2. • 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.
3. • 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.
4. • 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.
5. • 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.
6. • 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.
7. • 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.
8. • 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.
9. • 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.
10. • 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.
11. • 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.