Well, Ohio is one of the states with the highest unemployment right now. They forgot that.
Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Helen" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 5:48 AM Subject: [RecipesAndMore] Re: What makes your state so special? > > That's interesting even though I'm not from there. > > Helen > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "steve doyle" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 4:21 AM > Subject: [RecipesAndMore] What makes your state so special? > > > What makes your state so special? > > ALABAMA ... Was the first place to have 9-1-1, started in 1968. > > ALASKA ... One out of every 64 people has a pilot's license. > > ARIZONA ... Is the only state in the continental US that doesn't follow > Daylight Savings Time. > > ARKANSAS ... Has the only active diamond mine in the US > > CALIFORNIA ... Its economy is so large that if it were a country, it would > rank > seventh in the entire world. > > COLORADO ... In 1976 it became the only state to turn down the Olympics. > > CONNECTICUT ... The Frisbee was invented here at Yale University. > > DELAWARE ... Has more scientists and engineers than any other state. > > FLORIDA ... At 759 square miles, Jacksonville is the US's largest city. > > GEORGIA . ... It was here, in 1886, that pharmacist John Pemberton made > the > first vat of Coca-Cola. > > HAWAII ... Hawaiians live, on average, five years longer than residents in > any other state. > > IDAHO ... TV was invented in Rigby, Idaho, in 1922. > > ILLINOIS ... The Chicago River is dyed green every St. Patrick's Day. > > INDIANA ... Home to Santa Claus, Indiana, which gets a half million > letters > to Santa every year. > > IOWA ... Winnebagos get their name from Winnebago County. Also, it is the > only state that begins with two vowels. > > KANSAS ... Liberal, Kansas, has an exact replica of the house in The > Wizard > of Oz. > > KENTUCKY ... Has more than $6 billion in gold underneath Fort Knox. > > LOUISIANA ... Has parishes instead of counties because they were > originally > Spanish church units. > > MAINE .. It's so big, it covers as many square miles as the other five New > England states combined. > > MARYLAND ... The Oujia board was created in Baltimore in 1892. > > MASSACHUSETTS ... The Fig Newton is named after Newton, Massachusetts. > > MICHIGAN ... Fremont, home to Gerber, is the baby food capital of the > world. > > MINNESOTA ... Bloomington's Mall of America is so big, if you spent > 10 minutes in each store, you'd be there nearly four days. > > MISSISSIPPI ... President Teddy Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear here... > that's how the teddy bear got its name. > > MISSOURI ... Is the birthplace of the ice cream cone. > > MONTANA .. A sapphire from Montana is in the Crown Jewels of England. > > NEBRASKA ... More triplets are born here than in any other state. > > NEVADA ... Has more hotel rooms than any other place in the world. > > NEW HAMPSHIRE ... Birthplace of Tupperware, invented in 1938 by Earl > Tupper. > > NEW JERSEY ... Has the most shopping malls in one area in the world. > > NEW MEXICO ... Smokey the Bear was rescued from a 1950 forest fire here. > > NEW YORK ... Is home to the nation's oldest cattle ranch, started in > 1747 in Montauk. > > NORTH CAROLINA .. Home of the first Krispy Kreme doughnut. > > NORTH DAKOTA ... Rigby, North Dakota, is the exact geographic center of > North America. > > OHIO ... The hot dog was invented here in 1900. > > OKLAHOMA ... The grounds of the state capital are covered by operating oil > wells. > > OREGON ... Has the most ghost towns in the country. > > PENNSYLVANIA ... The smiley, :) was first used in 1980 by computer > scientists at Carnegie Mellon University. > > RHODE ISLAND ... The nation's oldest bar, the White Horse Tavern, opened > here > in 1673 > > SOUTH CAROLINA ... Sumter County is home to the world's largest gingko > farm. > > SOUTH DAKOTA .. Is the only state that's never had an earthquake. > > TENNESSEE .. Nashville's Grand Ole Opry is the longest running live radio > show in the world. > > TEXAS ... Dr. Pepper was invented in Waco back in 1885. > > UTAH . .. The first Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant opened here in > 1952. (Humm.....and I figured the first KFC was in Kentucky) > > VERMONT ... Montpelier is the only state capital without a McDonald's > > VIRGINIA ... Home of the world's largest office building ... The Pentagon. > > WASHINGTON ... Seattle has twice as many college graduates as any other > state. > > WASHINGTON D.C. .. Was the first planned capital in the world. > > WEST VIRGINIA .. Had the world's first brick paved street, Summers Street, > laid in Charleston in 1870. > > WISCONSIN ... The ice cream sundae was invented here in 1881 to get around > Blue Laws prohibiting ice cream from being sold on Sundays. > > A single candle can illuminate an entire room. A true friend lights up > an entire lifetime. Thanks for the bright lights of your friendship. > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
