Colorado State Capitol

The state capitol was made with almost entirely Colorado materials, the three exceptions are the wood (from the Ozarks) around the all the doors, the brass (from Cincinnati), and the steel (from Chicago) that supports the whole structure.

This picture shows all the exceptions. Right in front is the brass circle, the wood in the back around the doors, and the steel is in the beams. The wooden frames are all hand carved, and it's done so well that it's hard to see the difference in the door frames. The brass is polished by six different people who all work full time; there is a lot of brass to polish. The red marble in the back on the bottom is called Beulah Marble or Colorado Rose Onyx, and it's from Beulah, Colorado. The capitol building used all of it, so if the marble gets chipped, cracked, or broken in any way, there is none to replace it. The outside of the building is made of 36,000 tons of marble from Marble, Colorado. The marble from Marble is also used in the capitol flooring, the Lincoln Memorial and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington, Virginia.

There are 38 steps leading to the second floor symbolizing that Colorado was the 38th state to joint in the United States of America.

This is the former Supreme Court Chamber. This room contains one of three, one-and-a-half-ton chandeliers, the other chandeliers are in the House of Representatives, and the Senate.

This is the senate, on the left there is one of the three chandeliers. The House of Lords was a British form of government and is a lot like the Senate, the House of Lords wanted to paint the walls red because red was a more expensive paint back then, the paint got covered by tiles and in 2014 restoration projects found out that the walls were originally red.

This room is the House of Representatives, where the other of the three chandeliers is. This room is painted green because the House of Commons (a British form of government a lot like our House of Representatives). The House of Lords thought that commoners should have less expensive paint, and a cheaper paint than red was green.

The next photos are about how water is really important and that we need to conserve it better.

A native person praying for water.

Explorers on the river.

Settlers refreshing their mode of transport.

People panning for gold in the river.

Farmers planting crops

Engineering ways for water to get to the city.

The artists depicted version of the future. The man in the blue is supposed to be Moses and his glass is empty, symbolizing the need to protect and conserve water.