In December 2014, researchers found the earliest known case of lung or prostate cancer in a 4,500 year old Siberian skeleton, dating to the early Bronze Age. 4,500-year-old skeleton of Siberian Bronze Age man, identified as having one of the oldest cases of cancer, discovered in 2014.
Colorado was admitted into the Union on August 1, 1876, becoming our Nation's 38th state. With statehood gained less than one month after the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Colorado is nicknamed the Centennial State..
Of the 55 elected members, 49 of them assembled in September, 1889, in Cheyenne to draft the Constitution. [2] Four of the 49 did not sign the Constitution and attended only occasionally. Of those elected, 36 were Republicans; 19, Democrats. Of those who did not participate, five were Republicans and one was a Democrat. [3]