About Colorado
Before Colorado's statehood was established on August 1, 1876, many Plains Native Americans lived on the region's eastern plains and followed buffalo herds. However, in 1858, gold was discovered in the Rocky Mountains, and a flux of settlers eventually forced the indigenous tribal people onto reservations. Mesa Verde National Park is one small reminder of some of the land's original inhabitants, preserving ancestral Pueblo cliff dwellings in Colorado's southwest corner.
"An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind." ~*~ Mohandas Gandhi
"If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other." ~*~ Mother Teresa
"Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves." ~*~ William Hazlitt