|
Alabama
- State bird is the Yellowhammer
- State insect is the Monarch Butterfly
- Alabama means "Tribal Town" in the Creek Indian language.
- State nicknames include The Heart of Dixie, the Cotton State,
Yellowhammer State.
- The state motto is "Audumus jura nostra defendere" which translates
to "We dare defend our rights".
- Lexington is the birthplace of boxer Joe Louis.
- Mobile is the birthplace of Baseball player Henry Lewis
(Hank) Aaron.
- Montgomery is the birthplace of entertainer Nat (King) Cole.
- Tuskegee is the birthplace of civil rights activist Rosa Parks.
- Westfeild is the birthplace of Baseball player Willie Mays.
- Alabama introduced the Madi Gras
celebration to the western world. Held on Stove Tuesday the day before Lent begins (Ash Wednesday).
- Alabama was the first state to recognize Christmas as a holiday
in 1836.
- The First electric trolley system was introduced in Alabama's
capital city of Montgumery in 1886.
- First state to have 9-1-1 emergency line started in 1968.
- On December 2, 1972 the December
Giant the worlds largest sinkhole collapses.
Link To Top of Page
Alaska
- The name is based on the Eskimo word Alakshak meaning "great lands or peninisula".
- The State Motto is North to the future.
- It's been called America's Last Frontier.
- Jade is the official state gemstone. There is an entire mountain of it on the
Seward Peninsula.
- Nearly one third of Alaska lies within the Artic Circle.
- About 29,000 miles or 5% of the state is covered by glaciers.
- State's Coastline extends over 6,600 miles, it extends to three oceans the Artic,
Pacific, and the Bering Sea.
- There are more than 3 million lakes in Alaska.
- Is the United States largest state measuring 1,400 miles long (N to S) and
2,700 miles wide (E to W)
- 17 of 20 of the highest peaks in the United States are located in Alaska.
- At 20,320ft above sea level, Mt Denali /Mt McKinley located in Alaska's interior is
highest point in North America.
- Has 29 volcanoes.
- Each year this state has approximately 5,000 earthquakes, with about 1,000 of those
measuring over the 3.5 range on the richter scale.
- Tongrass National Forrest near Juneau is the largest in the United States.
- Wood-Tikchik state park is the largest state park in the United States.
- Wrangell St. Elias National Park is the largest National Park in the United States.
- The state has the lowest population density in the nation.
- The state has the largest number of people that walk to work.
- The state has 412 Airports more than any other state.
- The state's capital Juneau is the only capital city that can't be reached by normal
ground vehicals.
- Oil is this states most valuable natural resource, and has
what is thought to be the largest oil feild in North America. This state accounts for 25% of the oil produced in the
Us.
- The Fishing and Seafood industry is the state's largest private
industry employer. Most of America's salmon, crab, halibut, and herring come from this state.
- In 1867 it was purchased from Russia for less than 2 cents an acre
- On March 27 1964 a 9.2 Earthquake hit Central Alaska, this was the strongest
quake in North America to that day.
- In 1985 Libby Riddles became the first woman to win the Iditatrod Trail Sled Dog Race.
- In 1986 Mt Augustine erupted near Anchorage.
Link To Top of Page
Arizona
- Capital is Phoenix.
- Home of the Grand Canyon National Park.
- Leads the nation in Copper production.
- Official State mamal is the Ringtailed cat.
- Worlds largest Solar Teliscope is located at Kitt's Peak
National observatory in the city of Sells.
- Home of Geronimo the famouse Apache Cheif.
- Home of Marshall Wyatt Earp.
- Phoenix is the home of the actress Lynda Carter.
- Home of Cartoonist Bill Keane.
- Winslow is the home to the worlds largest meteorite crater in
the world, measuring 4,150 ft accross, and 150ft deep.
- Only state in the continental US that doesn't follow Daylight
Savings time.
- Original London bridge was shipped stone by stone and reconstructed
at Lake Havasu City.
- The Tonto Natural Bridge is the worlds highest natural travitine
bridge. This bridge is 183 ft high and spans Pines Creek.
- Hottest Day in Arizona was June 26, 1990 when the
temprature hit 122 degrees.
Link To Top of Page
Arkansas
Nicknamed the Nature State
Mocking Bird is the official state bird designated in 1929.
Alma claims to be the Spinach capital of the world.
The Magnet Grove region claims to contain 102 varieties of minerals.
Pine Bluff has the only Band Museum in the country, housing over 3,000
instruments.
Actor Screen writer Billy Bob Thorton was born in Hot Springs.
Singer Johny Cash was born in Kingsland.
In 1913 Joseph T Robinson served as a Congressmen (end of term started
in 1902), Govenor of Arkansas, and a Senetor all in one year.
In 1932 Hatti Wyatt
Carway was apointed to fill the position of her dead husband as Senator of Arkansas, later that year she was elected into
the job, making her the 1st woman elected into the US Senate.
In 1962 Sam Walton opened the first Walmart in Rogers.
Link To Top of Page
California
- Known as the Golden State
- State Motto is Eureka (Greek for I've found it),
probably due to the fact gold was found in California.
- 3rd Biggest State in the USA.
- The State Flower is the Golden Poppy
- State capital is Sacremento.
- In Sacremento is the worlds largest almond factory it processes 2 million
pounds of almonds per day.
- Sana Monica is the home of actress/ambassador Shirley
Temple Black.
- Los Angeles is the home of rap artist Coolio.
- San Francisco is home to poet Robert Frost.
- San Fransisco is also home to the only monements that move which are
it's cable cars.
- Vallejo is the home to race car driver Jeff
Gordon.
- Pomona is the home to baseball player Mark McGwire.
- Mondesto is home to film maker George Lucas.
- Home to the worlds Largest thermometer (at 137 ft
tall) in Baker California (very near Death Valley).
- Around 1847 Yorba Beuna changed it's
name to San Fransisco, after it's patron Saint. St Francis of Assisi.
- In 1889 the first
Jukebox was put in the Palise Royal Saloon in San-Francisco.
Link To Top of Page
Colorado
- Colorado means "the color red"in spanish and refers
to the muddy Colorado River.
- This state has the highest mean altitude out of all the states in America.
- May have been the birthplace of the Teddy Bear.
- Colorado Springs is were the United States Airforce Academy is
located.
- Denver is both the capital and the largest city in Colorado.
- Denver is the birthplace of actor Tim Allen.
- Colefax Avenue in Denver is the longest continuos street in America.
- Every year Denver hosts the worlds largest Rodeo the Western Stock Show.
