OR – WELCOME TO NEW HAMPSHIRE! So now we move back east to one of the original colonies, New Hampshire! The “Live Free or Die” state. But did you know that the State’s motto was not the whole story? The sentence, as originally delivered by General John Stark (no relation to the Starks of Winterfell,…
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More than Vegas!
by Betsey Ellis •
Nevada is a lot more than Las Vegas you know. It is a relative new comer state, entering the Union as a State on Halloween in 1864 as our 36th State. But the area that became Nevada did not come under U.S. control until the end of the Mexican-American War in 1848. Prior to that…
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WELCOME TO THE GREAT AMERICAN DESERT
by Betsey Ellis •
Nebraska is a study in contrasts in a way. The area was originally described as the Great American Desert before it became our 37th State in 1867. Like a lot of midwestern states, the area came under the ownership of the USA as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. The final boundaries…
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Welcome to Montana!
by Betsey Ellis •
I know you are expecting me to say something about “Big Sky Country”, but that is just sort of what they settled on. It could have just as easily been “Big Bird Country”. For example, did you know that just north of Missoula there exists the largest nesting community of the common loon in the…
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Has Hugh Jackman Ever Visited the Wolverine State?
by Betsey Ellis •
Let’s get the really mundane stuff out of the way off the top. Michigan became the 26th State on January 26, 1837. The original capitol was Detroit, but it was moved to Lansing in 1847 to provide better defense against the British in nearby Canada. I am not quite sure why this was an issue…