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Colorado is known for its mountainous landscapes and natural beauty, but has also generated a host of weird and wacky trivia. This collection runs the trivia trail from Akron to Yuma in its quest for the oddities and occasions that make Colorado so special:
Colorado's capital lays claim to the invention of the cheeseburger. Denverite Louis Ballast acquired the trademark for the name "cheeseburger" in 1936.
The Centennial State has the highest mean altitude in the U.S.
Loveland is home to the Valentine Re-mailing Program, where hundreds of thousands of love letters are stamped with romantic prose before being directed on to their intended recipients
Colorado's southwest corner borders Arizona, New Mexico and Utah and it is the only place in America where the corners of four states meet
Beat poet Allen Ginsberg co-founded the Naropa Institute's Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics in Boulder in 1969
Mike the Headless Chicken Day is celebrated in the town of Fruita each year to remember the rooster that lived without a head for 18 months
Funnymen Tim Allen and Bill Murray were both born in Colorado, as was not-so-funnyman John Kerry.
And so much more…
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$18.95 
$14.95 |
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| Format: |
Paperback |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-897278-45-1 |
| ISBN-10: |
1-897278-45-4 |
| Page Count: |
224 |
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5.25" x 8.25" |
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