Gateway High School - Olympiad Yearbook (Aurora, CO)

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eway Through The Rockies People come To visiT here for many differ- enT reasons. The Air Force Academy, which is jusT norTh of Colorado Springs, is one rea- son. TourisTs come To see Buffalo Bill's Grave, which is on Top of LookouT lVlounTain, The Royal Gorge, which has The world's highesf suspension bridge, Garden of The Gods, CenTral CiTy, The UniTed STaTes lvlinT, and naTional parks, monumenTs and foresTs such as Mesa Verde and The C5reaT Sand Dunes. Anyone who has ever been To Colorado knows how moody The weaTher can be. A Colorado naTive will say, Ulf you don'T like The weaTher, waiT TwenTy minuTes. lT will change. For The mosT parT, CoIorado's weaTher climaTe is dry and sunny, buT The winTer has been known To bring massive snow sTorms. The Blizzard of '83 is jusT one example. IT seemed To snow for days and people could find snow drifTs as high as Their houses. Colorado's professional sporTs Teams are The Broncos QfooTballj, The Gold QfooTballQ, The NuggeTs CbaskeTballj, The Avalanche Csoccery, and The Bears Cbaseballj. Bofh The Broncos and The NuggeTs have done con- siderably well during Their seasons This year. EmploymenT in Colorado has The mosT workers in wholesale and reTaiI Trade. Then comes work in The governmenT followed by manufacTuring. Our chief producTs are beef caTTle, wheaT, corn and sugar beeTs agri- culTurally. ln manufacTuring, iT is food pro- ducTs and in mining The chief producT is pe- Troleum. STudenTs have a varieTy of colleges To choose from here. Among These are Colo- rado School of Mines, UniversiTy of Denver, UniversiTy of NorThern Colorado, Adams STaTe College, Regis College, and Two Uni- versiTies of Colorado fone aT Colorado Springs and one aT Bouldery. Colordo has some fine eaucaTional offerings. Canyons are a common srghf in The mounfarns. One of The many highay Tunnels ThaT is cuT Through The Rockies. mounTains are a parT of Colorado living, Colorado has an abundance of Trees in iT's foresTs. Opening 7

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Colorado is known for iT's Aspen Trees. -u Aspen Colorado is a beauiiful signf in The fall. The Rocky Mouniains provide recreaiional pleasure for natives and visiiors. 6 Opening i Q 'P 'J ff if Q lg? .1 i if

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C-3aTeway's True Rockies There are many differenT kinds of wildlife here. ln The fall, hunTers search for deer and oTher big game. Bears, foxes, eagles and snakes can be found if one looks long enough. There's no such Thing as a Typical morning in Colorado. On a clear day, The mounTains are so loeauTiful ThaT They look like a painTing. The sunrise and sunseT bring colors or- ange, yellow, red and someTimes even purple. AT nighT, downTown Denver's skyscrapers' lighTs doT The skies. Colorado's newesT skyscraper is The Tabor CenTer. In The winTer Time, Colorado re- ceives a blankeT of whiTe. Skiers go To such resorTs as Vail, WinTer Park, Arapahoe Basin, Aspen, KeysTone, Beaver Creek, and Breckenridge. AlThough someTimes The snow makes geTTing from one place To anoTher difficulT, Coloradoans have learned To manage. People who come To Colorado should appreciaTe The sTaTe. Colo- rado has much To offer To Thasdwho will Take advanTage of epponuni- Ties and evenTs. , M.. W NW. 'xi We 1 ,v 1' J OfTen Times, foomms Wm have Wildnfel The Aspens Turn a mulTiTude of colors gill'-Rl.f A . -21. ,- ,i wg X, K N il . . ,-1 ' ' . - 'A-' f A . g , , fw....,2d--- ,Ml , i 1. ' . - 'l 0- cl W K -A -wx-gi 1 'x sl X . 4 X. . m X I f R .f.f', .' 0 , ', - v +R, T! . T' A 'Tf . N53 A ' 1 ' rl, . Mfw A ' ri 'MJ T' k V 1 T r f Ka ' , 55' V . T' ff-W' - A A breaTh-Taking sighT. . .' 1 9 S . : +FM-- ' Eitmr . i E XX' ' A - ns rf E ff it fkw' ' . ' I+ ' z . 4 F' ' ' ' - . T 41 M 8 Opening K , 'ge Q E 'kdx' 5- ' X K 2 fa , I Y. ' T ' - . A T T 1. K N 'W A Q , of .. V+. 1 ' - A 2. A 'T x T. , T.. is, T. ss- T , , T .xi f N .M-T.. T rf' N. ,K NN' , ,y X1 f -T , 1 'f-..., ,