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- WA
- WASHINGTON
- ID
- IDAHO
- MT
- MONTONA
- ND
- NORTH DAKOTA
- SD
- SOUTH DAKOTA
- MN
- MINNESOTA
- WI
- WISCONSIN
- MI
- MICHIGAN
- NY
- NEW YORK
- VT
- VERMONT
- NH
- NEW HAMPSHIRE
- ME
- MAINE
- MA
- MASSACHEUSETTS
- RI
- RHODE ISLAND
- CT
- CONNECTICUT
- DE
- DELEWARE
- MD
- MARYLAND
- PA
- PENNSYLVANIA
- OH
- OHIO
- IN
- INDIANA
- IL
- ILLINOIS
- IA
- IOWA
- NE
- NEBRASKA
- CO
- COLORADO
- WY
- WYOMING
- UT
- UTAH
- NV
- NEVADA
- CA
- CALIFORNIA
- AZ
- ARIZONA
- NM
- NEW MEXICO
- TX
- TEXAS
- OK
- OKLAHOMA
- KS
- KANSAS
- MO
- MISSOURI
- KY
- KENTUCKY
- TN
- TENNESSEE
- WV
- WEST VIRGINA
- VA
- VIRGINIA
- SC
- SOUTH CAROLINA
- NC
- NOTH CAROLINA
- GA
- GEORGIA
- FL
- FLORIDA
- AL
- ALABAMA
- MS
- MISSISSIPPI
- AR
- ARKANSAS
- LA
- LOISIANNA
- AK
- ALASKA
- HI
- HAWAII
- NJ
- NEW JERSEY
- CAPITAL ALABAMA
- MONTGOMERY
- CAPITAL ALASKA
- JUNEAU
- CAPITAL ARIZONA
- PHOENIX
- CAPITAL ARKANSAS
- LITTLE ROCK
- CAPITAL CALIFORNIA
- SACRAMENTO
- CAPITAL COLORADO
- DENVER
- CAPITAL CONNECTICUT
- HARTFORD
- CAPITAL DELAWARE
- DOVER
- CAPITAL FLORIDA
- TALLAHASSEE
- CAPITAL GEORGIA
- ATLANTA
- CAPITAL HAWAII
- HONOLULU
- CAPITAL IDAHO
- BOISE
- CAPITAL ILLIINOIS
- SPRINGFIELD
- CAPITAL INDIANA
- INDIANAPOLIS
- CAPITAL IOWA
- DES MOINES
- CAPITAL KANSAS
- TOPEKA
- CAPITAL KENTUCKY
- FRANKFORT
- CAPITAL LOUISIANNA
- BATON ROUGE
- CAPITAL MAINE
- AUGUSTA
- CAPITAL MARYLAND
- ANNAPOLIS
- CAPITAL MASSACHEUSSETTS
- BOSTON
- CAPITAL MICHIGAN
- LANSING
- CAPITAL MINNESOTA
- SAINT PAUL
- CAPITAL MISSISSIPPI
- JACKSON
- CAPITAL MISSOURI
- JEFFERSON CITY
- CAPITAL MONTANA
- HELENA
- CAPITAL NEBRASKA
- LINCOLN
- CAPITAL NEVADA
- CARSON CITY
- CAPITAL NEW HAMPSHIRE
- CONCORD
- CAPITAL NEW JERSEY
- TRENTON
- CAPITAL NEW MEXICO
- SANTA FE
- CAPITAL NEW YORK
- ALBANY
- CAPITAL NORTH CAROLINA
- RALEIGH
- CAPITAL NORTH DAKOTA
- BISMARK
- CAPITAL OHIO
- COLUMBUS
- CAPITAL OKLAHOMA
- OKLAHOMA CITY
- CAPITAL OREGON
- SALEM
- CAPITAL PENNSYLVANIA
- HARRISBURG
- CAPITAL RHODE ISLAND
- PROVIDENCE
- CAPITAL SOUTH CAROLINA
- COLUMBIA
- CAPITAL SOUTH DAKOTA
- PIERRE
- CAPITAL TENNESSEE
- NASHVILLE
- CAPITAL TEXAS
- AUSTIN
- CAPITAL UTAH
- SALT LAKE CITY
- CAPITAL VERMONT
- MONTPELIER
- CAPITAL VIRGINIA
- RICHMOND
- CAPITAL WASHINGTON
- OLYMPIA
- CAPITAL WEST VIRGINIA
- CHARLESTON
- CAPITAL WISCONSIN
- MADISON
- CAPITAL WYOMING
- CHEYENNE
- NEW ENGLAND STATES:
- MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, VERMONT, MASSACHEUSETTS, CONNECTICUT, RHODE ISLAND
- MAINE
- -LARGEST OF NEW ENGLAND STATES -KNOWN FOR IT'S SCENERY *RUGGED COASTLINES *LOW ROLLING MOUNTAINS *HEAVILY FORESTED INTERIOR (90% FORESTED) *MORE THAN 2,500 LAKES, MANY SMALL TOWNS & VILLAGES -STATES HARBOURS *BAR HARBOUR (NEWPORT) *KENNEBUNKPORT *OLD ORCHARD BEACH
