This is the court structure for both the United States Federal and the State of Colorado judiciary. As new statistics come in on either Colorado or Wyoming they will be found in this sub-section. In today's world nearly all transportation systems have both Federal and State participation. The days of individuals doing this are long gone, but see the Historical Section for many of the historical enterprises and their entrepreneurs. Both topographically have similar large tracts of buffalo grass plains, dotted with rolling hills, and the Continental Divide running through them.
Water is a scarce commodity and a breeze or wind seems to blow all the time.
Both were big cattle ranching areas in the late 1800's with Colorado's giving way to sod farmers urged on by Federal Government gifts of 160 acre tracts of land when farmers improved upon them. A. Colorado Colorado's history is really about gold and silver mining which in turn brought in more settlers to feed, clothe, and care for the miner's creature comforts. As more settlers arrived many went into even though the prairie lands were rich soils there was insufficient rainfall to grow crops other than along river bottom lands. The industrious farmers learned quickly to harness the mountain and plains rivers and streams thus providing sufficient water for irrigating their crops. So industrious in fact, that in many agriculture products Colorado farmers lead the world in production.