- The worlds largest national hot springs is located in Glenwood
Springs. The two block long pool is accross the streat from the Hotel Colorado (a favorite stop of president Teddy Roosavelt).
- The worlds largest flat top mountain is in Grand Mesa.
- This state has 222 state wildlife areas.
- Colorado has the highest mean altitude out of all the United States.
- There are nearly 20 rivers which begin in Colorado with the continental
divid dirrecting each rivers course.
- Is were the highest peek in the Rocky Mountian trail and the high point
of the Sawatch Range Mt. Elbert resides. Located in Lake county about 10 miles from Leadville.
- Built in 1867 the Astor House in Golden was the first stone hotel on
the west side of the Mississippi River.
- On July 4th of 1869 Deer Trail was host to the worlds first Rodeo.
- On November 8th 1887 John Henry " Doc" Holiday died of
Tuberculosis at the Hotel Glenwood in Glenwood Springs.
Link To Top of Page
Conneticut
- State Capital Hartford
- State Tree White Oak
- Nicknamed "Consitution State", "Nutmeg
State", and "Provision State".
- Yale University is located
in New Haven.
- Home of circus showman PT Barnam
- Home of author Mark Twain.
- Home of actress Katharine Hepburn.
- First United States Newspaper
ever printed "Hartford Courant". First copy published on Oct 29, 1764.
- The first ever telephone book was issued in New
Haven CT, in Febuary 1878, this book only had 50 listings though.
- In 1937 this was the first state to issue perminate
licence plates for cars.
Link To Top of Page
Florida
- Nicknamed the Sunshine State, The Orange State, The Aligator
State, The Everglade State, The Gulf state,ect.
- Named on Palm Sunday by Ponce de Leon "Pascua
Florida" means Feast of Flowers.
- State Bird is the Mocking Bird.
- State Capitol is in Tallahasee
- Total land area of Florida is 54,136 square miles.
- Florida is a Penisula (A long narrow peice of land that
projects into the water from a larger land mass).
- Home to the Kennedy Space Center.
- Some unique fruits you'll find in Florida
include Carambola/Star Fruit, Kumquat, and Pupaya/Paw Paws.
- Home state of the Actor Burt Reynolds.
- Home of Charles and John Ringling (The
Ringling Bro's) of Circus fame.
- 1954 Burger King opened it's first resteraunt in Miami.
- The first man in orbit John Glen was launched from
Cape Canaveral in 1962.
Link To Top of Page
Georgia
- Capital City is Atlanta.
- Motto; Wisdom, Justice, and Moderation.
- Nicknamed the Peach State or the Empire state of the South.
- Albany is the home of Singer Ray Charles.
- Atlanta is the birthplace of Martin Luther King Jr.
- Griffin is the home of the famouse cowboy John Henry (Doc)
Holiday.
- Macon is the home of actor Melvyn Douglas.
- Macon is also the home of the singer Little Richard.
- Narrows is the birthplace of Baseball player Ty Cobb.
- Waycross is the birthplace of the actor Burt Reynolds.
- In 1785 The University of Georgia in Athens was the first state-chartered
university in America.
- 4th state in the U.S became a state in 1788.
- On May 15th 1851 the first two sororities were organized
at Wesley College Macron. Alpha Delta Pi, and Phi Mu.
- In 1886 declared that married women should have full property
rights, with the Married Women's Act.
- 1886 Atlanta Pharmacist John Pemberton made the first vat
of Coca-Cola (a.k.a Coke).
- On March 2nd 1912 The Girl Scouts of America was
formed in Savannaha by Julliet Low.
- 1916 Georgia Tech beat Cumberland University 222-0 in
a football game, this was a record breaking defeat.
- In 1922 Rebecca Felton a Georgia Democrat became the first woman
to serve in the U.S senate.
Link To Top of Page
Idaho
- Nicknamed the Gem State, as it produces 72 kinds of Gems some
of which can't be found anywere else in the world.
- Idaho is responsable for growing 33% of the nations
potatoes.
- Capital City is Boise.
- State insect is the Monarch Butterfly.
- Hells Canyon is the deapest gorge in America.
- Rexburge is home to Ricks College the largest private 2yr college
in the nation.
- Soda Springs is the largest man made geyser in the world.
- Triumph is the home to the skier Picaboo Street.
- Wallace is the home to actress Lana Turner.
- 1790 in Eastern Idaho the native American/Shorshone
Indian Sacagawea was born. She later became the interpreter for the Lewis and Clark expidition.
- 1922 Rigby is were T.V was invented, since it's Philo
T Farnsworths home town.
- Febuary 29th 1929 is when congress first established the Grand
Teton national Park in Idaho.
- 1974 Twin Falls became the site of an Evil Kneivel's jumps.
- 1983 an Earthquake in the Lost River Valley Registered a 7.3
on the Rictor scale (highest of continental U.S quakes for this century).
Link To Top of Page
Illinoise
- State Flower is the Purple Violet
- Capital is Springfield
- Nick Named the Praire State, Illinoise is Algonquin for "Warriors".
- Home of the most nuclear reactors, and the
first nuclear reactor.
- Worlds longest street is Chicago's Western Avenue.
- Chicago is the birthplace of Walt Disney,
and the home of Harrison Ford.
- Chicago is the home of Nabisco the worlds largest
cookie and cracker factory.
- Chicago is also home to the Harold Washington Library,
which is the worlds largest public library.
- First state to ratify the 13th amendment to the consitution
to abolish slavery in 1865.
- Chicago is were the first ever roller-skates were made
in 1884.
- In 1884 Construction of the world's first steel frame skyscaper
for the Home Insurance Company (a 10 story building) took place in Chicago.
- Chicago is also where the first controlled
atomic reaction took place in 1942.
- 1953 Chicago (6050 S. Harper Street) is
where Hugh Heftner started the first publication of Playboy magazine.
- 1955 First ever Mc Donalds Restraunt opens in Chicago.
Link To Top of Page
Iowa
- Motto is "Our Liberties we prize and our rights we shall maintain".
- The states east and west borders are formed by two rivers(the Missouri,
and the Mississippi).
- The highest double track railroad bridge in the world the Kate
Shelly Bridge is located in Boone.
- Burlington's snake alley was dubed the most crooked street in the world
according to Ripley's Belive it or not.
- T.V show enertainer Johny Carson was born in Corning.
- Cresco's Ellen Church Airport is named after the first female flight
attendent Ellen Church whose birthplace/hometown was Cresco.
- Dona Reed was born in Denison.
