Travel Bug Dog Tag STATE OF COLORADO Travel Bug

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Released:
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Origin:
South Carolina, United States
Recently Spotted:
In Don't Jump Around!

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Current Goal

To travel to the state I represent and then to visit as many caches in that state. ... This started its travel in Pawleys Island SC, USA..

About This Item

Colorado State Seal

Capital: Denver

Organized as territory: Feb. 28, 1861

Entered Union: Aug. 1, 1876 (38)

Present constitution adopted: 1876

Motto: Nil sine Numine (Nothing without Providence)

State symbols:

flower Rocky Mountain columbine (1899)
tree Colorado blue spruce (1939)
bird lark bunting (1931)
animal Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (1961)
gemstone aquamarine (1971)
colors blue and white (1911)
song “Where the Columbines Grow” (1915)
fossil stegosaurus (1991)

Nickname: Centennial State

Origin of name: From the Spanish, “ruddy” or “red”

irst visited by Spanish explorers in the 1500s, the territory was claimed for Spain by Juan de Ulibarri in 1706. The U.S. obtained eastern Colorado as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the central portion in 1845 with the admission of Texas as a state, and the western part in 1848 as a result of the Mexican War.

Colorado has the highest mean elevation of any state, with more than 1,000 Rocky Mountain peaks over 10,000 ft high and 54 towering above 14,000 ft. Pikes Peak, the most famous of these mountains, was discovered by U.S. Army lieutenant Zebulon M. Pike in 1806.

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Tracking History (2562.6mi) View Map

Dropped Off 11/22/2011 wagnwheels placed it in Don't Jump Around! Arizona - 864.86 miles  Visit Log
Visited 11/6/2011 wagnwheels took it to Where the Hell Am I? Texas - .56 miles  Visit Log
Visited 11/2/2011 wagnwheels took it to BRB: Door Prize! Texas - 69.91 miles  Visit Log
Visited 11/2/2011 wagnwheels took it to BRB: Gap Texas - 69.92 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 10/15/2011 wagnwheels retrieved it from FP Series #617 - Julie Cooper Texas   Visit Log

Square dancing..and doing a bit of caching in Paris..our first Multi
Got our 500th cache at the Eiffle Tower this weekend...So several firsts
But I digress..Will be taking this TB to AZ so will either drop him there or when we go thru NM....Help hinm see as many states as we can
God Speed..and Luck to all who find him
Dropped Off 10/1/2011 perkyflem placed it in FP Series #617 - Julie Cooper Texas - 31.86 miles  Visit Log
  • State of Colorado TB Placed in FPSeries #617-Julie Cooper
Retrieve It from a Cache 9/8/2011 perkyflem retrieved it from FP Series #556 - Don Henley Texas   Visit Log

Wish we could take TB to Colorado. It sure would be nice this time of year. Guess I'll just have to head it in that direction.
Dropped Off 8/20/2011 MCcbMavericks placed it in FP Series #556 - Don Henley Texas - 283.87 miles  Visit Log
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 8/13/2011 MCcbMavericks grabbed it   Visit Log

We found this and took it from a cache while we were in Louisiana for a baseball tournament. It's now in Texas and we will move it along.
Retrieve It from a Cache 7/3/2010 BOYSIMON2 retrieved it from Llama, Llama Camo Pajamas Texas   Visit Log

Found it! No Llamas though - just lots of bugs. Did see nice couple mowing their ranch across the road. Will try to get it closer to it's destination!
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