Colorado is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains. Colorado is the eighth most extensive and 21st most populous U.S. state.
Colorado is bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas to the east, Oklahoma to the southeast, New Mexico to the south, Utah to the west, and touches Arizona to the southwest at the Four Corners. Colorado is noted for its landscape of mountains, forests, high plains, mesas, canyons, plateaus, rivers, and desert lands. Colorado is one of the Mountain States and is often considered to be part of the southwestern United States. The high plains of Colorado may be considered a part of the midwestern United States.
Denver is the capital, the most populous city, and the center of the Front Range Urban Corridor. Colorado Springs is the second most populous city. Residents of the state are known as Coloradans.
These wonderful photos were found by Dean Avants that show what Colorado looked like in the mid-1950s.
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| The Glory Hole Tavern, Central City, Colorado, circa 1953 |
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| "Fairplay - Home Of Prunes The Burro" sign, Colorado, circa 1954 |
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| "Gold King Mine" road sign, Cripple Creek, Colorado, circa 1954 |
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| Colorado, circa 1954 |
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| Cripple Creek road sign, Colorado, circa 1954 |
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| Elks Opera House, Leadville, Colorado, circa 1954 |
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| Lady posing by wagon, Cripple Creek, Colorado, circa 1954 |
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| Leadville, Colorado, 1954 |
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| Man standing at Pikes Peak summit, Colorado, circa 1954 |
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| Manitou & Pikes Peak locomotive, Colorado, circa 1954 |
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| Old houses in Colorado, most likely Leadville, 1954 |
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| Sheldon Jackson Memorial Chapel, Fairplay, Colorado, circa 1954 |
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| St George's Episcopal Church, Leadville, Colorado, 1954 |
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| Twin sisters in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado, circa 1954 |
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| Two ladies at Garden of the Gods, Colorado, circa 1954 |
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| 4th of July Parade, Cripple Creek, Colorado, 1956 |
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| "Black Canyon Monument" sign, Colorado, circa 1955 |
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| Cave Of The Winds, Colorado, circa 1955 |
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| Central City, Colorado, circa 1955 |
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| Durango to Silverton passenger train, Colorado, 1955 |
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| Equatorial Sundial, Denver, Colorado, circa 1955 |
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| Ghost Town, Silverton, Colorado, 1955 |
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| Man with horses, Colorado, 1955 |
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| Middleton, Colorado, circa 1955 |
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| Red Ash's Saloon, Silverton, Colorado, 1955 |
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| The Gilpin Hotel, Central City, Colorado, circa 1955 |
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| Woman posing, Colorado, 1955 |
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| Bob Womack Cripple Creek tours, Colorado, July 4, 1956 |
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| Cloud City Lounge, Leadville, Colorado, 1956 |
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| Cripple Creek Melodrama, Colorado, 4th of July parade, 1956 |
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| Crystal Palace Hotel, Leadville, Colorado, 1956 |
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| Elk Mountain Lodge, Crested Butte, Colorado, 1956 |
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| St James Hotel Bar Grill, Leadville, Colorado, 1956 |
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| Town Hall, Crested Butte, Colorado, 1956 |
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| Ye Olde Carriage House, Leadville, Colorado, 1956 |
