Colorado is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States. Colorado entered statehood in 1876 and was nicknamed the “Centennial State”. It is bordered to the north by Wyoming, to the south by New Mexico and Oklahoma, at the southwest corner by Arizona, to the east by Nebraska and Kansas and to the west by Utah.
The state is well known for its magnificent scenery of mountains, rivers, lakes, and plains. Denver is the capital of Colorado and the state's most populous city.
Colorado was important, although not overly so, to the United States. Former PresidentAbraham Lincoln found a receptive audience of miners in Denver in 1881. During the Second Great War, Colorado was an important stop for cross-country travel. Chester Martin made several stops in Colorado cities as he was moved to the front lines.
When Mormon radicals launched an uprising against the U.S. during the Second Great War, the moderate president of the Church, Heber Young, set up a government-in-exile in Colorado.
Colorado was badly hit when the Yellowstone Supervolcano erupted due to falling ash.[1]Denver eventually was evacuated but the loss of life was in the hundreds of thousands.[2] Areas further east and south were hanging in but barely.
Colorado was critical to the United States efforts against the Race's Conquest Fleet as Denver was the center of the American atomic bomb program. Colorado became a major battleground when the Race launched an offensive to capture Denver in 1944. The United States Army used a nuclear weapon to stop the advance just east of the city. In retaliation, the Race bombed the American front lines in Florida.
In the aftermath of the Krolp invasion, Colorado became the center of the rump United States. Grand Junction became the de facto national capital. When the U.S. launched its failed uprising to prevent the Krolp from stripmining in Utah, the center of government was briefly transferred to Craig, Colorado.
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