Colorado (CO) Nickname: Centennial State Capital: Denver Motto: Nothing Without Providence Flower: Rocky Mountain columbine Bird: Lark Bunting Tree: Colorado blue spruce Song: Where the Columbines Grow Entered Union: August 1, 1876 Rank: 38 The 50 State Quarters Program Release Date: June 14, 2006 Official Website of Colorado Famous people from Colorado Tim Allen Frederick Bonfils Henry Brown Molly Brown William N. Byers M. Scott Carpenter Jack Dempsey Mamie Eisenhower Barney Ford Scott Hamilton Chief Ouray "Baby Doe" Tabor Lowell Thomas Byron R. White Paul Whiteman Douglas Fairbanks