COLORADO. Kol-o-rah´do.
"Centennial State."

Part of Louisiana purchase of 1803. First explored by Vasquez Coronado under the Spanish, 1540. First expedition sent out by United States Government, under Major Pike, 1806; a second under command of Col. S.H. Long, 1820, and in 1842-44, Gen. John C. Fremont made his celebrated trip across the Rocky Mountains. First settlements made by miners, 1858-9; formed from parts of Kansas, Nebraska, Utah and New Mexico; organized as a Territory, February, 1851; admitted August 1, 1876.

Area, 103,925 square miles; length, 380 miles; breadth, 280 miles; principal rivers, North and South Platte, Arkansas, Snake, White and Green. Number counties, 40. Temperature at Denver: winter, 25° to 37°; summer, 72° to 74°. Rainfall of the State from 15 to 20 inches, falling mostly between May and July.

Five United States land districts, with offices at Denver, Pueblo, Fairplay, Lake City and Central City. Denver, capital and metropolis, and contains assay office; pop., 54,308; Leadville, 10,925; Silver Cliffs, 900; Colorado Springs, 4,563. State University at Boulder; Agricultural College at Fort Collins; School of Mines at Golden City.

Richest State in the Union in mineral productions, ranking first in silver, and fourth in gold.

Salaries of State Officers.
Governor $5,000
Lieut. Gov. 1,000
Sec'y of State 3,000
Treasurer 3,000
Auditor 2,500
Attorney Gen. 2,000
Chief Justice 5,000
2 Asso. Justices 5,000
Senators,
Representatives

 $4 pr. day
mileage 15 cents.
District Judge 3,500
Col. Int. Rev. 2,875
Surveyor Gen. 2,500
Ute Indian Agt. 1,400
DENVER MINT.
Assay'r in Chg. $2,500

Presidential P. O.
Boulder $1,900
Canon City 1,600
Central City 1,700
Colorado Spgs. 2,400
Denver 3,400
Durango 1,700
Fort Collins 1,700
Georgetown 1,700
Golden 1,600
Greeley 1,800
Gunnison 1,900
Leadville 2,800
Pueblo 2,400
Salida 1,600
Silverton 1,800
South Pueblo 2,200
Trinidad 1,800
17 Offices 1,600 to 1,000

Corn crop, 1884, 710,000 bushels; wheat, 2,348,000 bushels; oats, 1,516,000 bushels; 1,209,000 bushels produced 1883, the yield being 29.3 bushels per acre; hay, 114,505 tons, valued at $1,545,818. Cattle raising a safe and profitable business; sheep husbandry still more profitable; latest reported estimate gives 815,674 cattle, 1,248,360 sheep and 12,342 swine.

Population, 243,910: male, 144,781; female, 99,129: native, 192,568; foreign, 51,342: white, 239,585; colored, 3,262; Chinese, 861; Indians, 202.

State, congressional and presidential elections, Tuesday after first Monday in November; number Senators, 26: Representatives, 49; sessions biennial, in odd-numbered years, meeting first Monday in January; limit of session, 40 days; term of Senators, 4 years; of Representatives, 2 years.