Facts about the States- Find Yours

[RedGlitter]

Arizona is a right-to-work state. The law states no person shall be denied the opportunity to obtain or retain employment because of non-membership in a labor organization.

The Arizona trout is found only in the Arizona.

The saguaro cactus blossom is the official state flower. The white flower blooms on the tips of the saguaro cactus during May and June. The saguaro is the largest American cactus.

Arizona leads the nation in copper production.

Petrified wood is the official state fossil. Most petrified wood comes from the Petrified Forest in northeastern Arizona.

The bola tie is the official state neckwear.

The Palo verde is the official state tree. Its name means green stick and it blooms a brilliant yellow-gold in April or May.

The cactus wren is the official state bird. It grows seven to eight inches long and likes to build nests in the protection of thorny desert plants like the arms of the giant saguaro cactus.

Turquoise is the official state gemstone. The blue-green stone has a somewhat waxy surface and can be found throughout the state.

Arizona is home of the Grand Canyon National Park.

The ringtail is the official state mammal. The ringtail is a small fox-like animal about two and one-half feet long and is a shy, nocturnal creature.

The amount of copper on the roof of the Capitol building is equivalent to 4,800,000 pennies.

Arizona observes Mountain Standard Time on a year round basis. The one exception is the Navajo Nation, located in the northeast corner of the state, which observes the daylight savings time change.

The battleship USS Arizona was named in honor of the state. It was commissioned in 1913 and launched in 1915 from the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

World War II brought many military personnel to train at Luke and Thunderbird fields in Glendale.

The Castilian and Burgundian flags of Spain, the Mexican flag, the Confederate flag, and the flag of the United States have all flown over the land area that has become Arizona.

In 1926, the Southern Pacific Railroad connected Arizona with the eastern states.

The geographic center of Arizona is 55 miles (89 kilometers) southeast of Prescott.

Arizona's most abundant mineral is copper.

Bisbee, located in Tombstone Canyon, is known as the Queen of the Copper Mines. During its mining history the town was the largest city between Saint Louis and San Francisco.

The state's most popular natural wonders include the Grand Canyon, Havasu Canyon, Grand Canyon Caves, Lake Powell/Rainbow Bridge, Petrified Forest/Painted Desert, Monument Valley, Sunset Crater, Meteor Crater, Sedona Oak Creek Canyon, Salt River Canyon, Superstition Mountains, Picacho Peak State Park, Saguaro National Park, Chiricahua National Monument, and the Colorado River.

The Arizona tree frog is the state official amphibian. The frog is actually between three-quarter to two inches long.

Once a rowdy copper mining town, Jerome's population dwindled to as few as 50 people after the mines closed in 1953.

The original London Bridge was shipped stone-by-stone and reconstructed in Lake Havasu City.

The capital of the Navajo Reservation is Window Rock.

The state's precipitation varies. At Flagstaff the annual average is 18.31 inches; Phoenix averages 7.64 inches; and Yuma's annual average is 3.27 inches.

Crops include 2%; pastureland 57%; forests 24%; and other uses are 17% in land-use designation.

The Arizona ridge-nosed rattlesnake is perhaps the most beautiful of all eleven species of rattlesnakes found in Arizona.

The colors blue and gold are the official state colors.

Located in Fountain Hills is a fountain believed to be the tallest in the world.

Four Corners is noted as the spot in the United States where a person can stand in four states at the same time.

The age of a saguaro cactus is determined by its height.

The Apache trout is considered a threatened species under the federal Endangered Species Act.

Arizona, among all the states, has the largest percentage of its land set aside and designated as Indian lands.

Rising to a height of 12,643 feet, Mount Humphreys north of Flagstaff is the state's highest mountain.

The Hopi Indians of Arizona are noted for growing their multicolored corn.

Barry Goldwater, a famous public official, senator, and presidential candidate was born in Phoenix.

In 1939 architect Frank Lloyd Wright's studio, Taliesin West, was built near Phoenix.

Oraibi is the oldest Indian settlement in the United States. The Hopis Indians founded it.

Grand Canyon's Flaming Gorge got its name for its blazing red and orange colored, twelve-hundred-foot-high walls.

Grand Canyon's Disaster Falls was named to commemorate the site of a previous explorer's wreck.

Grand Canyon's Marble Canyon got its name from its thousand-foot-thick seam of marble and for its walls eroded to a polished glass finish.

Arizona became the 48th state on February 14, 1912.

The world's largest solar telescope is located at Kitts Peak National Observatory in the city of Sells.

At one time camels were used to transport goods across Arizona.

Between the years 1692 and 1711 Father Eusebio Kino focused on area missionary work. During the time many grain and stock farms began.

A person from Arizona is called an Arizonan.

Phoenix originated in 1866 as a hay camp to supply Camp McDowell.

The famous labor leader, Caesar Estrada Chavez, was born in Yuma.

Tombstone, Ruby, Gillette, and Gunsight are among the ghost towns scattered throughout the states.

I found this at : http://www.50states.com/

[Carl44]

i want to come to Arizona :-6

[sunny104]

thanks Red, that's cool! :-6

Texas is popularly known as The Lone Star State.



The Alamo is located in San Antonio. It is where Texas defenders fell to Mexican General Santa Anna and the phrase Remember the Alamo originated. The Alamo is considered the cradle of Texas liberty and the state's most popular historic site.



The lightning whelk is the official state shell.



Texas is the only state to have the flags of 6 different nations fly over it. They are: Spain, France, Mexico, Republic of Texas, Confederate States, and the United States.



Although six flags have flown over Texas, there have been eight changes of government: Spanish 1519-1685, French 1685-1690, Spanish 1690-1821, Mexican 1821-1836, Republic of Texas 1836-1845, United States 1845-1861, Confederate States 1861-1865, United States 1865-present



The King Ranch in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island.



