Anofara Zuva reColorado!
Musi waAugust 1, 1876, Mutungamiri Ulysses S. Grant vakasaina chiziviso chekubvuma Colorado senyika. Uye pazuva risinganyanyi kukosha rakanyatsoita makore zana negumi nemapfumbamwe gare gare, ndakaenda kunzvimbo ino yakanaka. Ini ndakatanga kutamira kunzvimbo yeDenver ndichibva kunzvimbo yeSt. Louis kunopedza chikoro. Pakutanga ndakanga ndisina hurongwa hwekugara muColorado kwenguva refu, asi pandakafamba mumakore angu maviri ekupedza chikoro zvakawedzera kuoma kuzvifungidzira ndichidzokera kumba kuMidwest. Ini ndinosvika pakuona makomo mugirazi rangu rekuona kumashure pese pandinobuda mumba. Mopu yangu yebvudzi rakamonana iri nyore kwazvo kuchengetedza mafriza-asina kushomeka kwehunyoro. Isu tinowana mazana matatu- kusanganisa mazuva ezuva. Mumakore gumi nematanhatu apfuura, Colorado ndiyo nzvimbo yandakatangira basa rangu, ndikaroora, nekurera mhuri yangu. Ndakaona Denver neColorado vachichinja zvakanyanya pamusoro pemakore gumi nematanhatu, asi ini ndichakamira pamusoro pegomo nekushamisika kukuru nekutya sezuva randakasvika pano.
Kukudza nyika yedu yatinoda paColorado Day, ndakachera mamwe emitambo inonakidza yeCentennial State trivia yandaigona kuwana:
Colorado ndiyo yega nyika munhoroondo yekudzora maOlimpiki. Muna Chivabvu 1970 mushure mekunge vezvematongerwo enyika varatidzira kweanoda kusvika makore makumi maviri, iyo International Olimpiki Komiti yakapa maOlimpiki eZima e20 kuDenver. Chiyero chekuvhota chakabatanidzwa musarudzo yaNovember 1976 yekupa mvumo yemamiriyoni mashanu emadhora ekubhadhara mari yezvivakwa kutsigira mitambo. Vavhoti veDenver vakaramba zvakanyanya iyo bond nyaya ne1972-5 margin. Vhiki mushure mekuvhota, Denver akarega zviri pamutemo chinzvimbo chayo seguta rinotambira.
Colorado yakambove nemagavhuna matatu pazuva rimwe chete. Sarudzo ya1904 pakati peDemocrat Alva Adams neRepublican James H. Peabody yakanga yakazara nehuwori. Alva Adams akasarudzwa uye akazopedzisira atora chigaro, asi sarudzo dzakakwikwidzwa. Gare gare kuferefeta kwakawana humbowo hwehunyengeri hwekuvhota nemapato ese. Adams anga atotora chigaro asi akatsiviwa naPeabody musi waKurume 16, 1905 nemamiriro ekuti abve pazororo mukati memaawa makumi maviri nemana. Achangosiya basa, Republican Lieutenant Gavhuna Jesse F. McDonald akapika sagavhuna. Mhedzisiro yacho yaive matatu magavhuna eColorado mune rimwe zuva.
Tinogona kufunga kuti Colorado inzvimbo yekutamba yechando, asi usabatwa uchikanda bhora rechando kune mumwe munhu muAspen, Colorado. Kukanda chinhu (kusanganisira bhora rechando) kana kuburitsa chombo pazvivakwa zveruzhinji, chivakwa chakazvimiririra, kana kune mumwe munhu kutyora mutemo wepanzvimbo-wekukanda zvombo uyo unowanzouya nemubhadharo sekuranga.
Vari Jolly Ranchers muhombodo yako chirongo? Une Bill naDorothy Harmsen veDenver, Colorado yekutenda nezvayo! Iyo Jolly Rancher Kambani yakasikwa muna 1949 uye pakutanga yaitengesa chokoreti uye ice cream mukuwedzera kune yakaoma macandi, asi iyo ice cream yakanga isinganyanyo kufarirwa munguva yeColorado yechando.
Colorado yakanga iri kumba kune mutyairi wekare kushingaira akamboita. Akazvarwa munaKurume 14, 1902, gore rimwe chete pamberi pendege yaWright Brothers, Cole Kugel weLongmont, Colorado akambobata rekodhi yemutyairi wekare kupfuura vese anokwanisa. Akafa muna Chikumi 2007, asi akabhururuka kekupedzisira aine makore 105 pakutanga kwegore.
Iwe unogona kuziva Denver's Buckhorn Exchange yemazhinji emisoro yemhuka yakanamatira pamadziro. Asi waiziva here kuti iyiresitorendi yakapihwa iro rezinesi rekutanga doro mushure mekurambidzwa? Nhoroondo yacho ndeyekuti panguva yekurambidzwa (pakashandirwa resitorendi kuita grocery), muridzi aigona kuburitsa zvingwa zvemanhanga kuita kuti avanze mabhodhoro ewhishu yekutengesa kune vatengi.
Mwenje yeKisimusi yekutanga yakaratidzwa pamwe ne16th Street Mall muDenver. Muna 1907, mumwe mugadziri wemagetsi weDenver anonzi DD Sturgeon aida kukurudzira mwanakomana wake ane makore gumi-akarwara ndokunyudza mabhuru emwenje mupendi tsvuku uye girini ndokuzvisungirira pamuti kunze kwehwindo iri.
Zvifananidzo zvakapihwa kuGrammy Awards zvinoitwa gore rega rega muColorado nemurume anonzi John Billings. Billings paaive mwana muCalifornia, aigara padyo naBob Graves, iye wekutanga musiki weiyo Grammy chifananidzo. Billings akatanga kudzidza pasi peMakuva muna 1976 ndokutora bhizinesi muna 1983 pakafa Makuva. Billings akatamira kuColorado nguva pfupi yapfuura. Pane imwe nguva, Billings akaita maGrammys ese ega. Asi muna 1991, akagadzirisa zvakare chifananidzo uye zvishoma nezvishoma akawedzera vanhu vazhinji kuchikwata chake, achidzidzisa munhu wega wega kunyatsogadzira chiumbwa chimwe nechimwe.
Chokwadi, iwe unoziva iyo yeColorado nyika mureza, iyo nyika zita remadunhurirwa, pamwe kunyangwe ruva renyika. Asi waiziva here kuti Colorado ine nyika amphibian, shiri yenyika, cactus yenyika, hove yenyika, chipembenene chehurumende, reptile yenyika, fossil yenyika, gem rehurumende, mineral yenyika, ivhu renyika, kutamba kwenyika , nyika tartan, UYE mutambo wenyika (kwete, haisi Broncos nhabvu futi)?
Anofara Zuva reColorado kune vese vavakidzani vedu veColorado. Kutenda nekunditendera kuti ndigare aya makore gumi nematanhatu apfuura uye kuita Colorado imba yangu.