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Spanish explorers named the river that ran through the area Colorado, meaning "colored red," for its muddy, red hue. It eventually became the name of the territory.

Colorado is nicknamed the Centennial State because it became a state the same year that the United States turned a hundred years old.
The Colorado River is a muddy red,
For which it got its Spanish name
Centennial State is the nickname said
For statehood 100 years since the US became