13 Facts About Pueblo Colorado

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Pueblo Colorado is the principal city of the Pueblo Colorado, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and a major city of the Front Range Urban Corridor.

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Pueblo Colorado is one of the largest steel-producing cities in the United States, for which reason Pueblo Colorado is referred to as the "Steel City".

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Pueblo Colorado was listed by AARP in 2013 as one of the best affordable places to live.

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4.

Until a series of major floods culminated in the Great Flood of 1921, Pueblo Colorado was considered the 'Saddle-Making capital of the World'.

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Pueblo Colorado struggled with this significant loss, but has had a resurgence in growth.

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Pueblo Colorado was plagued with labor problems, mostly due to accusations of unfair labor practices.

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The groups represented led to Pueblo becoming the most ethnically and culturally diverse city in Colorado and the West.

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Pueblo Colorado is 100 miles south of Denver and is on the front range of the Rocky Mountains.

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Pueblo sits on the western edge of the Great Plains in a high desert area of terrain in southern Colorado and is near the western edge of the Southwestern Tablelands ecology region.

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10.

Pueblo Colorado is the home of the Federal Citizen Information Center, operated by the General Services Administration, and its Consumer Information Catalog.

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Pueblo is the hometown of Dutch Clark, the first man from Colorado inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as well as the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame.

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In 2014, the Colorado State University Pueblo ThunderWolves won the NCAA Division II Football Championship, a first national title for the football program.

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13.

The Southwest Campus, 280 miles southwest of Pueblo Colorado, serves Montezuma, Dolores, La Plata, San Juan, and Archuleta counties.

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