- "PINE TREE STATE"
- MAINE
- MAINE MOUNT DESERT
- -LARGEST OF OVER 1,000 ISLANDS ALONG THE COAST
- MAINE ACADIA NATIONAL PARK
- -35,000 ACRES -OLDEST PARK EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER -SPRUCE FOREST, OVER 120 MILES OF HIKING TRAILS
- MAINES MOUNTAINS:
- CADILLAC MOUNTAIN -HIGHEST POINT ON US EASTERN SEABOARD SUGARLOAF USA -IN THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS -STATE'S 2ND HIGHEST PEAK -1,291m -OFFERS THE ONLY LIFT-SERVICED, ABOVE-TREELINE SKIING IN EASTERN US
- MAINE BAR HARBOUR (NEWPORT)
- -LARGEST COMMUNITY ON MOUNT DESERT ISLAND -IN 19TH CENTURY WAS NEW ENGLAND'S PREMIER SUMMER RESORT -SUMMER ESTATES, SOME FOR RICH FAMILIES (FORD, ROCKEFELLER)
- MAINE KENNEBUNKPORT
- LOCATION OF SUMMER HOME OF FORMER US PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH
- MAINE OLD ORCHARD BEACH
- -10 MINS FROM PORTLAND, STATE'S LARGEST CITY -11KM LONG BEACH -AMUSEMENT PARK -FAMOUS PIER & FERRIS WHEEL
- THE GRANITE STATE
- NEW HAMPSHIRE
- NEW HAMPSHIRE
- -GRANITE VERY IMPORTANT INDUSTRY -ONE OF LARGEST/RICHEST QUARRIES OF GRANITE IN US -HAS WHITE MOUNTAINS *THE FLUME (GORGE) *MOUNT WASHINGTON
- NEW HAMPSHIRE WHITE MOUNTAINS:
- -EXTEND FROM CDN BORDER SOUTH TO BELOW CENTRE OF THE STATE -HIGHEST MOST IMPRESSIVE MOUNTAINS IN NEW ENGLAND -HEAVILY FORESTED; INCLUDES WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST -YEAR ROUND RECREATION; HIKING, WALKING TOURS SKIING *WATERVILLE VALLEY, LOON MOUNTAIN HIKING
- NEW HAMPSHIRE THE FLUME GORGE
- NATURAL GORGE OPEN MAY - NOV
- NEW HAMPSHIRE MOUNT WASHINGTON
- -HIGHEST PT IN NEW ENGLAND -1,916m -HOME TO FASTEST WINDS MEASURES ON SURFACE PF THE EARTH -HAS WORLD'S FIRST MOUNTAIN CLIMBING COG RAILWAY (1868)
- THE GREEN MOUNTAIN STATE
- VERMONT (FROM FRENCH: VERTS MONTS)
- VERMONT
- -GREEN MOUNTAINS -LAKE CHAMPLAIN -NO LARGE URBAN CENTRES, BUT MANY CHARMING VILLAGES *INNS ARE VERY POPULAR -POPULAR SKI DESTINATIONS *STOWE *JAY PEAK (30 MIN DRIVE FROM QUEBEC BORDER) *KILLINGTON -US LEADING PRODUCER OF MAPLE SYROP -BEN & JERRY'S ICE CREAM (FOUNDED IN BURLINGTON, VT IN 1978
- VERMONT GREEN MOUNTAINS
- -EXTEND FROM CANADA TO MASSACHUSETTS -5 OF THE PEAKS ARE OVER 1219m
- VERMONT LAKE CHAMPLAIN
- -MAKES UP 50% OF STATE'S WESTERN BORDER -180KM LONG -LOCATED BTWN GREEN MOUNTAINS OF VT & ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS OF NY -FISHING, SAILING, SAILBOARDING, SCUBA DIVING (8 HISTORIC SHIPWRECKS)
- VERMONT SKIING: STOWE
- -MOUNT MANSFIELD *HIGHES PEAK IN VT *HOME TO 4 OF MOST CHALLENGING SKI TRAILS IN US -KNOWN AS SKI CAPITAL OF THE EAST, DUE TO LONG WINTER SEASON
- VERMONT SKIING: KILLINGTON
