Facts about Oregon:

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Did You Know . . .


In agriculture, the state leads in growing peppermint, cover seed crops, blackberries, boysenberries, loganberries, black raspberries, and hazelnuts.

Oregon has the only nickel smelter in the United States.

Two mammals are unique to Oregon - the Camas pocket gopher and the Ashland shrew.

The Columbia River, which forms 3/4ths of the northern boundary of the state, was first explored by an American, Robert Gray, in 1792.

Oregon is known as the Beaver State.

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Some Famous Oregonians:


Doc Severinsen (1927- ), band leader and jazz trumpet player. He was the band leader for The Tonight Show when Johnny Carson hosted it.


Abigail Scott Duniway (1834-1915), journalist and woman-suffrage leader

Matt Groening (1954- ), cartoonist. He is the creator of the animated show, The Simpsons.


Ursula LeGuin (1929- ), author. She has written science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories, including The Wizard of Earthsea trilogy and The Left Hand of Darkness.


Lindsay Wagner (1949- ), actress. She starred in the TV series, The Bionic Woman.

I can't think of any geographical facts but Angie Dickinson was born in a small town about 2 to 2.5 hours east-south of here (Kulm, ND), Lawrence Welk was born in Strasburg, ND...I believe 1 to 2 hours east of me. I attended & graduated from the same school Phyllis Frelich (deaf actress) went to, and I know her whole family (they seriously could set a Guinness world record for the biggest deaf family ever). I went to school with Josh Duhamel's first cousin, which was pretty damn cool. I even got to meet Josh once...It was a REALLY long time ago, before he hit it big in Hollywood. His cousin was the same age my older sis was, and they were BEST friends, so yeah.

The most interesting fact I have, is that I don't have a State!! ;) :lol:




However, where I was born in Ontario, a small, northern town called Sudbury - we used to call it the Nickel Capital of the World - not sure if that's accurate, but it still produces 10 - 15% of the world's nickel.

So we have something in common Brad!!

(It was also used by the Apollo astronauts as training ground for them and the moon rover prior to their missions - only because the landscape is very similar to that of the moon in some areas). (And yes, six months in Sudbury seems like six years). :lol:

I know some facts about Texas.

Texas ranks 2nd in land size.


The Permian Basin are which includes Midland-Odessa is the home to
the largest rock collection from Permian geolic period, It is also home to
the Permian High School Panthers,The football team documented in the 2004
movie '' Friday Night Lights.''

Actress Carol Burnett is from San Antonio, Tx.

The Sweeten kids from Everybody Loves Raymond are from Brownwood,Tx.

birthplace of michael jackson.

Florida
Cape Canaveral is America's launch pad for space flights.
Gatorade was named for the University of Florida Gators where the drink was first developed.
Saint Augustine is the oldest European settlement in North America.
Dr. John Gorrie of Apalachicola invented mechanical refrigeration in 1851.

California:

The hottest temperature ever recorded in the U.S. (134 degrees, Death Valley, July 10, 1913).

The world's oldest trees (Bristlecone Pine, the oldest ~4,000 years).

Tallest trees (Redwood, over 350 feet).

Tallest mountain, excluding Alaska... Mt. Whitney, 14,494 feet.

Lowest elevation in the Western Hemisphere... Death Valley, -282 feet.

Greatest altitude change in U.S. (in Death Valley, telescope peak, 11,049 feet, straight down to Badwater on the valley floor, -279.8 feet).

The largest basin on the West Coast (Los Angeles basin).

The southernmost location of a glacier during the ice age, San Gorgonio Mt.

Those listed above are all from memory; there are probably a few more I can't remember.

-Why is NYC Called the Big Apple?
In the 1920s, a sportswriter for the Morning Telegraph named John Fitzgerald overheard stablehands in New Orleans refer to NYC's racetracks as "the Big Apple." He named his column "Around the Big Apple." A decade later, jazz musicians adopted the term to refer to New York City, and especially Harlem, as the jazz capital of the world. There are many apples on the trees of success, they were saying, but when you pick New York City, you pick the big apple.

-Statue of Liberty Stats
The Lady in the Harbor is 101 feet tall from base to torch, 305 feet tall from pedestal foundation to torch. She has a 35-foot waist and an 8-foot index finger, and she weighs 450,000 pounds.

-Did you know…?
There are 6,374.6 miles of streets in New York City.

-New York City has 578 miles of waterfront.

-Why Cabs Are Yellow
John Hertz, who founded the Yellow Cab Company in 1907, chose yellow because he had read a study conducted by the University of Chicago that indicated it was the easiest color to spot.