During the period of July 24-26, 1979, the Tropical Storm Claudette brought 45 inches of rain to an area near Alvin, Texas, contributing to more than $600 million in damages. Claudette produced the United States 24 hour rainfall record of 43 inches.



More wool comes from the state of Texas than any other state in the United States.



Edwards Plateau in west central Texas is the top sheep growing area in the country.



Texas is the only state to enter the United States by treaty instead of territorial annexation.



The state was an independent nation from 1836 to 1845.



Texas boasts the nation's largest herd of whitetail deer.



A coastal live oak located near Fulton is the oldest tree in the state. The tree has an estimated age of more than 1,500 years.



Sam Houston, arguably the most famous Texan, was actually born in Virginia. Houston served as governor of Tennessee before coming to Texas.



Caddo Lake is the only natural lake in the state.



The first offensive action of the Texas Revolution occurred in Goliad on October 9, 1835 when local colonists captured the fort and town.



On December 20, 1835 the first Declaration of Texas Independence was signed in Goliad and the first flag of Texas Independence was hoisted.



The Hertzberg Circus Museum in San Antonio contains one of the largest assortments of circusana in the world.



The capital city of Austin is located on the Colorado River in south-central Texas. The capitol building is made from Texas pink granite. It served as the capital of the Republic of Texas in 1840-1842.



Austin is considered the live music capital of the world.



Texas is home to Dell and Compaq computers and central Texas is often referred to as the Silicon Valley of the south.



Professional sports teams include the Dallas Cowboys, Dallas Mavericks, Dallas Stars, Houston Astros, Houston Comets, Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs, and Texas Rangers.



Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. The Dublin Dr Pepper, 85 miles west of Waco, still uses pure imperial cane sugar in its product. There is no period after the Dr in Dr Pepper. yummy!



The first suspension bridge in the United States was the Waco Bridge. Built in 1870 and still in use today as a pedestrian crossing of the Brazos River.



In 1836 five sites served as temporary capitals of Texas: Washington-on-the-Brazos: Harrisburg: Galveston: Velasco: and Columbia. Sam Houston moved the capital to Houston in 1837. In 1839 the capital was moved to the new town of Austin.



The capitol in Austin opened May 16, 1888. The dome of the building stands seven feet higher than that of the nation's Capitol in Washington, D.C.



Texas comes from the Hasinai Indian word tejas meaning friends or allies.



The armadillo is the official state mammal.



Texas has the first domed stadium in the country. The structure was built in Houston and opened in April 1965.



The Houston Comets are the only team in the country to win four back-to-back WNBA championships. 1997-2000 Cynthia Cooper remains the only player to win the WNBA Championship MVP.



The worst natural disaster in United States history was caused by a hurricane that hit Galveston in 1900. Over 8000 deaths were recorded.



The first word spoken from the moon on July 20, 1969 was Houston.



Texas' largest county is Brewster with 6,208 square miles.



Texas possesses three of the top ten most populous cities in the United States. These towns are Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio.



El Paso is closer to Needles, California than it is to Dallas.



Texas includes 267,339 square miles, or 7.4% of the nation's total area.



The state's cattle population is estimated to be near 16 million.



More land is farmed in Texas than in any other state.



More species of bats live in Texas than in any other part of the United States. oh, Zinky.........



Laredo is the world's largest inland port.



Port Lavaca has the world's longest fishing pier. Originally part of the causeway connecting the two sides of Lavaca Bay, the center span of was destroyed by Hurricane Carla in 1961.



The Tyler Municipal Rose Garden is the world's largest rose garden. It contains 38,000 rose bushes representing 500 varieties of roses set in a 22-acre garden.



Amarillo has the world's largest helium well.



The world's first rodeo was held in Pecos on July 4, 1883.



The Flagship Hotel on Seawall Boulevard in Galveston is the only hotel in North America built entirely over the water.



The Heisman trophy is named for John William Heisman the first full-time coach and athletic director at Rice University in Houston.



Brazoria County has more species of birds than any other comparable area in North America.



The Aransas Wildlife Refuge is the winter home of North America's only remaining flock of whooping cranes.



Jalapeno pepper jelly originated in Lake Jackson and was first marketed in 1978.

[Mystery]

# The world famous "Mardi Gras" is celebrated in New Orleans. Mardi Gras is an ancient custom that originated in southern Europe. It celebrates food and fun just before the 40 days of Lent: a Catholic time of prayer and sacrifice.



# The Battle of New Orleans, which made Andrew Jackson a national hero, was fought two weeks after the War of 1812 had ended and more than a month before the news of the war's end had reached Louisiana.



# Louisiana was named in honor of King Louis XIV.



# Baton Rouge hosted the 1983 Special Olympics International Summer Games at LSU.



# Louisiana has the tallest state capitol building in the United States; the building is 450 feet tall with 34 floors.



# Louisiana is the only state in the union that does not have counties. Its political subdivisions are called parishes.



# Louisiana is the only state with a large population of Cajuns, descendants of the Acadians who were driven out of Canada in the 1700s because they wouldn't pledge allegiance to the King of England.



# The Superdome in New Orleans is the worlds largest steel-constructed room unobstructed by posts.

Height: 273 feet (82.3 meters), Diameter of Dome: 680 feet (210 meters), Area of Roof: 9.7 acres, Interior Space: 125,000,000 cubic feet, Total floor footage: 269,000 sq. ft. (82,342 sq. meters), Electrical Wiring: 400 miles (640 kilometers)



# Metairie is home to the longest bridge over water in the world, the Lake Pontchartrain causeway. The causeway connects Metairie with St. Tammany Parish on the North Shore. The causeway is 24 miles long.