- -HIGHEST LIFT-SERVED SKIING & RIDING IN VT -LARGEST RESORT IN NORTH EAST (200 TRAILS, 33 LIFTS) -UP TO 17,000 SKIIERS/DAY -SNOW FROM OCT - LATE APR
- CONNECTICUT
- -ONLY 161KM FROM NYC TO HARTFORD -BURSHIRE MOUNTAINS *POP. TOURIST ATTRACTION & VACATION GETAWAY FOR NYERS *NUMEROUS TRAILS, LARGE TRACKS OF WILDERNESS -STATE'S HARBOURS: NEW HAVEN *YALE UNIVERSITY *SEVERAL IMP. MUSEUMS & UNIVERSITIES, ART GALLERIES *KNOW FOR PRE BROADWAY THEATRE TRYOUTS MYSTIC *SEAPORT ON MYSTIC RIVER *MUSEUM OF AMERICA & THE SEA (MARITIME MUSEUM)
- RHODE ISLAND
- -SMALLEST US STATE -644KM OF COASTLINE NEWPORT *RESORT CITY & US NAVY TRAINING CENTRE *HOME OF INTL TENNIS HALL OF FAME & NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL *NEWPORT MANIONS ~US LARGEST COLLECTION OF HISTORIC HOMES & GARDENS ~250 YRS OF US HISTORY IN 11 HISTORIC PROPERTIES ~7 PROPERTIES = NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARKS
- "OCEAN STATE"
- RHODE ISLAND
- MASSACHUSETTS
- -SIGNIFICANT THROUGHOUT US HISTORY -SEA *CAPE COD *MARTHA'S VINEYARD *NANTUCKET -RELIGION *PILGRIMS *SALEM *HANCOCK SHAKER VILLAGE
- MASSACHEUSETTS HISTORY:
- -MANY TOWNS FOUNDED BY COLONISTS FROM ENGLAND IN 1620 & 1630'S -BOSTON KNOWN AS "CRADLE OF LLIBERTY" *PLAYED BIG PART IN AMERICAN REVOLUTION & INDEPENDANCE OF US FROM GREAT BRITAIN -FIRST US STATE TO ABOLISH SLAVERY
- MASSACHUSETTS CAPE COD:
- -FISH HOOK SHAPED PENINSULA -FORMS EASTERNMOST PORTION OF MA -CONSISTS OF WIDE, SANDY BEACHES *PART OF CAPE COD NATIONAL SEA SHORE *PROTECTED FROM DEVELPOPMENT -MAINLY SUMMER RESORT BTWN US HOLIDAYS OF MEMORIAL DAY & LABOUR DAY -POPULAR FOR COTTAGES, BOATING, WHALE WATCHING -PROVINCETOWN & HYANNIS = 2 POP. TOWNS
- MASSACHUSETTS MARTHA'S VINEYARD:
- -ISLAND OF SOUTHERN COAST OF CAPE COD -PROMINENT IN 19TH CENTURY FOR WHALING -NOW A SUMMER COLONY -ACCESSIBLE ONLY BY AIR & BOAT -JFK JR DIED ON HIS WAY HERE
- MASSACHUSETTS NANTUCKET:
- -ANOTHER ISLAND SOUTH OF CAPE COD -TOURIST DEST. & SUMMER COLONY -POPULATION INCREASES FROM 10,000 - 50,000 IN SUMMER -ENTIRE ISLAND DESIGNATED NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT
- MASSACHUSETTS PILGRIMS:
- -IN PLYMOUTH ATTRACTIONS INCLUDE: MAYFLOWER II *REPLICA OF ORIG. SHIP *INTERPRETERS PORTRAYING PASSENGERS & CREW PLIMOUTH PLANTATION *ORIG. SPELLING *LIVING HISTORY MUSEUM OF 1627 VILLAGE
- MASSACHUSETTS SALEM:
- -RESIDENTIAL & TOURIST AREA -FAMOUS FOR SALEM WITCH TRIALS OF 1692 *WHERE 20 PPL WERE CONVICTED OF & EXECUTED FOR WITCHCRAFT BY PURITANS
- MASSACHUSETTS HANCOCK SHAKER VLLAGE:
- -RELIGIOUS SECT (AN OFFSHOOT OF THE QUAKERS) THE VILLAGE (IN HANCOCK, MA) HAS 20 ORIG. SHAKER BUILDINGS *COSTUMED INTERPRETERS & CRAFTS PEOPLE -NAME CAME FROM TREMBLING, WHIRLING & SHAKING THAT AFFECTED THEM DURING THEIR SPIRITUALLY ECSTATIC WORSHIP SERVICES