1876 - Colorado became a state

Colorado joined the union on August 1, 1876, as the 38th state. It is America’s eighth-largest state in terms of landmass. Located in the Rocky Mountain region of the western United States the state’s abundant and varied natural resources attracted the Indiginous Peoples. First explored by Europeans in the late 1500s. The Spanish explorers referred to the region as “Colorado” I reference to some of its red soil. The area was ceded to the United States in 1848 with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago that ended the Mexican-American war of 1846-1848.