# Louisiana is the only state that still refers to the Napoleonic Code in its state law.



# Since 1835 the New Orleans & Carrolliton Line is the oldest street railway line still in operation.



# Saint Martin Parish is home to the world's largest freshwater river basin, the Atchafalaya Basin; the basin provides nearly every type of outdoor recreational activity imaginable.



# Breaux Bridge is known as the "Crawfish Capital of the World".



# The first American army to have African American officers was the confederate Louisiana Native Guards. The Corps d'Afrique at Port Hudson was sworn into service on September 27, 1862.



# In Louisiana, biting someone with your natural teeth is considered a simple assault, but biting someone with your false teeth is considered an aggravated assault.



# The Saint Charles streetcar line in New Orleans and the San Francisco, California cable cars are the nation's only mobile national monuments



# Jennings is called the "Garden Spot of Louisiana" for it's rich and productive farmland. Jennings sobriquet {nickname} became a "Northern Town on Southern Soil".



# Baton Rouge's flag is a field of crimson representing the great Indian nations that once inhabited the area.



# Money Magazine has rated Terrebonne Parish, in the heart of Cajun Country the best place to live in Louisiana for 3 years in a row.



# In 1718 The French found New Orleans and marked "Cannes Brulee" on maps upriver in the area known today as the City of Kenner. French for "Burnt Canes", Cannes Brulee was a name given by explorers who observed natives burning cane to drive out wild game.



# Between April 17,1862 and May 18, 1864 20 major Civil War battles and engagements were fought on Louisiana soil.



# In 1803 the United States paid France $15 million for the Louisiana Territory. 828,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River. The lands acquired stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico to the Canadian border. Thirteen states were carved from the Louisiana Territory. The Louisiana Purchase nearly doubled the size of the United States.



# bayou: BUY-you n. a French name for slow-moving "river"



# Louisiana's first territorial governor, William C.C. Claiborne had great admiration for the awkward bird that inhabited the Gulf Coast region. The pelican, rather than let its young starve, would tear at its own flesh to feed them. The Governor's great respect for the Pelican led him to first use the Pelican symbol on official documents.



# The Catahoula Leopard Dog, often called the Catahoula Hound, is the official state dog.



# The City of Sulphur is the 13th largest city in Louisiana and is named for the chemical and mining industry that helped to establish Calcasieu Parish in the late 1800's.



# The Town of Walker became a municipality under the State's Lawrason Act (136 of 1898) on July 9, 1909 as a village.



# Saint Joseph's Cemetery, the only known United States cemetery facing north-south is in Rayne.



# Incorporated in 1813 under the Lawrason Act, Saint Francisville is the second oldest town in Louisiana.



# The Union Cottonseed Oil Mill of West Monroe was in the planning stages as early as 1883. By 1887, it provided the area with many jobs for the laborers of the area. The Union Oil Mill is the oldest industry in Ouachita Parish.



# French speaking Acadians in the mid-1700s settled the Lafayette Parish region of south Louisiana. The Acadians were joined by another group of settlers called Creoles, descendants of African, West Indian, and European pioneers. At the time of the migration, Louisiana was under Spanish rule and authorities welcomed the new settlers.



# The city of Kaplan is referred to as "The Most Cajun place on earth".



# The town of Jean Lafitte was once a hideaway for pirates.



# Winnsboro, the "Stars and Stripes Capital of Louisiana", is one of the most patriotic cities in America. On Memorial Day, July 4th, Veteran's Day, Labor Day, and other special occasions, approximately 350 American flags fly proudly along highway 15.



# The name "Bogalusa" is derived from the Indian named creek "Bogue Lusa", which flows through the city.



# Frances Parkinson Keyes, one of America's best selling authors, lived in Crowley for more than ten years.



# The golden spike, commemorating the completion of the east-west Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railroad, was driven at Bossier City on July 12, 1884, by Julia "Pansy" Rule. It was the first such spike driven by a woman.



# Jim Bowie, the legendary adventurer and hero of the Battle of the Alamo, lived in Opelousas after moving there from Kentucky. Opelousas is the third oldest city in Louisiana.



# The City of Ponchatoula is the oldest incorporated city in Tangipahoa Parish. Ponchatoula derives its name from the Choctaw Indian language meaning "hair to hang" because of the abundance of Spanish moss on the trees surrounding the area.



# Le Musee de la Ville de Kaplan {The Kaplan Museum} is located in the center of downtown Kaplan. Le Musee at appropriate times has exhibits centered on the seasonal festivals. Mardi Gras, Easter, July 4, Bastille Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas.



# Rayne is known as the "The Frog Capital of the World".



# Notations on the original plats of survey for the area that is now Ville Platte stated that surveyors had to use pirogues and flat boats to properly do their work.



# Because Covington is in a region referred to as the Ozone Belt, it has long been known for its clean air and water.



# Gueydan is known as the "Duck Capital of America" in recognition of its abundance of waterfowl.



# Mamou bills itself as "The Cajun Music Capital of the World." Mamou musicians, in particular the musicians who have perform at Fred's Lounge have been a major force in expanding the audience for Cajun music far beyond Southwest Louisiana.



# The Harvey Canal Locks near Westwego connect the Mississippi River to the Harvey Canal. Back in the 1800s the locks served as ferries to transport railroad cars from one side of the canal to the other. Workers would then reunite the railroad cars on land. This service may have sparked the name of the town. According to one local folk tale, trainmen would shout "West We Go" as the railroad cars were reconnected and pulled out of the station.



# Church Point boasts the designation "The Buggy Capital of the World". A festival celebrates this designation annually on the first weekend in June.



# The Creole House in French Settlement was built of cypress wood. It is typical of the dwellings built in the late 1800's because cypress was so plentiful in the surrounding swamps.



