Colorado

Colorado is a state of the United States encompassing most of the southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains. It is the 8th largest geographically and 21st most populous U.S. state. The estimated population of Colorado was 5,540,545 on July 1, 2016, an increase of 10.17% since the 2010 United States Census.

The state was named for the Colorado River, which Spanish travelers named the Río Colorado for the ruddy silt the river carried from the mountains. The Territory of Colorado was organized on February 28, 1861, and on August 1, 1876, U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signed Proclamation 230 admitting Colorado to the Union as the 38th state. Colorado is nicknamed the "Centennial State" because it became a state a century after the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

Colorado is bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas to the east, Oklahoma to the southeast, New Mexico to the south, Utah to the west, and touches Arizona to the southwest at the Four Corners. Colorado is noted for its vivid landscape of mountains, forests, high plains, mesas, canyons, plateaus, rivers, and desert lands. Colorado is part of the western or southwestern United States, and one of the Mountain States.

Key Places

 * Colorado Springs - Home of J.B. Balmer and Maria Gonzales after their retirement from the Organization of Secret Affairs in 1980.

Residents

 * J.B. Balmer (1908-2002) - J.B. Balmer moved to Colorado Springs after retiring from the Organization of Secret Affairs.
 * Maria Gonzales (1910-2006) - The wife of J.B. Balmer. She moved to Colorado Springs after retiring from the Organization of Secret Affairs.

Notable Events

 * January 3, 1980 - J.B. Balmer and Maria Gonzales move to Colorado Springs after retiring from the Organization of Secret Affairs.
 * March 17, 2002 - J.B. Balmer dies in Colorado Springs at the age of 93.