Capital: DenverState Facts and Symbols
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
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Flower: Rocky Mountain Columbine
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State Capitol Building:
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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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