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# This Day in History: Colorado Becomes the 38th State
- URL: https://ivn.us/this-day-in-history-colorado-becomes-the-38th-state/
- Published: 2012-08-01T23:26:31.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-22T19:28:49.000Z
- Author: Amos Cooper
- Tags: News

On March 3, 1875 Congress laid out the requirements for the Territory of Colorado to gain its statehood. A little over a year later, then President Ulysses S. Grant signed the proclamation giving Colorado its statehood. It was given the moniker "The Centennial State".