Colorado

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Across
  1. 2. State dance
  2. 5. State nickname (Colorado became a state in 1876)
  3. 6. 1840-lb. piece found in Smuggler Mine
  4. 8. Hardy RMH climbers reach this peak
  5. 10. State animal
  6. 12. City nearest YMCA of the Rockies
  7. 14. RMH offers a bus trip to this lake
  8. 16. State flower
Down
  1. 1. State capital
  2. 3. Poplar-family tree, nicknamed "quakies"
  3. 4. Many thousands of these re-mailed from Loveland each year
  4. 7. State tree
  5. 9. Mountain range located in Colorado
  6. 11. 1859-First major find of this mineral
  7. 13. State fish-Greenback Cutthroat______
  8. 15. Most famous peak