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BUSINESS DIRECTORY Business Directory Listings 80-84 Denver Information Guide [ 7 THE STATE OF COLORADO organized as a United States territory on February 28, 1861, and WY Colorado attained statehood August 1, 1876, (earning it the moniker the “Centennial State”). Colorado women were granted the right to vote starting on November 7, 1893. Economy Salt Lake CIty Agriculture, especially the raising of cattle and sheep and Denver/Boulder production of dairy goods, is economically important in the state. Crops include wheat, hay, corn, and sugar beets. Since the 1950s UT manufacturing has been the major source of income in the state. CO Food processing is a major industry; others include the manufacture of computer equipment, aerospace products, transportation Colordo Springs equipment, and electrical equipment; printing and publishing; and the production of fabricated metals, chemicals, and lumber. 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