Colorado


(Colorado)	(USA)

English: Colorado is a state in the western United States.

Natural Colorado

The San Juan Mountains near Telluride, Colorado
Mountains and lakes near Breckenridge
Pikes Peak, the easternmost "fourteener" in the United States
A view of the arid high plains in Morgan County in Northeastern Colorado
Picketwire Canyon in Southeastern Colorado, is part of the larger Comanche National Grassland.
Front Range Peaks west of Denver
Flatirons near Boulder, Colorado
Rock Formations in the Lost Creek Wilderness in the Front Range
The tallest sand dunes in North America in Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in southern Colorado
A view of Blanca Peak (left), from the east
Red rock formations are found throughout Colorado
Mount Elbert is the highest peak of the Rocky Mountains.
Maroon Bells
Hanging Lake near Glenwood Springs
The San Juan Mountains from Ridgway in Southwestern Colorado, during the winter
Bridal Veil Falls in Telluride, Colorado
Lake Granby in Northern Colorado
The walls of Glenwood Canyon
Arches at Rattlesnake Canyon in Western Colorado
Black Canyon of the Gunnison in Western Colorado
Dinosaur National Monument in Northwestern Colorado, at the Castle Par district
The Colorado National Monument, just southwest of Grand Junction, view of the Coke Ovens
Spring melt at Bear Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park
Snow highlights the rugged mountains as well as the urban and agricultural landscapes of the Colorado plains.
The Yampa River, from a high overlook.
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
Mount Rosalie, painting by Albert Bierstadt
Rudbeckia occidentalis, Aspen Mountain
Buteo swainsoni, Saguache County

History

Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde National Park
Crystal Mill made in 1892
Cliff Palace
Great Kiva at Chimney Rock in the San Juan Mountains of Southwestern Colorado. It is said to have been built by the Ancient Pueblo peoples.
Spruce Tree House in Mesa Verde National Park
Lowry Pueblo in Canyons of the Ancients National Monument
Bent's Old Fort operated along the Arkansas River from 1833 to 1849.
Map of the Mexican cession, with the white representing the territory the United States received from Mexico. Well over half of Colorado was received during this treaty.
The Anasazi Heritage Center in Dolores
The territories of New Mexico, Utah, Kansas, and Nebraska before the creation of the Territory of Colorado
Mount of the Holy Cross was photographed by William Henry Jackson in 1874
Saloon in Blackhawk, 1897
The Georgetown Loop of the Colorado Central Railroad as photographed by William Henry Jackson in 1899
Steam engine on the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
Seal of Colorado illustration, 1908