50 statesBy: Victoria

McDaniel

California Golden State• California is the 31st state.• Capital city is Sacramento.• Los Angeles City is ranked the fourth largest

economy in the United States.• There is more than 300,000 tons of grapes

grown in California each year.• California produces more than 17 million

gallons of wine each year.

New York Empire state• New York’s Capital is Albany.• It is the 11th state.• The Genesee River is one of the very few

rivers that flows South to North.• New York was the first state to require

license plates on cars.• New York is home to 58 species of wild

orchids.

Hawaii Aloha State• Hawaii’s Capital is Honolulu.• It is the 50th state.• There are only twelve letters in the

Hawaiian alphabet.• Hawaii is the only state that grows coffee.• Island flowers and colors are used to

represent each Island.

Georgia Peach State• Georgia’s capital is Atlanta.• It is the 4th state.• Athens is the location of the first University

Chartered supported by state funds.• Chehaw in Albany is well known wild animal

park.• Georgia is the largest state east of the

Mississippi River.

• Tallahassee is Florida's Capital.• Florida is the 27th state.• Lake Okeechobee is the largest lake in

Florida.• Key Largo is known as the Dive Capital of

the World.• Islamorada is billed as the Sports fishing

Capital of the World.

Florida Sunshine State

• New Jersey is the 3rd state.• The capital city is Trenton.• Atlantic City is where the street names

came from for the game monopoly • New Jersey is home to the Miss America

pageant held in Atlantic City. • Atlantic City has the longest boardwalk in

the world.

New Jersey Garden State

• The capital city is Olympia.• Washington is the 42nd state.• The state of Washington is the only state to

be named after a United States president. • Seattle is home to the first revolving

restaurant, 1961.• Washington became the 42nd state in the

United States on November 11, 1889.

Washington The Evergreen State

• Boise is the capital city of Idaho.• Idaho is the 43rd state.• The Cataldo mission is the oldest building in

the state. • Soda Springs boasts the largest man-made

geyser in the world. • Shelley has been the home of the Idaho

Annual Spud Day since 1927.

Idaho Gem State

Alabama Yellowhammer State• The capital is Montgomery.• It is the 22nd state.• The star blue quartz is the state's official

gemstone. • The Florence Renaissance Faire is the

Alabama's official fair.• The pecan is the Alabama's official nut.

• The capital city is Springfield.• It is the 21st state.• Carlyle is the home of the largest man-

made lake in Illinois.• Illinois has 102 counties.• Ronald Wilson Regan from Tampico became

the 40th president of the United States in 1980.

Illinois Prairie State