free tare da ƙarancin zafi. Muna samun kwanaki 300 da ƙari na hasken rana. A cikin shekaru 16 da suka gabata, Colorado ta zama wurin da na fara aiki na, na yi aure, kuma na yi renon iyalina. Na ga Denver da Colorado sun canza sosai a cikin waɗancan shekaru 16, amma har yanzu ina tsaye a saman dutse tare da mamaki da mamaki kamar ranar da na zo nan.

Don girmama ƙaunatacciyar jiharmu a ranar Colorado, Na haƙa wasu abubuwan ban sha'awa na Ƙarnin Jiha da zan iya samu:

Colorado ita ce kawai jihar a cikin tarihin da ta ƙi Olympics. A watan Mayun 1970 bayan ‘yan siyasa sun yi yakin neman zabe na kusan shekaru 20, Kwamitin Olimpik na Duniya ya ba Denver Olympics na hunturu na 1976. An haɗa ma'aunin ƙuri'a a cikin zaɓen Nuwamba na 1972 don ba da izinin haɗin dala miliyan 5 don tara kuɗin kayan aikin don tallafawa wasannin. Masu jefa ƙuri'ar Denver sun yi watsi da ƙimar jinginar kashi 60-40. Mako guda bayan kada kuri'ar, Denver a hukumance ya yi watsi da matsayinsa na birni mai masaukin baki.

Colorado ta taɓa samun gwamnoni uku a rana ɗaya. Zaben 1904 tsakanin Democrat Alva Adams da dan Republican James H. Peabody na cike da cin hanci da rashawa. An zabi Alva Adams kuma a ƙarshe ya karɓi ofis, amma an yi takara. Binciken na baya -bayan nan ya gano shaidar magudin zabe daga bangarorin biyu. Adams ya riga ya fara aiki amma Peabody ya maye gurbinsa a ranar 16 ga Maris, 1905 da sharadin ya yi murabus cikin sa'o'i 24. Nan da nan bayan murabus dinsa, an rantsar da Lieutenant Gwamna Jesse F. McDonald a matsayin gwamna. Sakamakon ya kasance gwamnonin Colorado uku a rana guda.

Muna iya ɗaukar Colorado a matsayin filin wasan hunturu, amma kar a kama ku jefa wani dusar ƙanƙara ga wani a Aspen, Colorado. Jefa abu (gami da ƙusoshin ƙanƙara) ko fitar da makami a gine-ginen jama'a, kadarorin masu zaman kansu, ko a wani mutum wani cin zarafi ne na dokar hana yaƙi da makami mai linzami na gida wanda yawanci yakan zo da tarar azaba.

Shin Jolly Ranchers suna cikin kwalbar alewa? Kuna da Bill da Dorothy Harmsen na Denver, Colorado don godiya akan hakan! An halicci Kamfanin Jolly Rancher a 1949 kuma asali ya sayar da cakulan da ice cream ban da alewa masu tauri, amma ice cream bai shahara sosai a lokacin damuna na Colorado.

Colorado ta kasance gidan matukin jirgi mafi tsufa da ya taɓa aiki. An haifi Maris 14, 1902, shekara ɗaya kacal kafin jirgin Wright Brothers, Cole Kugel na Longmont, Colorado ya taɓa yin rikodin don matukin jirgi mafi tsufa a duniya. Ya mutu a watan Yunin 2007, amma ya tashi na ƙarshe yana ɗan shekara 105 a farkon wannan shekarar.

Kuna iya sanin Canjin Buckhorn na Denver don kawunan dabbobi da yawa da suka makale a bango. Amma kun san an ba da wannan gidan abincin lasisin giya na farko bayan Haramcewa? Legend yana da cewa yayin haramtawa (lokacin da aka canza gidan abincin zuwa kayan siyar da kayan masarufi), mai shi zai huda burodi na pumpernickel don ɓoye kwalaben barasa na bootleg don siyarwa ga abokan ciniki.

An nuna fitowar Kirsimeti na farko tare da 16^th Street Mall a cikin Denver. A shekara ta 1907, wani ma'aikacin wutar lantarki na Denver mai suna DD Sturgeon ya so ya farantawa ɗansa ɗan shekara 10 da ke fama da rashin lafiya rai sannan ya tsoma wasu kwararan fitila masu launin ja da koren fenti sannan ya dora su akan bishiyar da ke bayan wannan taga.

Wani mutum mai suna John Billings ne ke yin mutum -mutumin mutum -mutumi a Grammy Awards duk shekara a Colorado. Lokacin Billings yana yaro a California, yana zaune kusa da Bob Graves, asalin mahaliccin mutum -mutumin Grammy. Billings ya fara koyo a ƙarƙashin Graves a 1976 kuma ya karɓi kasuwancin a 1983 lokacin da Graves ya mutu. Billings ya koma Colorado ba da daɗewa ba. A wani lokaci, Billings ya yi duk Grammys da kansa. Amma a cikin 1991, ya sake fasalin mutum -mutumin kuma sannu a hankali ya ƙara ƙarin mutane a cikin tawagarsa, yana horar da kowane mutum da yin aikin hannu kowane mutum -mutumi a hankali.

Tabbas, kun san tutar jihar Colorado, laƙabin jihar, wataƙila ma furen jihar. Amma shin kun san cewa Colorado tana da ɗan dabbar daji, tsuntsu na jihar, cactus na jihar, kifin jihar, kwari na jihar, dabbobi masu rarrafe na ƙasa, burbushin jihar, dutse mai daraja na ƙasa, ma'adinai na ƙasa, ƙasa ƙasa, raye -raye na jihar , tartan jihar, DA wasan jihar (a'a, ba ƙwallon Broncos bane ma)?

Barka da ranar Colorado ga duk maƙwabtan mu na Colorado. Na gode da kuka bar ni in zauna a cikin shekaru 16 da suka gabata kuma na mai da Colorado gidana.