I got that from a site :D

I don't know too many interesting facts about Michigan. I personally feel the state is WAY underrated though. There are many great sites here that I don't think a lot of out of staters know about. There are over a hundred waterfalls in the Upper Penninsula alone. When the Mackinac Bridge was completed in the 50's it was the longest suspension bridge in the world at that time.
I'm not sure if these facts are true but someone at work told me that MI has more golf courses and more boat owners than any other state.

Those are some cool facts. Thanks for sharing. I love reading about that kind of stuff. Not exactly sure why, it just fascinates me. Half of the stuff I learn about my own State, I didn't even know, LOL. If anyone is interested in finding interesting facts about their State, just go to a search engine, and enter: interesting facts about (Enter your State), and a bunch of stuff will probably come up. Here's some more facts I found about Oregon:

Oregon's state flag pictures a beaver on its reverse side. It is the only state flag to carry two separate designs.

Oregon has more ghost towns than any other state.

The Columbia River gorge is considered by many to be the best place in the world for windsurfing.

Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the United States and is formed in the remains of an ancient volcano.

Oregon and New Jersey are the only states without self-serve gas stations.

Eugene was the first city to have one-way streets.

Pilot Butte, a cinder cone volcano, exists within the city limits of Bend.

At 329 feet the Coast Douglas-Fir in Oregon is considered the tallest tree in the state.

At 8,000 feet deep Hells Canyon is the deepest river gorge in North America.

The hazelnut is Oregon's official state nut. Oregon is the only state that has an official state nut. The hazelnut is also known as the filbert.

Oregon's state birthday is on February 14, Valentine's Day.

The "Oregon Pioneer" statue that tops the capitol building is a work by Ulric Ellerhusen. This heroic figure represents the spirit of Oregon's early settlers.

The state park system has 159 yurts located in 19 parks. Yurts are a circular domed tent suitable for camping.

Navy blue and gold are Oregon's official state colors.

The Chinook salmon is Oregon's official state fish.

The Willamette River was discovered in 1792.

In 1858 the richest gold find in the Cascade Mountains was discovered in the Bohemia Mining District at Sharp's Creek near Cottage Grove.

Dorris Ranch in Springfield became the first commercial filbert orchard in the state.

In 1876 the University of Oregon opened in Eugene. Deady Hall was the first building on campus and still exists.

In 1880 a sea cave was discovered near what is now known as Florence. Sea Lion Caves is known to be the largest sea cave in the world.

The nation's most photographed lighthouse is the Heceta Head Lighthouse located in Lane County.

Darlingtonia Wayside is Oregon's only rare plant sanctuary.

Oregon's second highest waterfall is Salt Creek Falls in the Cascade Mountain range. It drops 286 feet.

The H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest is one of the largest long-term ecological research sites in the United States.

Eugene is rated by "Bicycling Magazine" as one of the top ten cycling communities in the United States.

There are nine lighthouses standing along the coastline. Five are still being used; the others are designated historic monuments.

Portland is considered an example of outstanding urban planning. The city is known as The City of Roses.

High above the city of Portland the International Rose Test Garden features more than 500 varieties of roses cultivated continuously since 1917.

At 11,239 feet Mount Hood stands as the tallest peak in Oregon. Mount Hood is a dormant volcano.

Silver Falls State Park is the Oregon's largest state park. It features 10 waterfalls and contains a wide variety of forested hiking trails.

Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the United States. It was formed more than 6,500 years ago. Its crystal-blue waters are world renowned.

Discovered in 1874 the caves located in Oregon Caves National Monument are carved within solid marble.

The world's largest rosary collection is exhibited at The Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center. A local resident collected the exhibit.

The Carousel Museum contains the world's largest and most comprehensive collection of carousel horses.

Fort Clatsop National Memorial contains a replica of Lewis and Clark's 1805-1806 winter outpost.

The small village of Bickelton is filled with bluebird houses seen on the posts of every house.

The Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area is a spectacular river canyon cutting the only sea-level route through the Cascade Mountain Range.

The Ries-Thompson House is the oldest remaining residence in Parkdale. Built circa 1900 the home and area offer a commanding view of Mount Hood.

Tillamook is home to Oregon's largest cheese factory.

Florence is known as Oregon's rhododendron capital.

The Oregon Legislature designated the Oregon Grape (Mahonia aquifolium) as the Oregon state flower by resolution in 1899.

Oregon's capitol building is located in Salem. Earlier capitals include the cities of Oregon City and Corvallis.

The Columbia River forms most of the northern border between Oregon and Washington. The Snake River forms over half of the eastern boundary with Idaho.

