Colorado River

Colorado is known for being one of the healthiest states, its high altitude and the connotation of always being “high”. Pardon the pun. But this all has to do with the biggest thing in Colorado, the most monumental, and of course, the highest. The Rocky Mountains. Starting in New Mexico and spanning all the way to all the way to Canada for a total of 3,000 miles. They run across Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana. But the Colorado Rockies are particularly beautiful. The spring runoff brings…

Mass Exodus From the Plains- In 1936, one quarter of the population that lived in the plains packed their possessions in their car and headed towards the West Coast. However, the range of people who left differed depending on their occupation. As many as ¾ of farmers stayed to preserve their land. Which in turn left only 1,642 farmers and their families outside of Boise City, Oklahoma to resist the migration. The reason for this largest migration witnessed in American history, was due to the…

In the late 1800’s, Americans expanded their settlements into the western part of their country. This land was traditionally used by American Indian before the Americans claimed it, but since Americans believed in manifest destiny, with the help of the federal government, the ambitious land hungry Americans won several wats against the Indian tribes to claim the land. By losing this war, the Indians were forced to live on government-controlled reservations. This land offered limitless…

West fascinated me. Searching the Internet for places to go but being from Georgia and having a limitation of the surrounding southern states I could not assimilate the elevation and mountain views that are in Colorado. I became mesmerized of such magnitude. Convinced that the colorful Colorado will bring some light to who I was I decided to make a plan. Searching places to go I decided to start with Denver. The capitol seemed like a great place to begin the next chapter of my life. After…

Moving west was not easy but at the same time worth it.Exploring new land, escaping slavery,looking for gold,starting a new life,new land to have, were just some of the good things you could get out of moving west but there was bad sickness could spread, leaving your friends and family,hungry animals out for blood, natives might attack,wagon break down, and way more. There were many reason for moving west.First, black people were going west to escape slavery because in the west everyone had…

Colorado became a state in the United Stated on August 1st, 1876. Colorado is the 38th country to be a part of our country. The capital of Colorado is Denver. The most visited places and the biggest cities in Colorado are Denver and Colorado Springs. Colorado’s nickname is the Centennial state. In 2016 the population is 5.474 million. There are only 64 counties in Colorado. The state song is “Rocky mountain high”. The state color is gold, red, blue, and white (Av2books). Cattle and calves are…

There are many things happening in the world today. More importantly, there are many things happening in the United States. There are debates and discussions going on twenty-four hours a day on how to make the United States of America a bigger, and better country. With many topics being thrown around in local, state, and national political offices, these topics can change very fast. One topic, however, has remained steady in these discussions. This subject is if the drug, Marijuana, should be…

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Academic Standards in Colorado Colorado is well known for being the first state to legalize marijuana. It is a hot topic around the United States, however, Colorado was also one of only six states asked to inform the Federal Government on the process of developing new standards in-line with Common Core, another frequently debated issue (Colorado Department of Education, 2016). Academic changes over the last several years have led Colorado to develop strong state standards, which prepare pupils…

It is stated that the most significant snow upon this earth is situated in Utah and with a typical of 500" of earth's driest as well as the lightest powder each year. There are lots of great Skiing resorts over here which range from less costly to more costly resorts. Utah skiing resorts are world-class skiing resorts. Utah can't be beaten because of its consistency and its own surfaces of the deepest and the lightest natural powder around. In the entire year 2002 Utah skiing resorts also…