- William F Cody/Buffalo Bill was born near Davenport in 1846.
- The Cereal company known as Quaker Oats got it's start in Cedar Rapids
in 1901.
- The Sergent Floyde Memorial in Sioux City (dedicated to the only
man to die in the Lewis and Clark expidition, on August 20 1804) was finnished in April 20 1901 it was also The first
registered national landmark in the United States.
- John Wayne was born in Winterset on May 26 1907.
- 1921 was the first state to impose a cigarette tax.
Link To Top of Page
Kansas
- Capital city is Topeka.
- Nicknamed the Sunflower State.
- There are more than 600 intigrated towns in the state.
- Atchison is the Birthplace of Amelia Earheart the first woman to fly
solo across the Atlantic Ocean (1932) and the Pasific Ocean (1935).
- South of Ashland the Rock Island Bridge is the longest railroad bridge
of it's kind it measures 1,200 ft long and sits 100 feet above the Cimarron River.
- A hail stone weighing 1 1/2 lbs once fell on Coffeyville.
- Dodge City is the windiest city in the United States.
- Piqua is the birthplace of Comedian Buster Keaton.
- Warango is the birthplace of the founder of Crysler Corps , Walter Percy
Crysler.
- The first African American woman to win an acedemy award was
Hattie McDaniel (as Mammy in Gone with the wind) of Witchita.
- The first Pizza hut resteraunt opened in Witchita.
- Witchita hoasts the River Festival every year in May, with
events like a bathtub race, and a raft race down the Arkansas River.
- The first bull fight in the United States was in Dodge City on July
4 1884.
- The first woman Mayor in the U.S was Sussana Medora Salter who was elected mayor
of Argonia in 1887.
- Oskaloosa saw the first all-women city council elected in 1888.
- The first county highschool in the U. S was Dickison County Community
High School in Chapman, it opened it's doors in 1889.
- On March 3 1891 the first Penitentiary to be authorized by congress
was the Federal Penitentiary in Leavenworth,though it wasn't the first one to be completed.
- In 1928 Mable Chase became the first woman sheriff in the united states,
she became sheriff of Kiowa County.
Link To Top of Page
Kentucky
- State Motto "United we stand, Divided We fall".
- Home of the Kentucky Derby the oldest continuously held horse race,
held at Churchill Downs in Lousville on the first Saturday in May.
- Middlesboro is the only city in the U.S to be built within a meteor
crater.
- More than $6 billion worth of gold is stored under Fort Knox. This is
the largest amount of gold stored anywere in the world.
- Ashland is the birthplace of country music ledgend Naomi/Diana Ellen
Judd. Born Jan 11 1946. Mother of both Wynona (Country Music ledgend in her own right), and Ashley Judd (Actress).
- Lousville was home to Mahammad Ali.
- Hogenville was home to Abraham Lincoln.
- In 1792 Kentucky became reconized as a state.
- In 1817 the first American performance of a Beethoven symphony was held
in Lexington.
- In 1819 the first commercial oil well was on Cumberland River in McCreary
County.
- In 1856 the first Enamal Bathtub was made in Lousville.
- 1887 Teacher Mary S. Wilson of Henderson held the first Observance of
Mothers day (which became a holiday in 1916).
- In 1893 the traditional birthday song "Happy Birthday to you"was
the creation of two Lousville sisters.
- 1949 Alben W Barkley became the oldest vice president when he assumed
office he was 71.
Link To Top of Page
Louisiana
- Named in Honor of King Louis XIV.
- It has the tallest state capital building in the U.S standing at 450
ft tall and has 34 floors.
- The Saint Charles streetcar line is one of only 2 mobile national monuments
(the other being the San Fransico Cable cars).
- Metaire is home to the worlds longest bridge over water the Lake Pontchartrain
causeway which is 23.87 miles long. It connects Metaire with the St Tammery Parish on the north shore.
- Ferriday was the birth place of rock musician Jerry
Lee Lewis.
- On Febuary 27 1827 the first Mardi Gras was held in New Orleans.
- On July 12th 1884 the golden spike comemorating the completion
of the Vicksburg, Shreveport, and Pacific Railroad was driven in at Bossier City. The first such spike driven in by a woman,
who went by the name of Julia "Pansy" Rule.
- May 23 1932 the notorious outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were
shot dead outside of Arcadia.
Link To Top of Page
Maine
- Only state with a one syllable name
- Only state that has just one neighbor (N.H).
- State capital is Augusta.
- Eastport Maine is the estern most city in the USA, and
is the first U.S city to recieve the rays of the rising sun.
- About 90% of the nations Lobsters are caught of the
coast of Maine.
- The lenght of the Maine coast is longer than even
California.
- Home/birth place of Milton Bradley maker of childrens
games.
- Home of Leon Leonwood Bean/LL Bean Cloths Maker.
- Home of the writer Stephen King.
- Birth place/home of President George Bush.
- The first sawmill in the
US was established near York in 1623.
Link To Top of Page
Massachuttes
- Both
John Adams and John Quincy Adams were born here, and laid to rest here in the basement crypt in what is now Quincy, Mass (first
father-son presidents).
- Home
to Statesman John Hancock.
- Home
to the cildens books author/illistrator Dr Seuss/Thedore Geisel
- Home to silversmith/Revolutionary war hero Paul Revere
- Home to the poet Emily Dickinson.
- The capital of Massachuttes is Boston(also called Bean Town or The Hub) first serving as the capital city of the Massachuttes
Bay Colony (1632) and then as State Capital (1780).
- The
State dog is the Boston Terrier.
- The
State dessert is the Boston Cream Pie.
- Home
of the famouse Plymouth Rock.
- Plymouth
was also the site of the first Thanksgiving Celebration.
- The Boston universtity bridge is (on comonwealth avenue) is
the only place in the world a boat can sail under a subway train, under a car that's driving under an airplane.
- The Boston Latin School was founded in 1635 making it the oldest
American public institution.
- In 1650 Anne Bradstreet (Dudley) became the first ever published
american woman writer as her book tittled The tenth muse Lately Sprung Up in America was published in England. She and her
husband and father were early Mass settlers,
- In 1773 The Boston Harbor was the stage for the Boston Tea
party that was lead by Paul Revere and Samuel Adams.
- This was the 6th state in the USA, becoming an official state
on Feb 6 1788.
- USA's first Mass produced softdrink Moxi was created in Lowell
by Dr. Agustin Thompson in 1876 as a medicine, in 1884 it was sold in carbonated form.
- Home of the famouse Salem witch hunts in the late
17th century.
