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Colorado Capitol's $17 million rehab unveils results - The Denver Post  Dec 26, 2013 ... By the weekend, the gold of the Colorado Capitol should be glimmering once ... The dome was completed in 1898 and for the first 10 years was covered in copper, ... The 65 ounces used for the current gild came from Cripple Creek & Victor Gold ... was shipped off to Florence, Italy, and milled into gold leaf.
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Jeopary Questions page 1933 - LITERATURE - TriviaBistro.com  U.S. STATES: Iowa's capitol building in this city has 5 domes & one of them is covered .... This Colorado city's capitol dome is covered with 47 ounces of gold leaf.
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Georgia State Capitol | New Georgia Encyclopedia  Jul 28, 2005 ... SecondThe City of Atlanta will build for the State of Georgia on the location .... ounces of gold estimated to be necessary for covering the dome. ... states have capitol domes covered with gold leaf: Colorado, Connecticut,...
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JEOPARDY JANUARY 20, 1997 SpeedMatch Review Game  This capital was founded in 1851 as Eagle Station, a stop for wagons crossing the ... This Colorado city's capitol dome is covered with 47 ounces of gold leaf.
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Fabulous-Treasures-of-the-US-state-capitols  They used 20 ounces of gold for the project (donated by people from around the state). ... Since 1958, they've had to re-gild the dome two more times, as the gold leaf is ... the dome of the Massachusetts state capitol was originally covered with ... the Colorado capitol dome was first gilded, they used ten times as much gold...
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The Bloom Is Off the Poppy This Year - latimes  Apr 18, 1996 ... Due to a warm winter, visitors will find few flowers at the California Reserve in the Antelope Valley. ... I've been here 22 years and I've never seen anything like this. ... The Spanish called the plant copa de oro, or cup of gold.
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State Capitol - Iowa Publications Online  The commission bemoaned that it could not have had another $30,000 to finish the frescoes and ... In 1902, in order to modernize and repair the building, a third Capitol commission was created. ... This is constructed of steel and stone and covered with 23 carat gold. ... The rotunda beneath the dome is 67 feet in diameter.
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The Australian-American Memorial - VisitCanberra  This memorial is a 73-metre column topped with an 11-metre eagle and sphere. Located in ... Russell, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, 2600.
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CrosswordHunter - shoot the word!  City on the Roaring Fork River  Fluttering ... ski city  Tree with quaking leaves ... Ski resort in Colorado ... Name associated with trees and skis ... Popular poplar.
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History of Golden | City of Golden, Colorado  Golden came to be known as the Lowell of the West for its vigorous industrial growth. In the 1870s, Golden boasted five smelters running at once, four flour mills, and ... In 1873, Adolph Coors opened a brewery in an old tannery building, taking ... From beer to confections, Golden also holds the distinction of being home to...
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Gold leaf & sacred monuments: The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem ...  gold. gold leaf. gold foil. monument. dome of the Rock. ... Rock (Qubbat as-Sakhrah) a muslim shrine in Jerusalem, was restaurated with 24k gold leaf in 1994.
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Capitol Restructuring - The Road Junkies  Dec 11, 2012 ... The most obvious departure is the size of the capital city. ... roof of the capitol were not properly tied to the exterior sandstone walls. ... Like other old edifices in town, the Capitol building used sandstone ... In addition to the painted fiberglass domea bit of irony in the Silver Statecontractors identified other...
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A short history of the welcome arch sign in Golden, Colo. | Sign ...  Dec 2, 2009 ... But Golden is also home to a few other, if less famous, colorful items of renown. Situated 15 miles west of Denver at the mouth of Clear Creek Canyon, ... of Mines, which is home to the National Earthquake Information Center. ... To these, the city can add at least one more claim to fame: it is home to one of...
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What are the elevations of some of the cities in Colorado ...  Colorado's largest city and state capital, Denver, is 5280 feet above sea level. ... at 10430 feet in elevation, is the highest incorporated city in the United States as...
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APRIL 28, 2003  OLD ASSEMBLY CHAMBER, NEVADA CAPITOL ...  Apr 28, 2003 ... Building be constructed and that the State Capitol should be saved for posterity. ..... I know of no other State Archivist in the nation that has ..... appropriate is the Great Depression in Nevada. ... Carson City was the smallest state capital with a population of 1, 596. ..... Surely the Silver State's capitol dome.
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MOUNTAIN Pia G ROUNDS - Streamliner Memories  of the highest peaks of Colorado, stands ... This famous scenic spot, 2,00o feet ... reached by a cog railway and a fine motor ... summit of "The Sentinel of the Rockies," .... Denver Mountain Parks by a 65-mile motor trip that includes all of the principal .... Glacier via Boulder, by trolley, automobile, and horseback, costs $15.00.
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Flag of Colorado - Wikipedia  The flag of the state of Colorado consists of three horizontal stripes of equal width; the top and bottom stripes are blue, and the middle stripe white. On top of these stripes sits a circular red "C", filled with a golden disk. The blue is meant to represent the skies, the gold stands for the sunshine enjoyed by the state,...
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1,609 meters, 4 letter, 4th letter E, crossword  1,609 meters. Else clues.  ___ -High City: Denver.  ___ High Stadium.  ___ High Stadium (neighbor of Coors Field).  ___ Zero (one end of the Trans Canada...
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jeopardy/3670_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  ROMAN EMPIRE | An entire Astrodome baseball crowd of 45,000 could be seated in this 4-story Roman arena | Colosseum. right: Gary. Wrong: Value: $100.
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Colorado State Capitol - Wikipedia  The Colorado State Capitol Building, located at 200 East Colfax Avenue in Denver, Colorado, ... From this step, at 5,280 feet (1,609 m), the sun can be seen setting behind the Rocky Mountains. ... in 1969 when Colorado State University students resurveyed the elevation. ... Front steps indicating "One Mile Above Sea Level".
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Jeopary Questions page 1933 - LITERATURE - TriviaBistro.com  U.S. STATES: Its flag bears the quartered arms of the Calvert & Crossland families ... Colorado's motto is "Nothing Without Providence"; this smallest state's is "Hope" .... STATE CAPITALS: This Colorado city's capitol dome is covered with 47...