# Fort Polk was established in 1941 and named in honor of the Right Reverend Leonidas Polk, the first Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Louisiana. On March 12, 1993, Fort Polk officially became the home of the Joint Readiness Training Center.



# Pineville is home to a one of a kind museum called the Old Town Hall Museum. It is the only museum in the entire state of Louisiana dedicated to municipal government.

[YZGI]

Kansas: It's flat, hot and windy

[minks]

Canada

We are on top

[sunny104]

minks;666148 wrote: Canada

We are on top


here ya go! :-4

http://www.canadacool.com/COOLFACTS/MapofCanada.html

[minks]

Yay thanks

This coming from the 52nd state of ..... Canada hehehehehehe



More Alberta Cool:

World's largest known oil reserve l

million-dollar hwy overpasses for wildlife l

world's first UFO Landing Pad l

aircraft carrier made of ice l

saddle-shaped stadium l

shopping mall with submarines l

Shanghai Noon l hwy past 100 glaciersl

largest dinosaur graveyard l

java inventor l

chinnoks l

trekkie town l

world's first peace park l

Plus 15 l

ice worms l

Hoo Doos l

first Bloody Caesar l

Brokeback Mountain l

Head-Smashed-In-Bufflao-Jump l

wind-powered computers l

world's most dinosaur skeletons l

town grouch l

Legends of the Fall l

9 km-disappearing lake l

Aurora Borealis l

World Cup 1st Stop l

ride an Olympic bobsleigh l

the most bison l

only whooping crane nests l

200,000 free pancakes

[Sheryl]

YZGI;666137 wrote: Kansas: It's flat, hot and windy


:wah::wah: come on now, ya'll have some hills.

[sunny104]

Sheryl;666169 wrote: :wah::wah: come on now, ya'll have some hills.


and this:

Kansas Facts and Trivia

A ball of twine in Cawker City measures over 38' in circumference and weighs more than 16,750 pounds and is still growing.

:p :wah:

[minks]

what about the state of RI??? Does anybody live there, it's so crazy small, I know nothing about it ahahahaha

Anyone?

Someone?

:wah:

[sunny104]

minks;666182 wrote: what about the state of RI??? Does anybody live there, it's so crazy small, I know nothing about it ahahahaha

Anyone?

Someone?

:wah:


pfft! :p

we've got ranches bigger than them:

The King Ranch in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island.





:D :wah:

[minks]

sunny104;666188 wrote: pfft! :p

we've got ranches bigger than them:

The King Ranch in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island.





:D :wah:


:wah: as I suspected perhaps we Canadians should apply to take over RI, one small step for Canada... ahahahaha

[sunny104]

minks;666191 wrote: :wah: as I suspected perhaps we Canadians should apply to take over RI, one small step for Canada... ahahahaha


they're all yours!

as truckers we loved it cuz you can drive across the whole state in like 2 minutes.

heehee!

[sunny104]

it is really small:

Rhode Island is the smallest state in size in the United States. It covers an area of 1,214 square miles. Its distances North to South are 48 miles and East to West 37 miles.







:-3

[minks]

sunny104;666193 wrote: they're all yours!

as truckers we loved it cuz you can drive across the whole state in like 2 minutes.

heehee!


oh that is funny

I bet the "authorities" hate hi speed chaces through there eh, they are out of state in no time ahahaha ok enough picking on RI.

[YZGI]

sunny104;666181 wrote: and this:



Kansas Facts and Trivia

A ball of twine in Cawker City measures over 38' in circumference and weighs more than 16,750 pounds and is still growing.



:p :wah:
And to think it all started with my belly button fuzz.

[WonderWendy3]

Virginia Facts and Trivia

Virginia was named for England's "Virgin Queen," Elizabeth I.



The major cash crop of Virginia is tobacco and many of the people who live there earn their living from the tobacco industry.



Jamestown, the first of the original 13 Colonies was founded for the purpose of silk cultivation. Silk to be traded with the Court of King James. After blight fungus destroyed the mulberry trees (silkworm food), sericulturist planted tobacco as a cash crop.



Jamestown was the first English settlement in the U.S. It was also the first capital of Virginia.



Virginia is known as "the birthplace of a nation".



Arlington County was originally part of the ten-mile square parcel of land surveyed in 1791 to be part of Washington, DC. The U.S. Congress returned that portion of the land to the "Commonwealth of Virginia" following a referendum among its citizens.



Eight United States Presidents were born in Virginia: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, and Woodrow Wilson.



Six Presidents' wives were born in Virginia: Martha Washington, Martha Jefferson, Rachel Jackson, Letitia Tyler, Ellen Arthur, Edith Wilson.



Seven Presidents are buried in Virginia: Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Tyler, Taft and Kennedy.



The present state capital in Richmond was also the capital of the Confederacy.



The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg is the second oldest in the United States, it was founded in 1693.



The State nickname is "Old Dominion".



The State flower is not really a flower, but the blossom of the dogwood tree, which is also the state tree.



The first peanuts grown in the United States were grown in Virginia.



The Blue Ridge Mountains are located in Virginia.



The American Revolution ended with the surrender of Cornwallis in Yorktown.



On March 9, 1862 at Hampton Roads, Virginia, the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (formerly the USS Merrimac) met in one of the most famous naval engagements in US history. Their battle, the first of its kind between metal armored vessels, changed for all time the nature of naval warfare.



10th of the 13 original colonies, Virginia was admitted to the union June 25, 1788.



The state motto is "Sic Semper Tyrannis". (Thus always to tyrants)



Union Passenger Railway was the first successful electric street railway transit agency. It was formed in 1888 at Richmond.



The states of Kentucky & West Virginia were formed from sections of the state of Virginia



About 1/2 of all the people in the United States live within a 500 mile radius of the Capital of Virginia.



Virginia has had 3 capital cities: Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Richmond.