In 1905 the largest long cabin in the world was built in Portland to honor the Lewis and Clark expedition.

A treaty between the United States and Spain established the current southern border between Oregon and California. The treaty was signed in 1819.

The Oregon Trail is the longest of the overland routes used in the westward expansion of the United States.

The Tillamook Naval Air Museum is housed in the world's largest wooden clear-span building.

Haystack Rock off Cannon Beach is 235 feet high and is the third largest coastal monolith in the world.

The Tillamook Rock Lighthouse, built in 1880, is currently used as the site of the final resting place of up to 467,000 cremated individuals.

The Seaside Aquarium was the first facility in the world to successfully breed harbor seals in captivity.

Birthplace of
Oprah Winfrey
Lance Bass
and a LOT more things. :lol:

Massachusetts:

It sucks.

Nate lives here.

New Jersey:

The only President to serve two nonconsecutive terms - Grover Cleveland - was born here.

It's the only state apart from Oregon to forbid self-serve gasoline stations.

Previous governors include William Franklin (illegitimate son of Benjamnin Franklin), former Union Army general George McClellan, and Princrton University president anmd future U.S. President Woodrow Wilson.

Current governor - uhh, we don't have a governor right now. The state Senate President is running the place until we can elect a new one.

Famous living New Jerseyans - Bruce Springsteen, Susan Sarandon, Bill Maher, Frankie Valli, Andrew Shue, a lot of nasty rappers from Newark.

Things that will make us punch your lights out if you mention them - Jim McGreevey, the New Jersey Turnpike, our chemical refineries.

****izona

the dumbest bitch in the world lives here
dave mustaine lives here

lol ummmmmm NEW YORK STATE, cause...ya know, there's more to it than just the city I'm sorry :(

The first American chess tournament was held in New York in 1843.

The 641 mile transportation network known as the Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway is the longest toll road in the United States.

Union College in Schenectady is regarded as the Mother of Fraternities because Delta Phi is the oldest continually operating fraternity and Kappa Alpha and Sigma Phi Societies were started on the campus.

The Woodstock Music and Arts Fair was actually held in Bethel.

Dairying is New York's most important farming activity with over 18,000 cattle and or calves farms.

In 1807 The Clermont made its maiden voyage from New York City to Albany making the vessel the first successful steamboat.

Sam Schapiro began the Kosher wine industry on New York's Lower East side with their famous extra heavy original concord wine in 1899.

Power Mill Park situated outside Rochester has a house on Park Road shaped like a group of mushrooms.

Chittenago is the home of L. Frank Baum, author of the "Wizard of Oz". It features a yellow brick inlaid sidewalks leading to Aunti Em's and other Oz-themed businesses. Chittenago is the location of an annual Munchkins parade.

Oneida has the world's smallest church with the dimensions of 3.5' X 6'.

The first railroad in America ran a distance of 11 miles between Albany and Schenectady.

The first capital of the United States was New York City. In 1789 George Washington took his oath as president on the balcony at Federal Hall.

Hartsdale has a pet cemetery established in 1896 and containing 12,000 plots.

The Genesee River is one of the few rivers in the world that flows south to north.

Rochester is known as both the Flour City and the Flower City. The community is home to the first abolitionist group, bloomers, marshmallows, Jell-O, French's Mustard, baby shoes, gold teeth and the mail chute.

Gennaro Lombardi opened the first United States pizzeria in 1895 in New York City.

New York's largest lake in Oneida measures 79.8 square miles.

# New York's highest waterfall is the 215 foot Taughannock.

The Erie Canal, built across New York State in the 1820s, opened the Midwest to development and helped New York City become a worldwide trading center.

European settlers who brought seeds to New York introduced apples in the 1600s.

Joseph C. Gayetty of New York City invented toilet paper in 1857.

Wade Boggs and Cal Ripken Jr. played against each other in Rochester vs. Pawtucket Red Sox in the longest game in baseball history. The game went a total of 33 innings.

Adirondack Park is larger than Yellowstone, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Glacier, and Olympic Parks combined.

New York was the first state to require license plates on cars.

Niagara Reservation became the first state park in the United States.

New York State is home to 58 species of wild orchids.

New York has over 70,000 miles of rivers and streams.

# The first public brewery in America was established by Peter Minuit at the Market (Marckvelt) field in lower Manhattan.

Mount Kisco's landmark, a statue of Chief Kisco, was once an elaborate fountain for watering horses. The statue stands at the intersection of Routes 117 and 133. D.F. Gorham, a strong supporter of prohibition, presented it to Mount Kisco in 1907. The inscription on the base to the statue reads "God's Only Beverage for Man and Beast."

