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In 1976 when it celebrated its centennial, everything was headed for Colorado
When the nation’s 200th birthday arrived in 1976, everything was headed for the Centennial State. Colorado had captured the nation’s imagination. On the radio, John Denver serenaded endlessly about a place so pretty, you could get high just looking at it. Everything was coming to Colorado — including people. The population living way out in…