The Burros of the cattle ranches of Colorado.

Burros

The Burros of the cattle ranches of Colorado.

The official seal of the U.S. state of Colorado in 1889.

Colorado

The official seal of the U.S. state of Colorado in 1889.

The state banner of Colorado, the silver state.

Colorado

The state banner of Colorado, the silver state.

Seal of the state of Colorado, 1881

Colorado seal

Seal of the state of Colorado, 1881

The official state seal of Colorado.

Seal of Colorado

The official state seal of Colorado.

The state seal of Colorado.

State Seal of Colorado

The state seal of Colorado.

The gold mining camp of Cripple Creek, Colorado.

Cripple Creek Mine

The gold mining camp of Cripple Creek, Colorado.

Earth pillars protected by a cap of rock and due to rain erosion, Colorado.

Earth Pillars

Earth pillars protected by a cap of rock and due to rain erosion, Colorado.

The Great Canyon of Colorado is a very colorful, steep-sided gorge, carved out by the Colorado River.

The Great Canyon of Colorado

The Great Canyon of Colorado is a very colorful, steep-sided gorge, carved out by the Colorado River.

Ideal section of La Plata Mountain, Colorado, showing the supposed original form of the laccolith of Mt. Moss.

La Plata Mountain

Ideal section of La Plata Mountain, Colorado, showing the supposed original form of the laccolith of…

Edward Moody McCook (June 15. 1833 – September 9, 1909) was a lawyer, politician, distinguished Union cavalry general in the American Civil War, American diplomat, and Governor of the Territory of Colorado.

Edward M. McCook

Edward Moody McCook (June 15. 1833 – September 9, 1909) was a lawyer, politician, distinguished Union…

Rounded rock surfaces or <em>Roches Mountonnees</em>, due to erosion by a former glacier, Colorado.

Roche Mountonnee

Rounded rock surfaces or Roches Mountonnees, due to erosion by a former glacier, Colorado.

First Governor of Colorado

John L. Routt

First Governor of Colorado

The Utes are an ethnically related group of American Indians now living primarily in Utah and Colorado. There are three Ute tribal reservations: Uintah-Ouray in northeastern Utah (3,500 members); Southern Ute in Colorado (1,500 members); and Ute Mountain which primarily lies in Colorado, but extends to Utah and New Mexico (2,000 members). The name of the state of Utah was derived from the name Ute.

Ute Indians

The Utes are an ethnically related group of American Indians now living primarily in Utah and Colorado.…