Link To Top of Page
Minnesota
- Because of all the Lakes Minnesota has 90,000 miles of shore line (more than
CA,FL, and Hawaii combined).
- Capital City is St Paul.
- Duluth is home to the largest freshwater port in the world.
- Only in the Metrodome has there been a Superbowl, a World Series, and an NCAA
Final Four in Basketball.
- The Mall of America is in Bloomington, and is over 9.5 million sq feet in
size.
- The Actress Jessica Lang's birthplace is Cloquet.
- The Composer and Singer Bob Dylan was born in Duluth.
- Jesse Ventura The polititian, and entertainer was from Minneapollis.
- Prince Rogers Nelson (Prince), was also born in Minneapollis.
- Charles M Schulz the cartoonist who created the Penuts comic strip, was also
born in Minneapollis.
- Wheaties "the breakfast of champions" also originates from Minneapolis.
- Named in 1930 the Greyhound bus company originaly started as a taxi service
when the town of Hibbings had to move for mine expansion.
- In 1925 Walt Cosgrove began the green giant brand in Le Seur.
- 1889 The Minniapollis Public Library became the first Library to have a childrens
section.
- 1832 Lake Itasca the source of the Missisippipi river was found
and named by Henry R Schoolcraft.
- In 1926 the Hormel Company of Austin sold the first canned ham.
Link To Top of Page
Mississippi
- The name comes from a word meaning "great waters" or "father of waters".
- The motto is "Virtute et armis" meaning By valor and arms.
- State has two state birds The Mocking Bird is the official state bird,
and the Wood Duck is the state's waterfowl.
- Nicknamed the Mangolia State.
- The actor James Earl Jones was born in Arkabulte.
- Jim Henson was born in Greenvile.
- The singer Faith Hill was born in Jackson.
- The talk show host Oprah Winfrey was born in Kosciusko.
- The country music singer LeAnn Rimes was born in Jackson.
- The singer and songwriter Jimmy Buffet was born in Pascagoula.
- The singer and guitarist Muddy Waters was born in Rolling Fork.
- The singer and actor Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo.
- The worlds largest shrimp is on display at the Old Spanish Fort Museum
in Pascagoula.
- The international checkers hall of fame is in Petal.
- The Mississippi river is the largest river in the United States, and
is the nations cheif waterway.
- In 1540 Hernando De Soto the Spanish explorer was the one who first
discoved the mississippi river.
- In 1817 David Holms became Mississippi's first govenor, in 1826 he became
it's 4th govenor as well.
- In 1902 while hunting in Shakey County, Theador (Teddy) Roosavelt refused
to shoot a captured bear, resulting in the creation of the "Teddy Bear" toy.
- In 1929 Pine Sol was created by Harry A Cole Sr, a native of Jackson.
Link To Top of Page
Missouri
- Capital is Jefferson city.
- Motto "Salus populi suprema lex esto" which translates to "The welfare
of the people shall be the supreme law".
- This state has 8 border states (which ties it with Tennessee as the
most neighborly state in the US).
- The Beverly Hillbillies (T.V series) original 1912 cutdown oldsmobile
truck is on display at the Ralph Foster Museum on the campus of the College of the Ozarks.
- Centerville/Keanery was the birth place of the outlaw Jesse
Woodson James.
- Florida is the birthplace of the famouse author Samuel Langhorn
Clemens (Mark Twain).
- Princton is the birthplace of Martha Jane Canary/ Calamity Jane an
american frontier ledgend.
- Saint Louis is the birthplace of the american brittish poet, and critic Thomas
Steams/T.S Elliot.
- Saint Louis is the birthplace of the baseball legend Yogi-Berra.
- Westplains is the birthplace of actor Dick Van Dyke.
- In 1865 it became the first slave state to free it's slaves.
- In 1904 Saint Louis became the first city in the United
States to hold the Olympic Games.
- In the 1904 worlds fair in Saint Louis the first Iced Tea was served,
and the first Ice Cream cones were made.
- In 1907 St Louis becomes the home of the first ever organized women's
bowling league.
- In 1912 The first ever successful parachute jump from
a moving plane was made by Captain Berry in Saint Louis.
Link To Top of Page
Montana
- The states name comes from the spanish word meaning mountain.
- Nicknamed the Treasure State, and Big Sky Country.
- The Western Meadowlark is the official state bird.
- Bitterroot is the official state flower.
- State Tree is the Pondarosa Pine.
- The states motto Oro Y Plata means Gold and Silver.
- This state is home to seven indian reservations.
- There are 56 counties in Montana.
- The Daredevil Motorcyclist Evel Knievel was from Butte.
- Roe River in Great Falls is the worlds shortest river.
- Montana is home to part of Yellowstone National Park.
- In 1888 Helana had more millioniars per capita then any other city in
the world.
Link To Top of Page
Nebraska
- Friend is the home of the worlds smallest police station.
- Hebron is the home of the worlds largest porch swing it
can sit 24 adults.
- The 911 system of emergency communications used nationwide
was developed and first used in Lincoln.
- Chimeny Rock in Morrill County served as a prominent landmark during
the 19th century to people traveling the Orgon, Mormon, or California trails.
- Borsheims in Omaha is the largest jewelry store in the nation at
45,000 sq ft.
- 31 year-old Irish Priest Rev. Edward J. Flanagan opened Boys Town for troubled and neglected children
in Omaha, in 1917.
- The Lied Jungle located in Omaha is the worlds largest rain forest.
- Thedford is the home of the worlds largest hand-planted forest,
the Hasley National Forest.
- In 1986 for the first time ever two women ran against each other
for govenorship of the state.Kay Orr won becoming the first ever republican woman to be elected governor in the U.S .
- In the North West Corner of the state you'll find Carhenge.
A replica of Stonehenge made with gray painted cars. Constructed in 1987 by Jim Reinders as a memorial to his
father who once lived on a farm were Carhedge stands today.
Link To Top of Page
New Hampshire
- Nicknamed the Granite State, The Switzerland of America,
The White Mountian State, Mother of Rivers.
- The First capital city of New Hampshire was Exeter.
- Captian John Smith named this state after the town of Hampshire
in England.
- Home of the poet Robert Frost.
- Home of former president Franklin Peirce.
- Derry is the home of the first American Astronaught in space Alan Shepard.
- State Symbol the Old Man of the mountain (Old Stone
Face), Set 1,200ft above profile lake discoved in 1805 and remained till 5/3/03.
- State Motto "Live Free or Die".