Horseheads is the first and only village in the United States dedicated to the service of the American military horse.





Famous People from New York the State:
Susan B. Anthony
Lucille Ball
anddd the guy who wrote the pledge of allegience,Francis Bellamy. He's like buried in the cemetary around the corner from my house and there's an elementary school here called Bellamy...yeah... I didn't go to it, though, cause I don't live as close to it...
and Jimmy Fallon yiaaa

more, I just like...don't...feel like...

It's the only state apart from Oregon to forbid self-serve gasoline stations.

That's strange... I wonder why?

That's strange... I wonder why?
I visited Oregon in April and I was totally shocked at that!!!! Imagine, not putting gas in your car yourself???? I had to sit in the car while this guy did it for me!!!!! Yippee!!!!!!! What a beautiful state!!!!!!

As for me, I am from California. Southern California.

Beautiful weather. Sunny, very warm. I live ten minutes from the beach. We have a naval base here. This city is very suburban and agricultural.
We grow here lemons, avocados, oranges, strawberries. As a matter of fact our city is known for it's strawberries. Strawberry Capital!!! We have a festival every year.
You can drive in one direction and visit Six Flags. It's abt 40 minutes away.
You can also drive for an hour to visit Disneyland. We have a county fair that just ended it's run two weeks ago.
The Dallas Cowboys do their practicing here in our city. They love the climate and the hospitality they receive. They sign autographs and visit with the fans. The fans are allowed to watch them practice. They are soooo nice. You can videotape and take pics. Before the Cowboys, the Los Angeles Raiders (formerly) did their practices here as well.

Boxer Fernando Vargas was born and raised here. ( i don't care for him)
Cheech Marin used to have a house here. Him and his wife came into an auto shoe store that I used to work many many ages ago. I got an autograph from him. Very nice man.
Whoopi Goldberg has (or had) a Malibu home and she came into the same store on two occasions to special order some parts for her jeep. She was also very nice.
The actor that played Doc Baker on Little House on the Prairie, I believe he had a small beach house here for some time before he left the state.
Tito Jackson (Michael's brother) has a home here. He is very laid back. I saw him in a music store one time and he was so laid back I almost didn't recognize him. Tito and his brother Jermaine visit a local restaurant/club occasionally. Actor George Kennedy use to have a beach home here.
You can drive to Santa Barbara (my step-daughter lives there) and visit Montecito (BIG BEAUTIFUL MANSIONS) and see where Oprah lives. Her house is sooooooooooooo huge and very beautiful!!!!! You can drive a little further and visit NEVERLAND, Michael Jackson's home.
Drive in another direction (30 minutes away) and visit the mountains of Ojai. Larry Hagman (JR Ewing) lives there on a mountain top with his wife Maj. He does alot of charity work for the city of Ojai. The Bionic Woman was filmed in Ojai alot because the character lived there. There are alot of celebrities that live in Ojai. I don't know if they still live there, but Ted Danson and his wife had a home there. His wife (before they were married) lived in Ojai before she met him.
Drive south on the coast and you will be in Malibu in abt 20 minutes. Drive another 20 minutes and be in Santa Monica. Drive a little further and you will be in Hollywood.
Drive in a different direction and visit the deserts.
I love my area. It's so beautiful and you can see different things. Beaches, mountains, agriculture, rural, suburban and city nightlife. Our city's population is around 185,000.
Alot of films are filmed in and around here. Some of the movies filmed or partly filmed here: Swordfish, Back to the Future pt. 3 (the train scenes)
Color of Night (?) Bruce Willis movie, an episode of CHiPs was filmed two blocks from my house.
Our city is very nice and laid back. I wouldn't want to live anywhere else. :)

Oh god...I would HATE THAT! No one puts gas in my car but me, my dad, or my mom. NO ONE. Guess I know where I won't be moving...

About one-sixth of all drugs manufactured in the United States come from New Jersey.

New Jersey has the highest population density in the U.S. An average 1,030 people per sq. mi., which is 13 times the national average.

New Jersey is a leading industrial state and is the largest chemical producing state in the nation

Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.

North Jersey is the car theft capital of the world, with more cars stolen in Newark then any other city. Even the 2 largest cities, NYC and LA put together.

Picturesque Cape May holds the distinction of being the oldest seashore resort in the United States and one of the most unique.

New Jersey has the highest cost of living, the highest cost of auto insurance, and the highest property taxes in the nation.

