In 1870, the Kansas Pacific Railway laid 10 miles of rail in Colorado, the longest segment of track ever built in one day.The Colorado motto, “Nil Sine Numine,” is a Latin phrase meaning “Nothing without Providence.îWhen Colorado first attempted to join the Union, it received a veto from President Andrew Johnson.When Coronado sought the Seven Golden Cities in the West, he sent a group of 15 men into southern Colorado, where they would eventually die from†exhaustion.http://onlyinyourstate.com/colorado/random-co-history-facts/
