State Facts and Symbols
Capital: Denver
Size: 104,100 square mile
Population: 3,970,971
Natural Resources: mine coal, gold, oil, uranium, natural gas
Crops: beans, sugar, beets, peaches
Fish: Greenback Cutthroat Trout
Folk Dance: square dance
State Nickname: Highest State
Bird: Lark Bunting

 

Tree: Blue Spruce

 

Flower: Rocky Mountain Columbine

 

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Animal: Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep
Fossil: Stegosaurus
Grass: Blue Grama
Insect: Hair Streak Butterfly
Song: "Where the Columbines Grow"
 
 

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