George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and the continental army was encamped near Morristown from January to May 1777 and from December 1779 to June 1780 at Jockey Hollow. Washington had his headquaters during the first encampment at Arnold's Tavern located on the Morristown Green. During the second encampment Washington's Headquarters was located at the Ford Mansion, a large mansion near the edge of town. Arnold's Tavern was lost to fire in the 19th century, but the Ford Mansion, Jockey Hollow, and Fort Nonsense are all preserved as part of Morristown National Historical Park managed by the National Park Service.

haha, George Washington used to hang out in the Green. New Jersey is a depressing pit in my opinion.

About one-sixth of all drugs manufactured in the United States come from New Jersey.

New Jersey has the highest population density in the U.S. An average 1,030 people per sq. mi., which is 13 times the national average.

New Jersey is a leading industrial state and is the largest chemical producing state in the nation

Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.

North Jersey is the car theft capital of the world, with more cars stolen in Newark then any other city. Even the 2 largest cities, NYC and LA put together.

Picturesque Cape May holds the distinction of being the oldest seashore resort in the United States and one of the most unique.

New Jersey has the highest cost of living, the highest cost of auto insurance, and the highest property taxes in the nation.

George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and the continental army was encamped near Morristown from January to May 1777 and from December 1779 to June 1780 at Jockey Hollow. Washington had his headquaters during the first encampment at Arnold's Tavern located on the Morristown Green. During the second encampment Washington's Headquarters was located at the Ford Mansion, a large mansion near the edge of town. Arnold's Tavern was lost to fire in the 19th century, but the Ford Mansion, Jockey Hollow, and Fort Nonsense are all preserved as part of Morristown National Historical Park managed by the National Park Service.

haha, George Washington used to hang out in the Green. New Jersey is a depressing pit in my opinion.
Our homes here cost on the average $595,000, and that's not for a huge house or some fancy house. What do homes cost in your area?

More Interesting Facts About Texas

Rock n Roll musician Buddy Holly was born in Lubbock,Tx

Tejano superstar Selena was born in Lake Jackson,Tx,not Corpus,Christi,Tx.

Former President George,Barbara Bush,President and Laura Bush and
their families are all from Texas.

Our homes here cost on the average $595,000, and that's not for a huge house or some fancy house. What do homes cost in your area?

It's the same here. The house across the street sold for $623,000 last year. I've heard of others in my neighborhood being put on the market for up to $700,000. It's ridiculous. The taxes are always killing my parents.

****izona

the dumbest bitch in the world lives here
dave mustaine lives here

I'm going to be visiting relatives in Arizona next month. If I run into your friend Dave, I'll be sure to tell him you said hi. :lol:

Washington State has an interesting little anomaly on the map known as Point Roberts. Point Roberts is a little tiny five-mile chunk of land lying directly below the 49th Parallel and is connected only to Canada on the north.
It has no geographical connection to the state of Washington, but is in fact still American soil on the Pacific coast bordering only British Columbia. In order to get medical services and such, you have to cross the Canadian border and enter Washington on the other side of the mainland by 45 miles.

I'm going to be visiting relatives in Arizona next month. If I run into your friend Dave, I'll be sure to tell him you said hi. :lol:You DO know who Dave Mustaine is? ;)

A good description, Ireneparalegal.

Even though the population in Southern California has grown by a large amount, overall, it's still nice out here.
Beaches, mountains, desert, lakes, etc.
You can drive from the beach to the mountains to the desert in the same day.

I love the scenery of the Simi Hills, with its fantastic rock outcroppings, in the Western San Fernando Valley (photo below).

The Iverson ranch should also be mentioned, the most-filmed location in the world with over 3,000 filmings there beginning in 1912.
Among the many movies and TV shows filmed there... Bonanza, The Rifleman, Little House on the Prairie, Gunsmoke, Stagecoach, Adventures of Superman, African Queen, Treasure of Sierra Madre, Rin Tin Tin, Death Valley Days, Wagon Train, The Virginian, Tarzan, Broken Arrow, Buck Rogers and many more.
Here is a link with info about the Iverson Ranch (of which much of it has been developed, mainly with condos):
http://employees.oxy.edu/jerry/iverson.htm

A good description, Ireneparalegal.

Even though the population in Southern California has grown by a large amount, overall, it's still nice out here.
Beaches, mountains, desert, lakes, etc.
You can drive from the beach to the mountains to the desert in the same day.

I love the scenery of the Simi Hills, with its fantastic rock outcroppings, in the Western San Fernando Valley (photo below).