- Christina McAuliffe was a New Hampshire school teacher
before her death (The explosion of the Challanger space shuttle), which is why the planetarium in Concord carries her name.
- The first state to vote for the Decleration of independence on July
4th 1776.
- The 9th state admitted to statehood June
21st 1788.
- Sarah Josepha Hale of Newport New Hamshire was the writer of
Lady Magazine, the creator of Seamen's aid society (forruner of Police Aid, Firemen's Aid,Army Aid,ect). Also one of
the crusaders to have Thanksgiving made into a national holiday. Also the writer of 1830 poem
"Mary had a little lamb".
- In 1833 the first free public library in the United States was
established in Peterborough (Peterborough Town Library).
- In 1905 Portsmouth New Hampshire was the place that the treaty
ending the Russo-Japaness war was signed, known as the Portsmouth Treaty.
- In 1938 The Cannon Aerial Tramway (The first in North America)
was built at Franconia Notch.
- In 1963 New Hampshire adopted the United States first legal
lottery.
- In 1966, Ralph H. Baer of Sanders Associates, Inc.
in Nashua, New Hampshire, recruited engineers William Harrison and William Rusch to develop the first interactive video game. They
patented the invention in 1969.
- From 2004-2006 was ranked the #1 most
liveble state by Morgan Quinto Press the state and city ranking publications. Also the 2nd most healthiest state in 2006.
Link To Top of Page
New Jersey
- New Jersey is a peninsula.
- Is the only state to have all it's counties classified as metropolitan
areas.
- The Honey Bee (Apis Melliferra) is New Jersey's state bug.
- It's the home of Elise Island ( The island the Statue
of Liberty is on).
- Atlantic City N.J is the home to the Miss America
Pagent.
- Atlantic City is also were the names
for the street's on the classic Monopoly board come from.
- Atlantic City also has the longest boardwalk in the world.
- Elizabeth is home to the largest seaport in the United States.
- Elizabeth is birthplace of author Judy Blume.
- Melo Park was were inventor Thomas Edison had a lab in which he created
the lighbulb, the phonograph (record player), and the motion picture.
- Mentichen is the birthplace of
magician David Copperfeild.
- Neptune City is the birthplace of
actor Jack Nicholson.
- Newark is the birthplace of rapper Ice T.
- Newark is the birthplace of comedian/film dirrector Jerry Lewis.
- Newark is the birth place of entertainer Whitney Houston.
- Shayreville is the birthplace of
Musician and Songwriter Jon Bon Jovi.
- Summit is the home town of actress Meryle Streep.
- Cape May holds the record for being the oldest seashore resort in the
United States and is one of the most unique.
- The New Jersey state seal was designed by Peirre Eugene Du Simitiere
and presented in May 1777.
- Gideon Sundback of Hoboken was issued a patent for
the zipper in 1913.
- In 1933 The first drive in movie theater opened
in Camden.
- In 1977 The New Jersey voters aproved legislation allowing for legalized
gambelling in Atlantic City.
Link To Top of Page
New York
- Has 70,000 miles of rivers and streams.
- First state to require licence plates for cars.
- First Railroad in America was laid out between Albany
and Schenectady New York (total of 11 miles).
- Home of the longest toll superhighway in the U.S, the Governor
Thomas E Dewey Thruway, 641 miles.
- Home of the Baseball Hall of fame in Cooperstown.
- Home of the U.S Military Academy at Westpoint.
- Home of the Musem of Sex (NYC,233 Fifth Avenue).
- Said to be the home of the Sleepy Hollow myth, and to the ledgend
of Rip Van Winkle (Catskills).
- Birthstate of the Actress Lucile Ball.
- Birthstate of Actress Sarah Michelle Gellar.
- Birthplace of Actress Mae West.
- Birthplace of The actor Tom Cruise.
- Birth place of the Marx Brothers Comedians.
- Birthplace of The basketball ledgend Michel Jordon.
- Home of Basketball ledgend Kareme Abdule Jabar.
- Nicknamed the Empire State, The Excelsior State,
The Knickerbocker State.
- Tuxedo in Orange County is were the first Tuxedo
suit is worn (and gets its name from).
- In 1747 the worlds oldest cattle ranch opened in
Montauk on Long Island.
- The 11th state to be inducted into the Federal Union on July
28th 1788.
- NYC was the first Capital of the United States, George in 1789
George Washington took his oath as the first offical president of the United States, on the Balcony at Fedral Hall.
- August 1807 Robert Fulton began the first American
Steamboat trip between Albany and New York City.
- First Boys Club Established in NYC, in 1876.
- 1886 Grisworld Lorillard of Tuxedo Park fashioned the first
Tuxedo for men.
- 1893 The first black rasberries (cross bread of blackberries and rasberries)
were made in Geneva.
- 1895 Gennaro Lombardi opened the first United States Pizzaria
in NYC.
- 1896 The Hartsdale pet cemetary was established.
- 1910 on the 27th of November Penn Station was opened as the
largest train station.
- 1915 the first showing of a "3D" film befor a paying audiance
took place in Manhattans Astor Theater on June 10th.
- On May 1st 1931 The Empire State Building in NYC opened it's
doors for the first time.
- In 1979 the worlds largest disco was held at the
Buffalo Convention Center in New York city. A total of 13,000 people danced there way into the Guinnes Book of World
Records.
Link To Top of Page
Nevada
- Nevada takes it's name from a spanish word meaning snow clad.
- Nicknames include the Sagebrush state, the Silver State, the Battle
Born state.
- State capital is Carson City.
- Nevada is the largest gold producing state in the nation.
- The only lake in Nevada with a link to the sea is the man made Lake
Mead.
- The Saphire Gentelmens club in Los Vegas is the worlds largest strip
club.
- The state seal was designed in 1864 and adopted in 1866.
- In 1931 Govenor Fred Balzar signed into law the bill legalizing gambeling
in the state.
- In 1931 the Pair-o-dice club was the first casino to open
on highway 91 the future Las Vegas strip.
- Construction workers hard hats were first created in 1933 for the workers
on the Hoover Dam.
Link To Top of Page
North Carolina
- Bath the first N.C town was settled
by 1705, it's first inhabitants were the French Prodistans from Virginia.
- State flower the Dogwood. State Bird
the Cardinal.
- Nicknamed the Tarheal state.
- Home of the actor Andy Griffith.
- Home of president Andrew
Johnson.
- Home of the auto racer Richard
Petty.
- Home of the Boxer Suger Ray
Leonard.
- Home to Duke University.
- Home to the tallest Lighthouse in North America, The Cape Hatteras
Lighthouse stands 191 feet.
