Colorado

Colorado, also known as The Centennial State, is a state in the southwestern region of the United States encompassing most of the southern Rocky Mountains and the 21st most populous state in the country.

The state's most populous city and capital is Denver. Colorado is borded to the north by Wyoming, to the northeast by Nebraska, to the east by Kansas, to the southeast Oklahoma, to the south by New Mexico, to the west by Utah, and to the southwest, it touches Arizona at the Four Corners.

The nickname for Colorado is the "Centennial State" because a state a century after the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence. The state was named after the Colorado River, which Spanish travelers (the Conquistadors) named the Rio Colorado for the ruddy silt the river carried from the Rockies.

Points of Interest

 * Colorado Springs, Colorado
 * Gunnison, Colorado

Films that take place in Colorado

 * Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
 * Day of the Dead (2008)
 * Misery
 * The Shining

Characters from Colorado

 * Danny Torrance
 * Jack Torrance
 * Richard "Ricky" Howard
 * Timothy "Tim" O´Brian
 * Wendy Torrance

People from Colorado

 * Brad Dourif
 * Lon Chaney, Sr.