The Iverson ranch should also be mentioned, the most-filmed location in the world with over 3,000 filmings there beginning in 1912.
Among the many movies and TV shows filmed there... Bonanza, The Rifleman, Little House on the Prairie, Gunsmoke, Stagecoach, Adventures of Superman, African Queen, Treasure of Sierra Madre, Rin Tin Tin, Death Valley Days, Wagon Train, The Virginian, Tarzan, Broken Arrow, Buck Rogers and many more.
Here is a link with info about the Iverson Ranch (of which much of it has been developed, mainly with condos):
http://employees.oxy.edu/jerry/iverson.htm
Thanx Fleet for adding to my description. Whoo, I was so tired from typing, that was my longest post to date!!! LOL Glad you are here to help and to help remind me how lucky we are to live in such a beautiful part of California. I also remembered how we live near the area that M*A*S*H was filmed. Those hills above and behind Malibu is where the filming took place. Also we have the area nearby where "Little House on the prairie" was filmed. But sadly, over a year ago during those fires we had, alot of what was left behind from the sets of Little House, was destroyed. There is so much history in our part of California.

Washington State has an interesting little anomaly on the map known as Point Roberts. Point Roberts is a little tiny five-mile chunk of land lying directly below the 49th Parallel and is connected only to Canada on the north.
It has no geographical connection to the state of Washington, but is in fact still American soil on the Pacific coast bordering only British Columbia. In order to get medical services and such, you have to cross the Canadian border and enter Washington on the other side of the mainland by 45 miles.
have you ever been there? my grandparents had a cottage on English Bluff - when its low tide you can walk along the beach from the US to Canada freely - its kinda neat.

there's a pretty hoppin nightclub in Point Roberts too - gets all kinds of bands stopping in there for surprise visits :lol:

have you ever been there? my grandparents had a cottage on English Bluff - when its low tide you can walk along the beach from the US to Canada freely - its kinda neat.

there's a pretty hoppin nightclub in Point Roberts too - gets all kinds of bands stopping in there for surprise visits :lol:I haven't been there yet, there are so many places in my state I have yet to go.

There was also the story of the secret tunnel that some people had built going underground through the border that stretched between two houses from Canada to Washington the feds uncovered a few weeks ago. They figured it might have been intended for drug trafficking--or terrorists could have slipped through had they not found it in time.

Massachusetts:

It sucks.


Okay, here are some interesting facts about Massachusets, even though I've never lived there:

It was once two colonies - the Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies, with the border running from the northeastern corner of Rhode Island to the sea. The two colonies united to form Massachusetts in 1691 when the Pilgrims and Puritans settled their differences and merged to found the Congregationalist denomination, now part of the United Church of Christ.

Much of Boston is built on landfill, including Back Bay, which was a back bay - a tidal mud flat, actually.

Massachusetts is the birthplace of four U.S. Presidents; both Adamses, John F. Kennedy, and George Bush, Sr.

Theodor Seuss Geisel - also known as Dr. Seuss and sometimes known as Theo. LeSieg (LeSeig is Geisel spelled backwards) - was born in Springfield.

The battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775 started the American Revolution.

Rock bands to come from Masschusetts include the Standells, the J. Geils Band, Aerosmith, and, of course, Boston.

Massachusetts hasn't voted Republican in a presidential election since 1984, and hasn't sent a Republican to the Senate since 1972. Ironically, it hasn't elected a Democratic governor since 1986.

The current governor of Mssachusetts, Mitt Romney, is the son of another state governor - the late George Romney of Michigan. Unlike his dad, Mitt Romney could realize the dream of becoming the first Mormon President of the United States. (The first and only Catholic President, John F. Kennedy, was also from Massachusetts.)

Jack Lemmon was born in Newton, outside Boston.

As far as I know, it's still the only state where you can't save a bunch of money on car insurance by switching to Geico! :lol:

We grow more corn than anyone. Corn from other states SUCKS.

We grow more corn than anyone. Corn from other states SUCKS.
heyyy :snob:

Okay, here are some interesting facts about Massachusets, even though I've never lived there:


Massachusetts is the birthplace of four U.S. Presidents; both Adamses, John F. Kennedy, and George Bush, Sr.

Rock bands to come from Masschusetts include the Standells, the J. Geils Band, Aerosmith, and, of course, Boston.

Massachusetts hasn't voted Republican in a presidential election since 1984, and hasn't sent a Republican to the Senate since 1972. Ironically, it hasn't elected a Democratic governor since 1986.


As far as I know, it's still the only state where you can't save a bunch of money on car insurance by switching to Geico! :lol:

The J. Geils band rocks!

It is weird that the have 2 Democratic Senators since 1972, and a Republican Governor since 86. What's up with that Janice??