- The USS North Carolina Battleship (A.K.A the showboat) was
commishioned on April 9 1914 and was involved in every major offensive engagement in WWII and earned 12 battle stars.
- This is were the wright brothers made
there first flight in 1903 that lasted 12 seconds at Kitty-Hawk, yet this paved the way for modern aviation.
Link To Top of Page
 North Dakota
- Nicknamed the Peace Garden State, Siox State, the Flicker
Tail state, and the Roughrider state.
- State Flower is the Wild Prairie Rose.
- State Tree is the American Elm.
- Sacajawea/ Sakakawea was born here.
- Home place of the Theodor Roosevelt National park (North Unit in Watford
City, South Unit in Mendora).
- 1909 North Dakota became the place were the first Child
Labor Laws were enacted, State Libraury Commision was created, and the first law for cooperative business was passed.
- 1924 the Liberty Memorial was completed on the
state's capital grounds.
- Dedicated in 1932 the peace garden celebrates the good relations between
the U.S and Canada.
- 1938 the first hard surface hiway (u.s 10) accross North Dakota was
completed.
- 1961 Roger Maris of Fargo set a new single season home run record
of 61 home runs. The Roger Maris Museume is located at the West Acres Shopping Center in Fargo.
- As of January 1 2006 it was the first state to legalize
industrial hemp production.
Link To Top of Page
Oklahoma
- Comes from the Choctaw indian words okla (meaning people) and humma
(meaning red).
- Nicknamed the Sooner State.
- State Motto "Labor Omni Vincit"(Labor conquers all things).
- State Bird is the Scissor/Swallow Tailed Flycatcher.
- Oklahoma is also the "Buckle" of the "Tornado Belt" with more tornados
per year than in any other state.
- Oklahoma has 77 counties.
- Oklahoma has more man made lakes than any other state with over 1 million
surface acres of water.
- The actor and dirrector Ron Howard's birthplace was Duncan, the actor
who got his start playing Opie Taylor in the Andy Griffith show, and as Richie Cunningham in Happy Days.
- The National Lighters museume in Gunthrie displays over 20,000 lighters
and "fire starters".
- McAlester is the birthplace of country and western singer, and
actress Reba McEntire.
- The National Cowboy Hall of fame is located in Oklahoma
city.
- Oklahoma City is the only Capital to have an operational
oil well beneath it (known as Rosebud).
- The humorist Will Rogers' birthplace was Oologah.
- Actor Brad Pitt was born in Shawnee.
- Country singer Garth Brooks was born In Tulsa.
- In 1935 the first parking meter was installed in Oklahoma city on July
16th. It was invented by a local named Carl C Magee (who filed for a patent may 13th of that same year).
- In 1998 a life sized statue of a cattle drive called "On the Chisholm
Trail" was set in place in Duncan as a monument to the American Cowboys.
Link To Top of Page
Ohio
- Ohio is the only U.S. state without
a rectangular flag. Ohio’s flag is a pennant.
- Ohio is the Birth State of Ulysses S Grant (The
18th U.S president).
- Ohio is also the birth place of Neil
Armstrong(First man to land a space ship on the moon).
- Milan is the Birthplace
of the great inventor Thomas Alva Edison born Feb 11, 1847.
- Nicknamed the Buckeye state (which is the state
tree).
- The name Ohio was the Iroquois word
for "good river".
- Home to two AFC teams the Cincinati Bengals, and
the Cleveland Browns. Also home to the professional football hall of fame.
- State Motto "With god all things are possible".
Link To Top of Page
Oregon
- Oregon's state flag is the only U.S flag that has two seprate designs (one on
each side) on it.
- The Oregon trail is the longest of the overland routes used in the westward expansion
of the United States.
- The Seaside Aquarium was the first facility in the world to succesfuly breed
Harbor Seals in captivity.
- The Carousel Museum holds the worlds largest and most comprehesive
collection of carousel horses.
- The Columbian Gorge Interpritive Center hosts the worlds largest
rosary collection, which was originaly collected by a local resident.
- Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the U.S and is formed in the remains of an
anchient volcano.
The D River is the worlds shortest river ever at only 121 ft long.
The H.J Andrews Experimental Forest is one of the largest long term ecological research
sites in the U.S.
Haysack Rock off Cannon Beach is 235 ft high and is the 3rd largest costal monolith
in the world.
At 8,000 ft Hells Canyon gorge is the deepest river gorge in North America.
Forest grove is home to the worlds tallest Barber shop pole.
The famouse actress, singer, and dancer Suzanne Lorraine Bruce (a.k.a Jane
Powell) was born in Portland Oregon on April 1st 1929.
Sally Struthers the famouse actress was born in Portland on July 28 1948.
Matt Groening the owner of Bongo Comics, and the creator of the Simpsons, and
Futerama cartoons and the comicstrip life in hell was born in Portland on February 15th 1954.
In 1858 the richest gold find in the Cascade Mts, was discovered by the Bohemian
Mining District at Sharps Creek near Cottage Grove.
In 1905 the world's longest log cabin was built in Portland to honor the
Lewis and Clark expidition.
Link To Top of Page
Pennsylvania
- Named after Admiral William Penn the father of the states
founder William Penn.
- Motto Virtue, Liberty, and independence.
- Home to seamstress Betsy Ross who may have designed or made
the first U.S flag (1776).
- Home State of actor Bill Cosby.
- Home of Milton Hershey (maker of the candy/which gave Hershey
PA it's name).
- State Tree is the Hemlock.
- State Flower is the Mountian Laurel.
- Kane is the Black Cherry Capital of the world.
- The Liberty Bell is located in Independence National Historical
Park.
- Liberty Bell was rung on July 8th 1776 to celebrate the declaration
of independence.
- In 1780 Pennsylvania became the first state to abbolish slavery.
- Harrisburge, Gobblers Knob is the home place of
Puxsutaweny Phil the official groundhog day groundhog (tradition started in 1886).
- 1985 in Pitsburg the computer now called Deep Blue was born, this
chess playing computer was at first a chess program named Chiptest (later Deep Thought), created at Carnegie Mellon
University by two students, who later joined the Ibm company who supported further development of the system. In 1996 this
computer lost a 6 game tournament to the then world chess champion Garry Kasparov, yet in a 1997 rematch Deepblue
defeated Kasparov 3.5 games to 2.5 games.
Link To Top of Page
Rhode Island
- The smallest U.S state in size it covers a distance of only 1,214 square
miles. From North to South it's 48 miles, from East to West is about 37 Miles.
