State Presentation

1. Colorado
By: Ryan Dickensheets and
Logan Nelson
Business Presentations
10/18/12

2. Colorado
● www.colorado.gov
● State Flag of Colorado:
● 5,116,796 people inhabit Colorado
● capital: Denver, Colorado

3. Colorado (continued)
● "Nothin Without the Deity"-motto
● State Flower: White and Lavender
Columbine
● Some Tourist Attractions
○ Denver Zoo
○ Pikes Peak
○ Garden of the Gods
○ Denver Airport

4. Colorado (continued)
● More tourist Attractions
○ Aspen Art Museum
○ Long's Peak
○ Maroon Bells

5. Manufacturing
● Manufacturing:
○ Bovine
○ Swine
○ Ovine
○ Gallus Gallus
○ Dairy
○ Carnations Flowers
○ Corn, Wheat, Hay, etc.

6. History of Colorado
● Started 13,000 years ago with Native
Americans
○ Diverse tribes
● Founded on July 11, 1598
● Colorado War
○ Armed conflict between the U.S. and some Native
American tribes (1863-1865)
● Was just a spanish territory until August 1st
1876
○ Enabling Act passed on March 3rd 1875
○ By August of '76 it reachte hood

7. State Information
Colleges
● University of Phoenix
● University of Denver
State Nickname- Centennial State
State Animal- Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep
State Bird- Lark Bunting
Famous People- Tim Allen Actor, Zachary Ty
Bryan.

8. The Shooting
● July 2012
○ 12 people shot and killed
○ 58 injured
○ Aurora shooting
○ James Holmes walked into a movie Theatre
○ He had 3 guns
○ Randomly fired on people leaving
○ Midnight showing of 'The Dark Knight Rises

9. Geographic size/Location of Colorado
● Colorado is 104,091 square miles
● Western/Central
● Rocky mountains run through it
● Highest point in U.S. (peak of rockies)
● Cool and temperate

10. Interesting Information
● Longest Spartan Race
○ 24 hour race
○ obstacles:
■ Barb Wire
■ Rope climbing
■ Swimming
■ Wall climbing
■ and more...
●

11. Resources
● Petroleum
● Uranium
● Natural Gas
● Coal
● Gravel
● Sand

12. Tim Allen
● Buzz in Toy Story Movies
● Santa Claus, movie
● Tool Time, tv show
● Annie Award

13. Colorado Sports
● Denver Broncos, Football
● Denver Nuggets, Basketball
● Colorado Rockies, Baseball
● Colorado Avalanche, NHL
● Colorado Rapids, Pro Soccer
● Colorado Outlaws, Lacrosse

14. Denver Broncos
● The Denver Broncos, NFL Team
● Quarterback, Peyton Manning
● Defensive End, Elvis Dumervil
● Cornerback, Champ Bailey

15. Current Events

16. Conclusion
● Colorado in the west
● Manufacture Livestock
● Spartan Race
● Denver is the capital

17. Citations
● http://tinyurl.com/9dsw34s
● http://www.statesymbolsusa.
org/Colorado/animal_bighornsheep.html
● http://www.statesymbolsusa.
org/Colorado/ColoradoColumbine.html
● http://www.colorado.gov/
● http://online.wsj.
com/article/SB10000872396390443389604578024233
320450050.html