In many industries, companies are leading Colorado. The most important sectors of agriculture, industry zozyaystvennoy state can be called dairy cattle breeding and sheep breeding. Drainage projects have allowed the State of Colorado farmers have successfully engaged in the cultivation of potatoes, corn and sugar beet. In the areas of the former dry desert prairie now has endless fields of corn.

One of the most important sectors of the state economy is the mining industry. In 1850 there was the first "mining boom" in Colorado.

Stories times gold and silver rush in Colorado, originating from 1850, is transmitted as a legend. Such well-known musicals as comedy "Unsinkable Molly Brown" (The Unsinkable Molly Brown) and the opera "The Ballad of toddlers to" (The Ballad of Baby Doe) describe well the events in Colorado during the "mining boom".

In the mines of Colorado and now mine gold and silver. But now the most important object of the mining industry is the state oil and - the production of gasoline.

Mint in Denver

Colorado - the leading US state for the extraction of molybdenum and steel production. One of the "mints" of the United States located in the capital of Colorado, Denver.

The owner of more than a third of the land is the state of Colorado. The US government controls the use of these areas for grazing and mining.

The government is also a major customer of Colorado companies involved in instrument making industry for space research. Near the city of Colorado Springs Air Force Academy is located, the headquarters of which is located at the foot of Shaen and financial center - in the state capital, Denver.

In Spanish, the word "colorado" means "painted red". This name was originally given to the Colorado River, which flows through a canyon into the rocks, stones which have a reddish tint. The state was named after the river. Otherwise, Colorado is also called "State of the Century" (Centennial State), since Colorado entered the Union in the United States in 1876 - in the year of the centenary of the famous Declaration of Independence. The largest city in the state - its capital city of Denver.