Colorado contains 75% of the land area of the U.S. with an altitude over 10,000 feet.
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Fountain, Colorado has the distinction of being the United States' millennium city because it best symbolizes the overall composition of America. Fountain is the most accurate representation of the American "melting pot." Fountain was chosen after a Queen
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Boulder is home to the University of Colorado, which has 15 alumni who have become astronauts in NASA's space program.