On August 2, 1876, 28 days after the Centennial of the United States, US President Ulysses S Grant signed a proclamation admitting the State of Colorado to the Union as the 38th State and earning it the nickname - Centennial State.
Colorado became a US state in 1876, when the US was celebrating its Centennial as a nation. The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776.
Because when America was celebrating the centennial in 1876, Colorado became a state
Because it entered the Union in 1876, 100 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Colorado became a state in 1876. In that year, America was celebrating its centennial (or its 100th birthday) and Colorado was the only state to officially become a state in that year
It is the Cetenennial State or Colorful Colorado.
Colorado was called The Colorado Territory.
Colorado's state flag does not have a name it is just called Colorado's state flag.
Colorado's official nickname is the "Centennial State". Colorado was admitted to the Union in 1876, one hundred years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Colorado's state flower is called the Rocky Mountain Columbine.
Denver, Colorado.
Colorado is the name of a state.Also:There is a city called Colorado City in Texas.There is a town called Colorado City in Arizona.The Colorado City in Colorado (the state) is called a Census Designated Place (CDP) meaning it has no status of local government but enough people there to be recognized as a place by the census bureau as of the last census.
Colorado became the 38th US State on 1 August 1876. That's why it's called the Centennial State.
Because it became a state in 1876, the centennial, or 100th birthday of America (1776-1876)
The Centennial State.
Colorado is a state in western USA
Colorado is known as the Colorful State because of its magnificent scenery of mountains, rivers, and plains.