- Last of the original 13 colonies to become a state.
- Capital City is Providence.
- Providence is also the Birth Place of Writer H.P (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft,
who specializes in gothic horror, fantasy, and sceince fiction books.
- Home to the Tenis Hall of Fame.
- Rhode Island founder Roger Williams established the United States first
Babtist Church in 1683, the existing structure was built in 1775.
- The oldest bar/pub in the United States the White Horse Tavern opened
in 1697.
- 1716 the oldest school house was built in Portsmouth.
- The first circus in the United States was in Newport in 1774.
- Green Animals Topiary Garden started in 1872. It is the oldest and northern
most topiary garden in the United States.
- 1887 The First Torpedo Boat (Stiletto) was built in Bristol.
- Polo was played for the first time on American soil near
Newport in 1895.
- The state also housed United States first annual golf tournoment
in 1895.
Link To Top of Page
South Carolina
- The State is named for King Charles the 1st while Charles town is named
for his son King Charles the 2nd.
- Nicknamed the Palmento state or the Iodine State.
- Has two state mottos one is Dum Spiro Spero meaning "While I
breath I hope" and the second is Animis Opibusque Parati meaning "Ready in soul and resource".
- Silver is the Birthplace of African American Tennis Player Althea Gibson
the first African American to play at the U.S grass court finnals in New York (1950), and at Wimbelton England(1951).
- Sumter has the largest Ginko Farm in the world.
- North Myrtle Beach is the home of T.V star Vanna Marrie Rosich/
Vanna White.
- In 1707 in Charles Town Henrietta Derring Johnston became
the first profesional female artist in what was then The American Colonies.
- In 1773 The first Black Baptist church was founded in Silver Bluff,
in what's now known as Aiken County. This church was for the black slaves.
- In 1799 the first comercialy transported (by ship) ice left
New York City N.Y, and arrived at Charles town.
- In 1925 Duncan Park Baseball Stadium was built in Spartanburge. It's
the oldest minor league stadium in the nation.
- In 1981 the board of public works in Gaffney built an elevated water
storage tank in the shape of a peach.
Link To Top of Page
South Dakota
- State motto "Under God the people Rule".
- Pasque/ May Day Flower is the State flower, members of the
Buttercup family these flowers grow all over South Dakota and it's blooming is one of the first signs of Spring.
- Bell Fourch is the geographical center of the United States
of America designated in 1959, and marked by an official sheepherders monument called a "Stone Johnie".
- Canton is the birthplace of Ernest O Lawrence
a Nobel Prize winning scientist who built the first Cyclotron.
- Clark is home to the famous Mashed Potato Wrestling
contest.
- Jewel Cave in Custer is 145 miles
and is the second longest cave in the world.
- Lead has the largest underground gold mine which
is called the Homestake Mine.
- Madison is were Mary Hart the Co-host of Entertainment Tonight
was Born.
- Mitchell is home to the worlds only Corn Palace.
- Murdo is the home to the Pioneer Auto Musueme
which houses 250 rare cars including the last Genral Lee built for the Dukes of Hazard show.
- Sturgis is home of the famouse Black Hills Classic Motorcycle
Rally which started back in 1938.
- The U.S.S South Dakota was the most decorated
battle ship during WWII.
- In 1898 the worlds first comercial timber sale on federal
forested land in the U.S was authorized in the area of Jim and Estes Creeks near the town of Nemo.
Link To Top of Page
Tennessee
- Nicknamed the Volunteer State.
- The state has more than 3,800 documented caves.
- This state has 95 counties.
- This state ties with Missouri as the most neighborly
state in the country, as it borders connect to 8 other states.
- The Clingmans Dome is the Highest point in the Appalachain
Trail.
- The "Lost Sea" in Sweetwater is the largest underground
lake in the United States.
- Bakersville is home to the first woman senator in
the United States, Hatti Carway.
- Centerville was the Birthplace of the famouse comedian,
and singer Sarah Ophellia Colley Cannon/Minnie Pearl.
- Locust Ridge is the Birthplace of the famouse
country singer Dolly Parton.
- Memphis is the birthplace of the "Queen of Soul/
Lady Soul" Aretha Franklin.
- Memphis is also the birthplace of the actress
and producer Cybill Shepard.
- Memphis was also the location of Graceland
the mansion that the "King of Rock and Roll " Elvis Presley lived in.
- Nashvilles Grand Olde Opre is the longest running
live radio program in the world. It's brodcasted on Friday and Saturday nights since 1925.
- Nutbrush Borough is the birthplace of the rythme
and blues singer Annie Mae Bullock / Tina Turner.
- The state of Tennessee was known as Franklin
before 1796.
- In 1899 Coca-Cola was first bottled in down town
Chattanooga.
Link To Top of Page
Texas
- State's name is based on the word the Hasinia Indians used
for freinds or allies (Tejas).
- Nicknames include The Lone Star State, The Banner State, and The Jumbo
State.
- State Capital is Austin, which is also considered the live music capital
of the world.
- Is the only state to have the flags of 6 diffrent nations fly over it;
Spain, France, Mexico, Republic of Texas, Confederate States, and finaly the flag of the U.S.A.
- Is the only state that will premit residents to cast absentee ballots
from space.
- More wool comes from Texas than any other state in the U.S.
- Armarilo has the worlds largest Helium well.
- Abbot is the birthplace of the singer Willie Nelson.
- Midland is the birthplace of actess Kathy Baker.
- San Antonio is the birthplace of the comedian Carol Burnett.
- San Saba is the birthplace of actor Tomy Lee Jones.
- Texas has 386 Airports more than any of the other 48 contiguous
states.
- Most of the United States World War II prisoners of war
camps were located in Texas.
- In 1870 the first suspension bridge in the U.S was the Wacco bridge
crossing the Brazos river.
- The Manned Space Craft Center/ Lyndon B Johnson Space Center (as
of 1973), was established in 1961 and first opened it's doors in 1963. This Space center is located in Houston.
Link To Top of Page
Utah
- Capital is Salt Lake City.
- Nicknamed the Beehive State.
- State Flower Sego Lily.
- Home State of the old west outlaw Butch
Cassedy.
- Home of the singers Donny and Marrie
Osmond.
- Home of actress Roseanne Barr.
- The 45th state admited to the US, on January 4th 1896.
- Martha Hughes Cannon became the first
woman State Senator (of Salt Lake County) in 1861 and served two terms.
- 1869 Promontory Point is were the Golden
spike joining the Union Pacific and Central Pacific for the first intercontinental railway.
