Personal blog about states
Where the Columbines Grow
A.J. Fynn
” Rocky Mountain High ” is primarily inspired by John Denver’s move to Aspen, Colorado three years before its writing and his love for the state.
Colorado is noted for its vivid landscape of mountains, forests, high plains, mesas, canyons, plateaus, rivers and desert lands. Colorado is one of the Mountain States and is a part of the western and southwestern United States. Denver is the capital and most populous city in Colorado.
Other well-known state songs include ” Yankee Doodle “, “You Are My Sunshine”, “Rocky Top”, and “Home on the Range”; a number of others are popular standards, including “Oklahoma” (from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical), Hoagy Carmichael’s “Georgia on My Mind”, “Tennessee Waltz”, “Missouri Waltz”, and “On the Banks of
Take Me Home Country Roads
Colorado blue columbine
Col·um·bine | ˈkä-ləm-ˌbīn , -ˌbēn Definition of Columbine (Entry 2 of 2) : the saucy sweetheart of Harlequin in comedy and pantomime.
Igneous rock Sedimentary rock Metamorphic rock
John Denver
Joe K. Walsh
Colorado . People who live in Colorado are called Coloradans and Coloradoans.
Aspen
Famous Coloradans Tim Allen actor, Denver. Zachery Ty Bryan actor, Aurora. M. Scott Carpenter astronaut, Boulder. Lon Chaney actor, Colorado Springs. William Harrison (Jack) Dempsey boxer, Manassa. Ralph Edwards entertainer, Merino. Douglas Fairbanks actor, Denver. Eugene Fodor violinist, Turkey Creek.