Richmond was also the capital of the Confederate States during the Civil War



Over 1/2 the battles fought in the civil war were fought in Virginia. Over 2,200 of the 4,000 battles.



In Virginia more people work for the United States government than any other industry. About 1/4 of Virginia's workers.



Virginia's largest private employer is also the world's largest ship building yard.



Virginia is the home base for the United States Navy's Atlantic Fleet.



The tomb of the Unknown Soldier is in Arlington National Cemetery.



The Pentagon building in Arlington is the largest office building in the world.



The Pentagon has nearly 68,000 miles of internal telephone lines.



Dulles International Airport is one of the busiest airports in the world.



General Thomas Jackson got his nickname "Stonewall" in Manassass. The site of 2 major Civil War Battles.



The first Thanksgiving in North America was held in Virginia in 1619.



Yorktown is the site of the final victory of the American Revolution.



Virginia has been dubbed the "Internet Capital of the world".



The Atlantic headquarters of NATO is located in Norfolk.



The Great Dismal Swamp is in Virginia near the North Carolina border.



Virginia Beach is the largest city in Virginia. Its population is expected to surpass 500,000 residents by 2010.



The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel is the world's largest bridge-tunnel complex.



Wild Ponies have roamed freely on Assateague Island for centuries.



The world's only oyster museum is on Chincoteague Island.



Busch Garden's Old Country Theme Park is located near Williamsburg.



President Thomas Jefferson designed his own home and called it Monticello.



George Washington's home, Mount Vernon, is located in Virginia.



Robert E. Lee, Commanding General of the Army of Northern Virginia, surrendered his men to Ulysses Grant, General-in-Chief of all United States forces, on April 9, 1865 at the Appomattox Court House.



Patrick Henry made his "Give me Liberty or Give me Death" speech in St. John's Church in Richmond.



Bristol is legally two cities but they share the same main street. One in Virginia and one in Tennessee each with its own government and city services.



Waynesboro was the site of the last major battle of the Civil War in central Virginia, the Battle of Waynesboro in 1865 between Generals Jubal Early and Philip Sheridan.



Colvin Run Mill in Great Falls has an early 19-century wooden water wheel and operating gristmill. The old Miller's House features an exhibit about the process of milling and the families who operated the mill.

[minks]

my gosh you guys I wanna come visit you all.

[albertpollard]

Here are a few facts about our state. We hope you enjoy learning about Idaho! Fun facts are displayed in random order.

The deepest river gorge in North America is Idaho's Hells Canyon (7,900 ft deep).



Idaho is bordered by Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Montana and Canada.



Idaho's capitol is Boise.



The Fosbury Flop, a high jumping technique, was invented by Ketchum resident Dick Fosbury.



Idaho's highest point is Mt. Borah (12,622ft), Lowest Point is Lewiston (738 ft)



Idaho's Salmon River near Riggins is the longest free-flowing river that heads and flows within a single state.



Top 3 Industries: 1. Manufacturing 2. Agriculture 3. Tourism



Idaho has 3,100 miles of rivers - more than any other state.



Idaho's state fruit is the Huckleberry, our state vegatable is, of course, the potato.



The word "Potato" first apeared on an Idaho license plate in 1928. The now famous words "Famous Potatoes" apeared on our plates in 1957. Did you know most Idaho License Plates tell you where the driver is from? Learn our license plate designations here.



The 1940 film "Northwest Passage" was filmed in McCall.



The Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness is the largest in the lower 48 states-2.3 million acres of backcountry.



The statehouse in Boise is geothermally heated from underground hot springs.



The Gem State: Idaho produces 72 types of precious and semi-precious stones.



Shoshone Falls (212 feet), near Twin Falls, drops 52 feet further than Niagara Falls.



Nearly 85% of all commercial trout sold in the U.S. is produced in the Hagerman Valley.



Idaho's state horse is the Appaloosa. Our state fish is the Cutthroat Trout.



Arco was the first city lit by Atomic Energy, July, 1955.



The first alpine chairlift was used in Sun Valley. In 1936 the fee was 25 cents per ride.



Idaho's state flower is the Syringa. Our state tree is the Western White Pine.



Idaho's state bird is the Mountain Bluebird.



Idaho's Population is around 1.5 million with about 600,000 living in the Boise metro area.



Idaho is the 13th Largest State in the U.S.



Idaho is 83,557 square miles.



Twin Falls was the sight of Evil Knievels jump in 1974.



63% of Idaho is public land.



State Motto: "Esto Perpetua" meaning "It is forever"



Idaho's Largest Cities: Boise (185,787), Pocatello (51,466), Nampa (51,867)



The Great Seal of Idaho was designed in 1890 by Mrs. Emma Edwards Green. It is the only Great Seal in the 50 states to be designed by a woman.



Idaho is the number one producer of Potatoes, Trout, Austrian Winter Peas and Lentils.



The world's first nuclear power plant is located at the Idaho National Environmental and Engineering Laboratory (INEEL), near Arco, Idaho. The Atomic Energy Commission offered the town of Arco electricity generated by atomic energy in 1953.

A person may not be seen in public without a smile on their face in Pocatello, Idaho.

Did you know that Idaho has a seaport? The Port of Lewiston allows the exportation of millions of bushels of grain down the Snake and Columbia Rivers for overseas shipment.

In 1953, the engineering prototype of the first nuclear submarine, the Nautilus, was built and tested in the Idaho desert on the Snake River Plain near Arco.

There's lots more!!

[LarsMac]

My Current home is Arkansas. (I have lived in 8 states long enough to consider them "home")

Arkansas (pronounced "Ar-kan-saw") Facts and Trivia

1. Elevations in the state range from 54 feet above sea level in the far southeast corner to 2,753 feet above at Mount Magazine, the state's highest point.



