CRIPPLE CREEK -Groucho Marx was stranded with a theatrical company and worked delivering groceries here. Jack Dempsey fought his first fight in the Gold Coin Club in nearby Victor

STATE CAPITOL -13th step of the building is precisely 1 mile above sea level therefor Denver is called the "Mile High City"

TRAIL RIDGE ROAD -in Rocky Mountain National Park, is the highest continuous highway in the world above 12,000 feet

COLORADO RIVER -originates in Rocky Mountain National Park

LEADVILLE -Little Johnny Mine, source for the famous Molly Brown fortune

LEADVILLE -highest incorporated city in the nation at 10,188 feet

HIGHEST POINT -Mount Elbert, 14,433 feet

LOWEST POINT -Arkansas Valley, 3,350 feet

ASPEN -first commercial ski resort in Colorado, 1930

CARNATIONS -originated in experimental greenhouses in Denver, shipped to the coronation of King George VI in 1937

FIRST TELEGRAPH LINE -Denver to eastern US in 1863

WILDLIFE -over 900 species found in Colorado

BIRDS -there are over 440 species of birds in Colorado

FRASER -often called the coldest town in the nation, referred to as "Freezin' Fraser"

LONGEST CONTINUOUS STREET -in the US, Colfax Avenue, Denver

BLACK CANYON -of the Gunnison is narrower but deeper than the Grand Canyon

HIGHEST MOUNTAIN PASS -in Colorado is Independence Pass at 12,095 feet

HUMMINGBIRD CAPITOL OF THE WORLD -Empire, Colorado

HUMMINGBIRDS -there are 7 species located in Colorado

ASPEN TREES -belong to the Poplar family of trees, and are nicknamed "quakies" because of the sound producted as the wind blows through them

FIRST ELECTRIC LIGHTS -Aspen

ROCKY MOUNTAIN OYSTERS -fried bull testicles

PYRITE -fool's gold

ZINC -3rd most producted ore in Colorado, after gold and silver

WELLS FARGO -first run to Denver, 1865

DOC HOLLIDAY -"Leadville has ten months of winter and two months of late fall"

FIRST WHITE MAN -in Colorado, Coronado, Spanish conquistador

BAT MASTERSON -hired in Silverton to bring law and order to this wide open town during the early days

BUTCH CASSIDY -robbed the Telluride Bank in 1889, escaping with $30,000.

SHERIDAN OPERA HOUSE -in Telluride featured such stars as Lillian Russell and Sarah Bernhardt

TOM MIX -western movie star got his start in Canon City in 1910

STATE PENITENTIARY -located in Canon City since 1870

BENTS FORT -first permanent settlement in Colorado, 1833

ICE CREAM SODA -invented by O.P. Batter in 1871, Denver

CHEESEBURGER -Louis Ballast grilled the first cheeseburger at his Denver drive-in restaurant in 1944

FIRST LICENSE PLATE -in the US, Denver, 1908

...more to be added later!