Massachusetts is the birthplace of four U.S. Presidents; John F. Kennedy, and George Bush, Sr.

Pity.

The current governor of Mssachusetts, Mitt Romney, is the son of another state governor - the late George Romney of Michigan. Unlike his dad, Mitt Romney could realize the dream of becoming the first Mormon President of the United States. (The first and only Catholic President, John F. Kennedy, was also from Massachusetts.)

I HATE Mutt Romney. The Dem. runner (Shannon O'Brien) was this close to grabbing the election, then she had to open her damn mouth on abortion issues. Her father was best friends with my grandfather.

And he won't make president, either. First of all, he's mormon. Secondly, he's a mormon moron and can't decide what to put on his toast in the morning. He leaves that up to his Lt. Gov. lackey, Kerry Healey, who's a blonde bimbo if I've ever met one.[/political rant]

As far as I know, it's still the only state where you can't save a bunch of money on car insurance by switching to Geico! :lol:

We actually have a monopoly on insurance companies here in MA, which explains the lack of The Gecko. We only have 12-14 companies that are allowed to issue auto premiums.

Michigan has the leading cherry production in the US. We USED to be the leading Automobile manufacturer until the "New World Order" took over. :mad: And we have the longest Great Lakes shoreline. :D We have Motown! Yay! :clap: :banana: Michigan is a beautiful state! :D

Interesting facts about Connecticut:

It has lots of trees n stuffies

and it snows and is as cold as **** even throughout March.


sooooooooooooooooooo interesting huh? :eek:

Interesting facts about Connecticut:

It has lots of trees n stuffies

and it snows and is as cold as **** even throughout March.


sooooooooooooooooooo interesting huh? :eek:


I visited Connecticut several years ago and I think that it and all of New England is gorgeous! :wave:

Where are you guy getting all these facts? I looked and all I found was stuff about the state bird, state song, etc. Yawn.

Michigan is a beautiful state! :D

And yet, you have Detroit.

Of course, we have Newark, Camden, and Paterson - the mistake on the Passaic! But New Jersey is generally ugly anyway.

And now to the state I lived in as a little boy in the early seventies, Pennsylvania!

Pennsylvania is one of four states officially desginated a "commonwealth." (The other three are Massachusetts, Virginia, and Kentucky.)

Pennsylvania was founded by the Society of Friends, or Quakers. Friends are called Quakers because they say things like "Thou shouldst tremble and quake at the mention of the Lord Jesus."

William Penn founded the colony for both Quakers and all persecuted religions. He named Philadelphia for the Greek words for "brotherly love," hoping people of different faiths would love one another.

Pennsylvania is named for William Penn's father, an admiral in the English navy, and the Latin word for "forest."

The Battle of Gettysburg was the only Civil War battle fought north of the Mason-Dixon line.

The Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were both conceived in Philadelphia.

Reasons to come to Philadelphia: Indenpendence National Historical Park, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Rodin Museum, steak sandwiches, soft pretzels, Rittenhouse Square, Fairmount Park.

Pennsylvania gave the world Hershey bars!

And Heinz ketchup!

A line of ice caverns stretches from Easton to Kutztown, some with underground rivers.

Longwood Gardens, the most beautiful estae garden in Ameirca, is outside Kennett Square. Kennettt Square is also a leading mushroom producer.

Foreign invaders arrived in Pennsylvania on September 11 - in 1777, when the British met Washington at Brandywine Creek and won, and in 2001, when Muslim extremists trying to hijack a plane met Todd Beamer and several other passengers over Shanksville - and lost.

Pittsburgh was once the world's largest producer of steel. It was named for British general William Pitt after it was taken from the French in the French and Indian War.

Heaven has another name - Bucks County.

Famous Pennsylvanians, past and present include James Buchanan (the only U.S. President from Pennsylvania, also the only one who never married), Benjamin Franklin, Bill Cosby, Lee Iaccoca, Charles Wilson Peale, Sharon Stone, David Brenner, Will Smith, Shirley Jones, and Paul Fussell.

[QUOTE=Steve M.]And yet, you have Detroit..[/QUOTE

Detroit is a long way from me! :lol: I don't ever go there! :p

The Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island is said to have the world's longest front porch(880 feet long).


The Mackinac Bridge which links the Upper and Lower Peninsulas.It is 5 miles long and still holds the record of being the longest suspension bridge in the world. It rises 552 feet(5 stories).

- The Big Dig....sucks

-We do have the best sports teams ever (thats gotta be interesting?)