2. North Little Rock offers one of the nation's largest municipal parks.



3. The community of Mountain View is called the Folk Capital of America. The little town preserves the pioneer way of life and puts it on display for visitors at the Ozark Folk Center State Park from March through October.



4. The road to the White House for President Bill Clinton began in Hope, then led to Hot Springs, Fayetteville, and Little Rock.



5. Arkansas contains over 600,000 acres of lakes and 9,700 miles of streams and rivers.



6. The state contains six national park sites, two-and-a half million acres of national forests, seven national scenic byways, three state scenic byways, and 50 state parks.



7. One of America's finest restoration projects, the Quapaw Quarter features some of Little Rock's oldest structures including Victorian and antebellum homes, churches, MacArthur Park, and the Old Arsenal.



8. Mountain View is home to one of the largest producers of handmade dulcimers in the world.



9. Since the 1830s the area now known as Hot Springs National Park has bathed notables as diverse as Franklin D. Roosevelt, Babe Ruth, and Al Capone. The park is entirely surrounded by the city of Hot Springs, the boyhood home of President Bill Clinton.



10. Located just outside of Murfreesboro, Crater of Diamonds State Park allows dedicated prospectors to search for precious gems including diamonds, amethyst, garnet, jasper, agate, and quartz.



11. The mockingbird is the official state bird. It was designated in 1929.



12. Clark Bluff overlooking the St. Francis River contains chalk to supply the nation for years.



13. Famous singer Johnny Cash was born in Kingsland.



14. The apple blossom is the official state flower. It was designated in 1901.



15. The Magnet Cove region claims to contain 102 varieties of minerals.



16. The World's Championship Duck Calling Contest is held annually in Stuttgart.



17. Sam Walton founded his Wal-Mart stores in Bentonville.



18. Mount Ida is known as the Quartz Crystal Capital of the World.



19. Arkansas became the 25th state on June 15, 1836.



20. The pine tree is the official state tree. It was designated in 1939.



21. Pine Bluff is known as the world center of archery bow production.



22. Camden was the site of the Fort Lookout Skirmish and the Battle of Poison Springs



23. Bauxite is the official state mineral. It was designated in 1967.



24. Alma claims to be the Spinach Capital of the World.



25. Little River County Courthouse is world famous for it's Christmas lights display.



26. General Douglas MacArthur, soldier and statesman, was born in Little Rock in 1880.



27. Established near the mouth of the Arkansas River in 1686, Arkansas Post was the first permanent white settlement in the state.



28. The geographic center of the state is located in Pulaski, 12 miles northwest of Little Rock.



29. The city of Fairfield Bay sits on the north shore of Greers Ferry Lake, a 40,000 acre mountain lake of sparkling waters in central Arkansas.



30. The University of Central Arkansas was founded in Conway in 1907.



31. The average temperature in July is 81.4 degrees; January it is 39.5; and the annual average is 61.7 degrees. The average rainfall is 48.52 inches and the average snowfall is 5.2 inches.



32. Scott Joplin, popular musician and composer, was born in Texarkana.



33. The diamond is the official state gem. It was designated in 1967.



34. Arkansas is officially known as The Natural State.



35. The Arkansas River is the longest stream to flow into the Mississippi-Missouri river system. Its total length is 1,450 miles.



36. The South Arkansas vine ripe pink tomato is the official state fruit and blossom. It was designated in 1987.



37. Milk is the official state beverage. It was designated in 1985.



38. The largest freestanding rock formation located in Eureka Springs has a base circumference of about 10 inches and the top measures almost 10 feet across.



39. The apple blossom is the official state flower. It was designated in 1901.



40. Ouachita National Forest reigns as the oldest national forest in the South.



41. The lowest point in the state occurs along the Ouachita River.



42. Origin of state's name: French interpretation of a Sioux word acansa, meaning downstream place.



43. A person from Arkansas is called an Arkansan. (the folks I have met who are native to the state usually refer to themselves as 'Akansawyers')



44. The honeybee is the official state insect. It was officially designated in 1973.



45. In 1783 the Colbert Incident occurred at Arkansas Post. It was the only Revolutionary War skirmish in the state.



46. The Buffalo River is one of the few remaining unpolluted, free-flowing rivers in the lower 48 states.



47. The fiddle is the official state instrument. It was designated in 1985.



48. 47 hot springs flow from the southwestern slope of Hot Springs Mountain, at an average temperature of 143 F.



49. The Ozark National Forest covers more than one million acres.



50. The quartz crystal is the official state rock. It was designated in 1967.

[LarsMac]

This seems like a thread worth reviving.

Since last posting to this thread, I have moved.

Here are some interesting, fun facts about my new home.

"Beulah red" is the name of the red marble that gives the Colorado State Capitol its distinctive splendor. Cutting, polishing, and installing the marble in the Capitol took six years, from 1894 to 1900. All of the "Beulah red" marble in the world went into the Capitol. It cannot be replaced, at any price.

Colorado is the only state in history, to turn down the Olympics. In 1976 the Winter Olympics were planned to be held in Denver. 62% of all state Voters choose at almost the last minute not to host the Olympics, because of the cost, pollution and population boom it would have on the State Of Colorado, and the City of Denver.

The United States Air Force Academy is located in Colorado Springs.

The world's largest flat-top mountain is in Grand Mesa.

In Fruita, the town folk celebrate 'Mike the Headless Chicken Day'. Seems that a farmer named L.A. Olsen cut off Mike's head on September 10, 1945 in anticipation of a chicken dinner - and Mike lived for another 4 years without a head.

The LoDo region of Denver stands for Lower Downtown.

Denver, lays claim to the invention of the cheeseburger. The trademark for the name Cheeseburger was awarded in 1935 to Louis Ballast.