- Site of Westminster College, founded in 1875 as the Salt Lake
College Institute becoming a 4 yr college in 1944.
- Utahraptor fosiles were found here in 1991.
Link To Top of Page
Vermont
- Name comes from french word Mont Vert meaning Green
Mountian.
- State Flower Red Clover.
- State Bird Hermit Thrush.
- State Moto Freedom and Unity.
- Nicknamed the Green Mountian State.
- Capital is Montpelier.
- Fairfeild is the birthplace of President
Calvin Coolidge.
- Plymoth is the birthplace of President Chester Alan Arthur.
- Rutland is the home/birthplace of the inventor
John Deere.
- State makes more Maple Syrup,Marble, and monumental
granite than any other state.
- State also has the largest number of dairy cows
in the country.
- First state to promote tourism.
- In 1777 Vermont made the first consitution to outlaw
slavery.
- 1802 first U.S canal was built in Bellows Falls.
- The first postage stamp used in America
was made in Brattleboro in 1846.
- In 1869 the first pulp paper mill was
established in Bellows Falls by William A Russell, who later became the 1st president of the International Paper Company.
- The first state absantee voting laws was enacted
in 1896 by Vermont.
- 1st person to cross the U.S by car was
Dr. H Nelson of Burlington in 1903 he went from San Fransisco C.A to New York N.Y.
- In 1954 Consuelo Northrup Bailey of Fairfeild is
elected as the first female Lietenant Govenor in U.S history.
Link To Top of Page
Virginia
- 10th State admitted to the Union.
- Nicknamed the Old Dominion State, The Birthplace
of a nation, or the Mother of Presidents.
- Capital City is Richmond which was also the captial
of the confederacy. Originaly though it was Jamestown which was also the first English settlement in the U.S.
- First Peanuts grown in the United States were grown in this
state.
- Charles City County is the birthplace of
president William H Harrison.
- Charles City is also the birthplace of president
John Tyler.
- Richmond is the birthplace of actor Warren
Beatty.
- Roanoke is the birthplace of actor John Payne.
- Orange City is the birthplace of president
Zachary Taylor.
- Shadwell is the birthplace of president Thomas
Jefferson.
- Staunton is the birthplace of president
Woodrow Wilison.
- Stratford is the birthplace of Confederate
General Robert E Lee.
- Westmorland is the birthplace of the
first U.S president George Washington.
- Westmorland is also the birthplace of
president James Monroe.
- Homebase for The United States Navy
Fleet.
- The Pentagon in Arlington is the Largest office building in
the world.
- Worlds only oyster museme is on Chinteague island.
- The site of the battles ending the American Revolution
(Yorkstown) and the Civil War (Appromattox).
- First beer was brewed in Roanoke County in 1587.
- On June 15, 1936 became first state to open an entire
park system in one day called the sixpark system (Hungry Mother in Smythe County, Fairystone in Patrick and Henry Counties,
Stauton River in Halifax County, Westmoreland in Westmoreland county, Douthat in Bath and Alleghany Counties,
and Seashore in Princess Anne County/Virgina Beach) .
Link To Top of Page
West Virginia
- It's nicknamed the Mountain State and it's motto is "Mountaineers are
always free".
- The State animal is the Black Bear.
- The famouse gymnast Marry Lou Retton was born in Fairmont.
- In Horse Shoe Run the church known as "our
lady of the pines" is claimed to be the tiniest church in 48 states, (measuring 24 ft by 12 ft and seating for 12).
- Jackson's Mill is the site of the first 4 H Camp in the United States.
- Actor Jessie Donald Knotts/Don Knotts was born in Morgantown
in July 21 of 1924 (died February 24 2006).
- In 1756 the first spa opened to the public was in what is
now Berkeley Springs (Originaly Bath Virginia before the two split).
- In 1870 the first brick paved street in the United States was Summers
Street laid in Charlston.
- On February 14 1824 at Harpers Ferry John S Gallaher published
"the Ladies Garland" one of the first papers in the nation devoted mainly towards the intrests of women.
- The first rural free mail started in Charles Town in 1896.
- On May 10 1908 in Andrews Church in Grafton the first mothers day was
observed.
- In 1921 the first state sales tax went into effect in West Virginia
on July 1st.
- In 1926 the first ever exculisivly women's prison (no men prisoners)
opened in Alderson The Fedral Industrial Institution for Women.
Link To Top of Page
Wisconsin
- Nicknamed the Badger state, as early minnors sometimes dug there homes out of the
sides of hills, just like badgers.
- State has over 14,000 lakes of which Winnebago is the largest.
- Eagle River is known as the Snowmobiling Capital of the World.
- Hayward houses the National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame.
- Kenosha was the home of actor and producer Orson Wells (known for his radio adaptation
of H.G Wells War of the worlds, and for cowriting, producing, dirrecting, and even staring in his first film Citizen
Kane) .
- Madison was the home of actor Chris Farley.
- Millwaukee was the home of actress Charlotte Rae.
- Millwaukee Summerfest is the nations largest music festival with sometimes over
2,500 preformers.
- Seymour is home to the Hamburger Hall of
Fame.
- Sturgen Bay is the shipbuilding capital of the Great Lakes.
- West Allis was the home of Pianist Wladziu Valentine Liberace. A Flamboyant pianist
known for his talent, showmanship and outrageous costumes.
- In 1854 the Republican Party was founded in Ripon.
- On September 30th 1882 the First Hydroelectric plant in the United States
was built at Fox River.
- In 1884 the First Ringling Brothers Circus was staged in Barraboo.
- In 1903 the first Harley Davidson Motocycle was made in Millwaukee.
- January 22 1964 the worlds largest cheese (15,723 kg) was mannufactured.
Link To Top of Page
Wyoming
- Algonquin or Delawar Indian word meaning "large prairie place"
- State Mammals the Bison.
- State Flower Indian Paintbrush.
- State Motto "Equal Rights". Was the first state to give
women the right to vote.
- Had the first woman justice of the peace, and the first woman
elected to a public office (Estelle R. Meyer, who won state school of superintendency in 1894).
- Capital is Cheyenne.
- Birth Place of Actress Isabel Jewell.
- Birth Place of Vice President Dick Cheney.
- JC Penney stores were started in Kremmere.
- Home the Grand Teton National Park, and Bighorn National
Park.
- 1872 First National Park was Yellowstone.
- 1906 Devils tower was declared the first National Monument.
- 1925 Nellie Taylor Ross became the first female govenor
in the United States.
Link To Top of Page
|
