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Adding historical data, statistics, information on statehood, and references.
Water boils at only 203 degrees F, compared to 212 degrees at sea level. Because of this, cooks need to adjust their recipes and follow high-altitude cooking instructions. Anything cooked by boiling, for example, will need to be boiled a little longer at high altitudes.
Water boils at only 203 degrees F, compared to 212 degrees at sea level. Because of this, cooks need to adjust their recipes and follow high-altitude cooking instructions. Anything cooked by boiling, for example, will need to be boiled a little longer at high altitudes.
== History ==
The [[Native American]] (Indian) groups indigenous to Colorado were the Anasazi and Utes who lived in the mountainous regions, and several tribes who lived in the flatlands and near the rivers at various times including the [[Cheyenne]], [[Arapaho]], [[Kiowa]], [[Comanche]], [[Pawnee]] and [[Sioux]]. <ref> http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/history/histfaqs.htm </ref>
It is believed that the Spanish explorer [[Francisco Coronado]] was the first European on record to have entered the land that is now Colorado. <ref> http://www.colorado.gov/ </ref> The Spanish called the area Colorado because of its red colored earth.
The United States acquired land including part of what is now Colorado in 1803 through the [[Louisiana Purchase]]. In 1848 through the [[Treaty of Hidalgo]], [[Mexico]] ceded to the United States more land that is now part of Colorado, and the Federal Government purchased the remainder of it in 1850. Before gaining statehood, Colorado was part of the [[Nebraska]], [[Utah]], [[Kansas]], and [[New Mexico]] Territories, and in 1861 [[Congress]] created the Territory of Colorado. The state now encompasses 104,247 square miles.
The state is bordered by [[Wyoming]], [[Nebraska]], [[Kansas]], [[Oklahoma]], [[New Mexico]], and [[Utah]]. [[Denver]] is the State capital and the largest city. The population of Colorado is approximately 4,750,000.
Colorado was the 38th state to join the Union on August 1, 1876, when President [[Ulysses S. Grant]] issued a [[proclamation]] of statehood. <ref> http://www.colorado.gov/ </ref>
[[Tom Tancredo]], a US Representative who has made a name for himself for his staunch opposition to illegal immigration, represents Colorado's 6th Congressional District.
[[Tom Tancredo]], a US Representative who has made a name for himself for his staunch opposition to illegal immigration, represents Colorado's 6th Congressional District.
==References==
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[[Category:US state]]
[[Category:US state]]