The highest paved road in North America is the Road to Mt. Evans off of I-70 from Idaho Springs. The Road climbs up to 14,258 Ft. above sea level.

Colorado means “colored red and is known as the “Centennial State.

The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad continues to provide year round train service operating a historical train with rolling stock indigenous to the line. The line was constructed primarily to haul mine ores, both gold and silver, from the San Juan Mountains.

The United States federal government owns more than 1/3 of the land in Colorado.

Colorado contains 75% of the land area of the U.S. with an altitude over 10,000 feet.

Colorado has 222 state wildlife areas.

Colfax Avenue in Denver is the longest continuous street in America.

The 13th step of the state capital building in Denver is exactly 1 mile high above sea level.

The Dwight Eisenhower Memorial Tunnel between Clear Creek & Summit counties is the highest auto tunnel in the world. Bored at an elevation of 11,000 feet under the Continental Divide it is 8,960 feet long and the average daily traffic exceeds 26,000 vehicles.

Leadville is the highest incorporated city in the United States at 10,430 feet elevation. Because there was lots of "silver" named towns at the time, the founding fathers suggested Leadville.

Katherine Lee Bates wrote “America the Beautiful after being inspired by the view from Pikes Peak.

Hundreds of thousands of valentines are re-mailed each year from Loveland.

Fountain, has the distinction of being the United States' millennium city because it best symbolizes the overall composition of America. Fountain is the most accurate representation of the American "melting pot." Fountain was chosen after a Queens College sociologist crunched Census Bureau statistics in an effort to find the one city in the country that best represented the population make-up of the United States.

Pueblo is the only city in America with four living recipients of the Medal of Honor.

The tallest building in Colorado is the Republic Plaza at 57 stories high, in Denver.

Every year Denver host the worlds largest Rodeo, the Western Stock show.

Denver has the largest city park system in the nation with 205 parks in City limits and 20,000 Acres of parks in the nearby mountains.

Dove Creek is the "Pinto Bean" capital of the world.

The tallest sand dune in America is in Great Sand Dunes National Monument outside of Alamosa. This bizarre 46,000-acre landscape of 700-foot sand peaks was the creation of ocean waters and wind more than one million years ago.

The World's First Rodeo was held on July 4th, 1869 in Deer Trail.

Lieutenant Zebulon Montgomery Pike explored the southwest portion of the Louisiana Territory in 1806 and though he never climbed the peak that bears his name, he did publish a report that attracted a lot of interest to the area.

The slogan of "Pikes Peak or Bust," painted across many of the prairie schooners, was born at a time as fortune hunters headed west. Although only a handful of those who flocked to the region ever found gold.

At 14,110 feet above sea level over 400,000 people ascend Pikes Peak each year.

The aptly named town of Twin Lakes lays adjacent two natural lakes at the foot of Colorado's highest Fourteener, Mt. Elbert.

The Colorado Rockies are part of the North American Cordillera, which stretches 3,000 miles from Alaska, through western Canada and the United States, into northern Mexico. The centerpieces of this dramatic uplift are the peaks over 14,000 feet, or "Fourteeners", as they are affectionately referred to by climbers. There are 52 Fourteeners in Colorado.

Rocky Ford has been dubbed the "melon capital of the world."

The Yampa River below the northwest town of Craig holds northern pike in the 20-pound range, while the Roaring Fork and Frying Pan rivers are prime spots for trout fishing.

Colorado has the highest mean altitude of all the states.

Mesa Verde features an elaborate four-story city carved in the cliffs by the Ancestral Pueblo people between 600 and 1300 A.D. The mystery surrounding this ancient cultural landmark is the sudden disappearance of the thousands of inhabitants who created the more than 4,000 identified structures.

Colorado has more microbreweries per capita than any other state.

The Kit Carson County Carousel in Burlington dates back to 1905, making it the oldest wooden merry-go-round in the United States. It is the only wooden carousel in America still with its original paint.

The Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad has been in continuous operation since 1881 and has appeared in more than a dozen movies including How the West Was Won (1963) and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969).

The highest suspension bridge in the world is over the Royal Gorge near Canon City. The Royal Gorge Bridge spans the Arkansas River at a height of 1,053 feet.

The world's largest natural hot springs pool located in Glenwood Springs. The two-block long pool is across the street from the historic Hotel Colorado, a favorite stop of former president Teddy Roosevelt.

Built in 1867 by Seth Lake, the Astor House in Golden was the first stone hotel built west of the Mississippi River.

Colorado's southwest corner borders Arizona, New Mexico and Utah the only place in America where the corners of four states meet.

There are nearly 20 rivers whose headwaters begin in Colorado, with the Continental Divide directing each river's course.

The Colorado Rockies play at the 50,000 seat Coors Field, located in downtown Denver.

In 1859, John Gregory discovered "The Gregory Lode" in a gulch near Central City. Within two weeks, the gold rush was on and within two months the population grew to 10,000 people in search of their fortune. It came to be known as "The Richest Square Mile on Earth".

Colorado's first and oldest military post, Fort Garland was established in 1858 and commanded by the legendary frontiersman Kit Carson.

Abundant nesting and migrating birds and other native animals provide a "world-class" watchable wildlife experience. Bald eagles and other raptors, sandhill cranes, shore birds and water birds can be seen seasonally at San Luis Lakes near Alamosa.

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument near Cripple Creek is a lesson in history set in the one-time shadow of the Guffey Volcano. The volcano erupted millions of years ago, creating fossils and leaving the valley filled with petrified trees.

John Henry "Doc" Holliday's brief and tumultuous existence led him to Glenwood Springs where he succumbed to tuberculosis and died at the Hotel Glenwood on November 8, 1887.

