Colorado Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
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About Colorado
Composer Igor Stravinsky once rode a ski lift in Aspen in the summertime, while Prospector Alferd Packer dined on human flesh nearLake City. Inventor Nikola Tesla created artificial lightning hundreds of feet long in Colorado Springs, and Writer Oscar Wilde attended a fancy dinner party at the bottom of aLeadvillesilver mine. Outlaw Butch Cassidy robbed the bank inTelluride, while Lawman Doc Holliday and Showman Buffalo Bill were buried inGlenwood Springsand Denver, respectively. All are part of the quirky and sometimes colorful history of Colorado. Around 15,000 years ago, Native Americans migrated to Colorado, a nomadic group of hunter-gatherers distributed on the plains as well as the western plateaus. The first agricultural communities appeared on theEastern Plainsapproximately 5,000 y
Top Attractions in Colorado
Explore the best things to see and do in Colorado:
- ★Air Force Academy Chapel
- ★Amache National Historic Site
- ★Arapaho National Recreation Area
- ★Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area
- ★Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
- ★Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
- ★Browns Canyon National Monument
- ★Buffalo Bill Museum And Grave
Colorado Travel Guide Sections
Our comprehensive guide covers 14 sections including: