These pictures are just a selection of the 10 Colorado facts listed in this week’s Moving Postcard video “10 Colorado Facts – In A Colorado Minute (Week 343)“. Check out the video and post for more facts and details.
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| Colorado is the “highest state”… First US state to allow shops to sell recreational marijuana (2014). |
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| Colorado is the “highest state”… – only state entirely above 1,000 m (3,281 ft) – highest mean elevation (2,073 m – 6,800 ft) – highest low point (1,011 m – 3,317 ft) |
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| Colorado has 640 ghost towns… |
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| The view from Pikes Peak inspired Katharine Lee Bates to write “America the Beautiful”. |
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| Colorado’s Royal Gorge Bridge is the highest bridge in the USA (and was the highest bridge in the world until 2001). |