Thanks to: Colorado Travel & Tourism Authority

[shinning_like_me]

hey guys,

I have always known that America being a land of opportunity, But didnt know so much about America, Is most of the land having weather, or climatic unpleasantryt. Brazil is the most dangerous place to go, is trhis news right?

[YZGI]

shinning_like_me;1443384 wrote: hey guys,

I have always known that America being a land of opportunity, But didnt know so much about America, Is most of the land having weather, or climatic unpleasantryt. Brazil is the most dangerous place to go, is trhis news right?


In the north its cold, in the south its warm. Know nothing of Brazil.

[tabby]

LarsMac, I have 2013 calendar that features scenic photography. They tossed in January 2014 as well and it's a beautiful photo of a mountain range covered in snow capped evergreens. The description says it's "Steamboat Springs, Colorado". Gorgeous!

[JacksDad]

[LarsMac]

tabby;1443967 wrote: LarsMac, I have 2013 calendar that features scenic photography. They tossed in January 2014 as well and it's a beautiful photo of a mountain range covered in snow capped evergreens. The description says it's "Steamboat Springs, Colorado". Gorgeous!


Yeah, the Steamboat area is beautimous. I love going up there in the late Spring.

[Hope6]

1.Virginia was named for England's "Virgin Queen," Elizabeth I.

2.The major cash crop of Virginia is tobacco and many of the people who live there earn their living from the tobacco industry.

3.Jamestown, the first of the original 13 Colonies was founded for the purpose of silk cultivation. Silk to be traded with the Court of King James. After blight fungus destroyed the mulberry trees (silkworm food), sericulturist planted tobacco as a cash crop.

4.Jamestown was the first English settlement in the U.S. It was also the first capital of Virginia.

5.Virginia is known as "the birthplace of a nation".

6.Arlington County was originally part of the ten-mile square parcel of land surveyed in 1791 to be part of Washington, DC. The U.S. Congress returned that portion of the land to the "Commonwealth of Virginia" following a referendum among its citizens.

7. Eight United States Presidents were born in Virginia: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, and Woodrow Wilson.

8.Six Presidents' wives were born in Virginia: Martha Washington, Martha Jefferson, Rachel Jackson, Letitia Tyler, Ellen Arthur, Edith Wilson.

9.Seven Presidents are buried in Virginia: Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Tyler, Taft and Kennedy.

10.The present state capital in Richmond was also the capital of the Confederacy.

11.The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg is the second oldest in the United States, it was founded in 1693.

12.The State nickname is "Old Dominion".

13.The State flower is not really a flower, but the blossom of the dogwood tree, which is also the state tree.

14.The first peanuts grown in the United States were grown in Virginia.

15.The Blue Ridge Mountains are located in Virginia.

16.The American Revolution ended with the surrender of Cornwallis in Yorktown.

17.On March 9, 1862 at Hampton Roads, Virginia, the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (formerly the USS Merrimac) met in one of the most famous naval engagements in US history. Their battle, the first of its kind between metal armored vessels, changed for all time the nature of naval warfare.

18.10th of the 13 original colonies, Virginia was admitted to the union June 25, 1788.

19.The state motto is "Sic Semper Tyrannis". (Thus always to tyrants)

20.Union Passenger Railway was the first successful electric street railway transit agency. It was formed in 1888 at Richmond.

21.The states of Kentucky & West Virginia were formed from sections of the state of Virginia

22.About 1/2 of all the people in the United States live within a 500 mile radius of the Capital of Virginia.

23.Virginia has had 3 capital cities: Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Richmond.

24.Richmond was also the capital of the Confederate States during the Civil War

25.Over 1/2 the battles fought in the civil war were fought in Virginia. Over 2,200 of the 4,000 battles.

26.In Virginia more people work for the United States government than any other industry. About 1/4 of Virginia's workers.

27.Virginia's largest private employer is also the world's largest ship building yard.

28.Virginia is the home base for the United States Navy's Atlantic Fleet.

29.The tomb of the Unknown Soldier is in Arlington National Cemetery.

30.The Pentagon building in Arlington is the largest office building in the world.

31.The Pentagon has nearly 68,000 miles of internal telephone lines.

32.Dulles International Airport is one of the busiest airports in the world.

33.General Thomas Jackson got his nickname "Stonewall" in Manassass. The site of 2 major Civil War Battles.

34.The first Thanksgiving in North America was held in Virginia in 1619.

35.Yorktown is the site of the final victory of the American Revolution.

36.Virginia has been dubbed the "Internet Capital of the world".

37.The Atlantic headquarters of NATO is located in Norfolk.

38.The Great Dismal Swamp is in Virginia near the North Carolina border.

39.Virginia Beach is the largest city in Virginia. Its population is expected to surpass 500,000 residents by 2010.

40.The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel is the world's largest bridge-tunnel complex.

41.Wild Ponies have roamed freely on Assateague Island for centuries.

42.The world's only oyster museum is on Chincoteague Island.

43.Busch Garden's Old Country Theme Park is located near Williamsburg.

44.President Thomas Jefferson designed his own home and called it Monticello.

45.George Washington's home, Mount Vernon, is located in Virginia.

46.Robert E. Lee, Commanding General of the Army of Northern Virginia, surrendered his men to Ulysses Grant, General-in-Chief of all United States forces, on April 9, 1865 at the Appomattox Court House.

47.Patrick Henry made his "Give me Liberty or Give me Death" speech in St. John's Church in Richmond.

48.Bristol is legally two cities but they share the same main street. One in Virginia and one in Tennessee each with its own government and city services.

49.Waynesboro was the site of the last major battle of the Civil War in central Virginia, the Battle of Waynesboro in 1865 between Generals Jubal Early and Philip Sheridan.

50.Colvin Run Mill in Great Falls has an early 19-century wooden water wheel and operating gristmill. The old Miller's House features an exhibit about the process of milling and the families who operated the mill.