List of Colorado state symbols
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The following is a list of symbols of the U.S. State of Colorado.
Contents
State insignia
Type | Symbol | Image | Adopted |
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Flag | Flag of the State of Colorado[1] | 1911-06-05 SB 118-1911 1929-02-28 SB 152-1929 1964-03-31 |
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Motto | Nil sine numine[2] (Latin: Nothing without providence) |
NIL SINE NVMINE |
1861-11-06 1876-11-06 CRS 24-80-901[3] |
Nickname | Centennial State[4] | The Centennial State |
Statehood[5] 1876-08-01 |
Seal | Seal of the State of Colorado[6] | 1861-11-06 1877-03-15 CRS 24-80-901[3] |
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Slogan | Colorful Colorado[4] | 240px | 1950 unofficial |
Living symbols
Type | Symbol | Image | Adopted |
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Amphibian | Western tiger salamander[7] Ambystoma mavortium |
240px | 2012-03-16 HB12-1147 |
Bird | Lark bunting[8] Calamospiza melanocorys |
1931-04-29 HB 222-1931 CRS 24-80-910[3] |
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Cactus | Claret cup cactus[9] Echinocereus triglochidiatus |
2014-03-07 HB14-1024 |
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Fish | Greenback cutthroat trout[10] Oncorhynchus clarki stomias |
1994-03-15 HB 1164-1994 CRS 24-80-911.5[3] |
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Flower | Rocky Mountain columbine[11] Aquilegia caerulea |
1899-04-04 SB 261-1899 CRS 24-80-905[3] |
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Grass | Blue grama grass[12] Bouteloua gracilis |
1987-05-20 SJR13-1987 |
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Insect | Colorado hairstreak butterfly[13] Hypaurotis crysalus |
1996-04-17 SB 122-1996 CRS 24-80-913[3] |
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Mammal | Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep[14] Ovis canadensis canadensis |
1961-05-01 SB 294-1961 CRS 24-80-911[3] |
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Pets | Colorado shelter pets[15] Canis lupus familiaris & Felis catus |
2013-05-13 SB13-201 |
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Reptile | Western painted turtle[16] Chrysemys picta bellii |
2008-03-18 HB08-1017 |
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Tree | Colorado blue spruce[17] Picea pungens |
1939-03-07 HJR 7-1939 |
Earth symbols
Type | Symbol | Image | Adopted |
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Fossil | Stegosaurus[18] Stegosaurus armatus |
1982-04-28 Executive Order |
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Gemstone | Aquamarine[19] | 1971-04-30 HB 1104-1971 CRS 24-80-912[3] |
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Mineral | Rhodochrosite[20] | 2002-04-17 CRS 24-80-912.5[3] |
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Rock | Yule Marble[21] | 2004-03-09 HB04-1023 CRS 24-80-912.7[3] |
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Soil | Seitz soil[22] | USDA |
Cultural symbols
Type | Symbol | Image | Adopted |
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Folk dance | Square dance[23] | 1992-03-16 HB 1058-1992 CRS 24-80-909.5[3] |
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Songs | "Where the Columbines Grow"[24] | 1915-05-08 SB 308-1915 CRS 24-80-909[3] |
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"Rocky Mountain High"[24] | 2007-03-12 SJR07-023 CRS 24-80-909[3] |
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Sport | Pack Burro Racing[25] | 2012-05-08 HJR12-1021 |
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Tartan | Colorado State Tartan[26] | 1997-03-03 HJR97-1016 |
Highway route markers
Motor vehicle license plates
Type | Symbol | Image | Adopted |
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License plate | Colorado passenger automobile registration plate[28] | 1913 1999 Colorado Department of Revenue |
Type | Symbol | Image | Commissioned |
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Submarine | USS Colorado (SSN-788)[29] | To be commissioned 2017 United States Navy |
United States coin
Type | Symbol | Image | Coined |
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Quarter dollar | Colorado quarter dollar coin 2006[30] | 2006 United States Mint |
See also
References
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