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the state began, and has gone on steadily ever 

 since. 



Labor Troubles. These have constituted one 

 of the serious questions which Colorado has 

 had to face. In 1894, 1896 and 1904 strikes 

 occurred among the metal miners, that of 1904 

 being particularly critical and resulting in con- 

 siderable loss of life. Late in 1913 another 

 strike began, this time among the coal-miners, 

 which had very serious consequences. Recog- 

 nition of their union, a ten-per-cent advance 

 in wages, and an eight-hour day for all mine- 

 workers were the demands made by the miners, 

 with special emphasis on the first. The strug- 

 gle became very bitter. Actual battles took 

 place between the strikers, who had set up 

 their camps close to the mines in order that 

 they might intercept strike breakers, and the 

 hired guards stationed by the operators; a 

 number of men, as well as women and children, 

 lost their lives. At length, when it became 

 evident that the local authorities could not 

 control the disorder, President Wilson ' sent 

 Federal troops to the state on April 28, 1914. 

 Gradually order was reestablished, and in De- 

 cember, 1914, the strike came to an end and 

 the miners went back to work without having 

 gained their point. It was not until the be- 

 ginning of 1915, however, that the Federal 

 troops were withdrawn. 



Other Items of Interest. The blue spruce, 

 which grows everywhere in the Colorado 

 Rockies, has been chosen as the state tree. 



Government statistics indicated that in 1916 

 Colorado placed on the market one-third of 

 the national output of beet sugar, the total 

 product of the state being valued at $50,000,000. 



In 1858 a group of miners built for them- 

 selves near the foot of the Rockies some rude 

 cabins of cottonwood logs. This was the begin- 

 ning of Denver. 



The first year of prohibition in Colorado 

 showed a marked increase in the prosperity of 

 the state. Fewer mortgages were foreclosed 

 and larger bank deposits were made than ever 

 before in a like period. 



One of the most beautiful of the mountain 

 "parks" of Colorado is Estes Park, a favorite 

 resort site which is rendered picturesque by the 

 Big Thompson Creek. 



At Morrison, a village not far from Denver, 

 was excavated the skeleton of a prehistoric 

 reptile, or dinosaur, eighty feet in length. 



At Cripple Creek, over nine thousand feet 

 above sea level, the temperature falls to the 

 freezing point nearly every night in July. 



Such names as Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Manitou, 

 Kiowa, Ouray, Saguache and Yampa are remi- 

 niscent of the time, little more than a genera- 

 tion ago, when Indians in great number roamed 

 the prairies and the mountain country of 

 Colorado. 



One of the most famous peaks in the state 

 is the Mount of the Holy Cross. High on its 

 side two deep gullies cut each other at right 

 angles, and as these are always filled with snow 

 they make a very distinct and well-propor- 

 tioned white cross. 



There are within the state at least fifteen 

 mountain passes in common use which are 

 over 10,000 feet above sea level. M.C.C.B. 



Consult annual reports of the United States 

 Geological Survey, published by the Federal 

 government. 



Related Subjects. The following articles in 

 these volumes will make clearer certain phases 

 of the .geography and the industrial life of Colo- 

 rado : 



CITIES AND TOWNS 



Boulder Fort Collins 



Colorado Springs Greeley 



Cripple Creek Pueblo 



Denver Trinidad 



EDUCATION 



Colorado, University of Denver, University of 



LEADING PRODUCTS 



Alfalfa Radium 



Beet Sheep 



Cattle Silver 



Coal Sugar 



Gold Tungsten 



Lead Uranium 



Muskmelon Wheat 



Potato Zinc 



MOUNTAINS 



Pike's Peak Rocky Mountains 



RIVERS 



Arkansas Rio Grande 



Platte 



SCENIC FEATURES 



Garden of the Gods Royal Gorge 

 Parks, National 



UNCLASSIFIED 



Columbine Pike, Zebulon 



Mesa 



COLORADO, kolorah'do, UNIVERSITY OF, a 

 coeducational state university, located at 

 Boulder. It was incorporated by the legislature 

 of Colorado Territory in 1861, and in 1877, the 

 year after Colorado became a state, was for- 

 mally opened on its present basis. The uni- 

 versity now comprises the colleges of liberal 

 arts, engineering and pharmacy, the graduate 

 school, the schools of medicine and law, the 

 colleges of commerce and education, the school 

 of social and home service, the summer session 



