Sikufisela usuku oluhle lwe-Colorado!
Ngo-Agasti 1, 1876, uMongameli Ulysses S. Grant wasayina isimemezelo esivuma iColorado njengombuso. Ngosuku olungabalulekanga kangako cishe eminyakeni eyi-129 kamuva, ngathuthela kulesi simo esihle. Ngiqale ngafudukela endaweni yaseDenver ngisuka endaweni yaseSt. Louis ukuze ngithole isikole. Ekuqaleni ngangingenazinhlelo zokuhlala eColorado isikhathi eside, kepha njengoba ngidlula eminyakeni yami emibili yokufunda esikoleni kwaba nzima kakhulu ukuzibona ngiphindela ekhaya eMidwest. Ngibona amagquma esibukweni sami sangemuva lapho ngiphuma endlini. I-mop yami yezinwele ezisontekile ilula kakhulu ukugcina i-frizz-free ngokungabi nomswakama. Sithola izinsuku ezingama-300-plus zokukhanya kwelanga. Eminyakeni engu-16 edlule, iColorado ibe yindawo lapho ngiqale khona umsebenzi wami, ngashada futhi ngakhulisa umndeni wami. Sengike ngabona iDenver neColorado ziguquka kakhulu kuleyo minyaka eyi-16, kepha ngisamile esiqongweni sentaba ngokumangala okukhulu nokwesaba njengosuku engafika ngalo lapha.
Ukuhlonipha izwe lethu esilithandayo ngoSuku lweColorado, ngimba ezinye zezinto ezimnandi kakhulu eCentennial State engingazithola:
IColorado yisona kuphela isimo emlandweni sokunqaba ama-Olimpiki. NgoMeyi 1970 ngemuva kokuthi abezombangazwe bakhankase cishe iminyaka engama-20, iKomidi lama-Olimpiki Lamazwe Ngamazwe linikeze iDenver ama-Olimpiki asebusika ngo-1976. Isilinganiso sokuvota sifakiwe okhethweni lwangoNovemba 1972 lokugunyaza imali engama- $ 5 million yokuxhasa izindleko zengqalasizinda ukuxhasa imidlalo. Abavoti bakwaDenver bayenqaba ngokweqile ukukhishwa kwe-bond ngomkhawulo we-60-40. Isonto ngemuva kokuvota, iDenver yasishiya ngokusemthethweni isikhundla sayo sedolobha elizosingatha indawo.
IColorado yake yaba nababusi abathathu ngosuku olulodwa. Ukhetho lwango-1904 phakathi kukaDemocrat Alva Adams noRepublican uJames H. Peabody lwalugcwele inkohlakalo. U-Alva Adams wakhethwa futhi wagcina ethathe izintambo, kepha ukhetho lwaphikiswa. Kamuva uphenyo lwathola ubufakazi bokuvota ngenkohliso yizinhlangothi zombili. U-Adams ubesevele ethathe izintambo kodwa esikhundleni sikaPeabody ngoMashi 16, 1905 ngombandela wokuthi ashiye phansi kungakapheli amahora angama-24. Ngokushesha ngemuva kokwesula kwakhe, uLieutenant Governor Governor waseRiphabhulikhi uJesse F. McDonald wafungiswa njengombusi. Umphumela waba ngabaphathi abathathu baseColorado ngosuku olulodwa.
Singacabanga ukuthi iColorado iyindawo yokudlala ebusika, kepha ungabanjwa uphonsa othile e-Aspen, eColorado. Ukuphonsa into (kufaka phakathi ama-snowballs) noma ukukhipha isikhali ezakhiweni zomphakathi, impahla yangasese, noma komunye umuntu kungukwephula umthetho wendawo wokulwa nemicibisholo ohambisana nenhlawulo njengesijeziso.
Ngabe amaJolly Ranchers embizeni yakho yamaswidi? UnoBill noDorothy Harmsen baseDenver, eColorado abangakubonga ngalokho! IJolly Rancher Company yadalwa ngo-1949 futhi ekuqaleni yayithengisa ushokoledi no-ayisikhilimu ngaphezu kwama-candies aqinile, kodwa u-ayisikhilimu wayengathandwa kakhulu phakathi nobusika baseColorado.
IColorado yayiyikhaya lomshayeli webhayisikili omdala kunabo bonke owake wasebenza. Wazalwa ngoMashi 14, 1902, unyaka owodwa nje ngaphambi kokuba indiza yakwaWright Brothers, uCole Kugel waseLongmont, eColorado wake wabamba irekhodi lomshayeli wendiza oqeqeshiwe omdala kunabo bonke emhlabeni. Ushone ngoJuni 2007, kodwa wandiza okokugcina eneminyaka engu-105 ekuqaleni kwalowo nyaka.
Ungase uyazi iDenver's Buckhorn Exchange yamakhanda amaningi ezilwane anamathele ezindongeni. Kepha bewazi ukuthi le ndawo yokudlela yanikezwa ilayisense yokuqala yotshwala ngemuva kwe-Prohibition? Inganekwane ithi ngesikhathi sokuvinjelwa (lapho indawo yokudlela iguqulwa ibe yigilosa), umnikazi wayekhipha izinkwa ze-pumpernickel ukufihla amabhodlela e-bootleg whisky ukuze awathengisele amakhasimende.
Izibani zokuqala zikaKhisimusi zaboniswa kanye no-16th Street Mall eDenver. Ngo-1907, ugesi waseDenver ogama lakhe linguDD Sturgeon wayefuna ukujabulisa indodana yakhe eneminyaka engu-10 egulayo futhi wafaka ama-light light ngopende obomvu noluhlaza okotshani wawafaka esihlahleni ngaphandle kwaleli windi.
Izithombe ezibekwe kumaGrammy Awards zenziwa minyaka yonke eColorado yindoda egama linguJohn Billings. Ngesikhathi uBillings esemncane eCalifornia, wayehlala eduze noBob Graves, umdali wokuqala wesithombe seGrammy. UBillings waqala ukufundela umsebenzi ngaphansi kweGraves ngo-1976 futhi wathatha ibhizinisi ngo-1983 ngesikhathi amaGraves eshona. UBillings wathuthela eColorado kungekudala. Ngesinye isikhathi, uBillings wenza wonke amaGrammy eyedwa. Kepha ngo-1991, wasakha kabusha lesi sithombe futhi kancane kancane wanezela abantu abaningi eqenjini lakhe, eqeqesha umuntu ngamunye ukuphatha ngokucophelela isithombe ngasinye.
Impela, uyazi ifulegi lesifundazwe saseColorado, isiteketiso sombuso, mhlawumbe nembali yombuso. Kepha bewazi ukuthi iColorado ine-amphibian yombuso, inyoni yombuso, i-cactus yombuso, inhlanzi yombuso, isinambuzane sombuso, isilwane esihuquzelayo sombuso, ifosili yombuso, igugu lombuso, amaminerali wombuso, inhlabathi yombuso, umdanso wombuso , i-tartan yombuso, KANYE nemidlalo yezwe (cha, akuyona ibhola leBroncos nayo)?
Usuku oluhle lweColorado kubo bonke omakhelwane bethu baseColorado. Ngiyabonga ngokungivumela ngihlale kule minyaka eyi-16 edlule ngenze iColorado ikhaya lami.