-Boston and its greater area is known for its excellent hospitals...and manyyyy colleges (okay not interesting...but w/e)

-Alex Rocco, Jay Leno, Jeff Bagwell, Matt LeBlanc, New Kids of the Block

- Boston claims first to many of the nation’s firsts. Boston Common became the first public park in 1634. Boston Latin School became the first secondary school in 1635. Harvard, the first college, was founded in 1636. The first post office, free public school and public library were all founded in Boston. The first newspaper, lighthouse, and subway were all started in Boston. The sewing machine was also invented in Boston in 1845.

-The 3rd Monday in April is a legal holiday, Patriot’s Day, in Massachusetts.

-James Naismith invented basketball in Springfield in 1891. He taught physical education and wanted an indoor sport for his students during the winter months.

-Quincy is home to the first Dunkin Donuts and the first Howard Johnson’s.

Interesting Facts about Ohio

Capital: Columbus
Date of Statehood: March 1, 1803
Flower: Scarlet Carnation
Tree: Buckeye
Bird: Cardinal


# The first ambulance service was established in Cincinnati in 1865.

# Cleveland boasts America's first traffic light. It began on Aug. 5, 1914.

# Ermal Fraze invented the pop-top can in Kettering.

# James J. Ritty, of Dayton, invented the cash register in 1879 to stop his patrons from pilfering house profits.

# "Hang On Sloopy" is the official state rock song.

# Cincinnati Reds were the first professional baseball team.

# The Y Bridge in Zanesville was first built in 1814 to span the confluence of the Licking and Muskingum Rivers. The current bridge is the fifth construction at the same location. "Ripley's Believe It or Not" proclaimed it the only bridge in the world which you can cross and still be on the same side of the river.

# Akron was the first city to use police cars.

# Cincinnati had the first professional city fire department.

# Akron is the rubber capital of the world.

# The American Federation of Labor was founded in Columbus.

# Ohio senator John Glenn became the oldest man to venture into outer space.
On February 20, 1962 he was the first American to orbit the earth. In October of 1998 at age 77 he returned to the space program and traveled back into space.

# Cleveland is home to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

# Ohio is the leading producer of greenhouse and nursery plants.

# The Pro Football Hall of Fame is located in Canton.

# Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon. He was from Wapakoneta.

# The Wright Brothers are acknowledged as inventors of the first airplane they were from Dayton.

# The popular television sit-com, "The Drew Cary Show" is set in Cleveland.

# East Liverpool was the beginning point of the United States Public Land Survey. The location was the area from which a rectangular-grid land survey system was established under the Ordinance of 1785. The survey provided for administration and subdivision of land in the Old Northwest Territory. The Ordinance stipulated that all public lands were to be divided into townships six miles square.

# Seven United States presidents were born in Ohio. They are: Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, William H. Taft, and Warren G. Harding.

# Some well-known personalities were born in Ohio. Among them Steven Spielberg, Paul Newman, Annie Oakley, Arsenio Hall and Clark Gable.

# The first full time automobile service station was opened in 1899 in Ohio.

# In 1852 Ohio was the first state to enact laws protecting working women.

# Ohio gave America its first hot dog in 1900. Harry M. Stevens created the popular dining dog.

# Ohio became the 17th state on March 1, 1803.

# East 105th Street and Euclid Avenue in Cleveland was the site of the first pedestrian button for the control of a traffic light. The boy chosen for the 1948 newsreel to demonstrate its operation was Louis Spronze.

# Ohio has an area of 116,103 sq miles. It ranks 34th in state size.

# Columbus is the state capital and Ohio's largest city.

# 50% of the United States population lives within a 500 mile radius of Columbus.

# Dresden is the home of the world's largest basket. It is located at Basket Village USA.

# Fostoria is the only city to be situated in three counties (Seneca, Hancock & Wood).

# Ohio's state flag is a pennant design. It is the only state flag of that design in the United States.

# Ohio University was founded in 1804 at Athens and is recognized as the first university in Ohio and in the Northwest Territory.

# Oberlin College was founded in 1833.It was the first interracial and coeducational college in the United States.

# The Glacial Grooves on the north side of Kelleys Island are the largest easily accessible such grooves in the world. They were scoured into solid limestone bedrock about 18,000 years ago by the great ice sheet that covered part of North America.

# Marietta was Ohio's first permanent settlement. Founded in 1788 by General Rufus Putnam and named in honor of Marie Antoinette, then queen of France.

# Chillicothe was Ohio's first capital city.

# Cleveland became the world's first city to be lighted electrically in 1879.

# Ohio is known as the Buckeye State.

# Thomas A. Edison from Milan developed the incandescent light bulb, phonograph, and early motion picture camera.

# John Lambert of Ohio City made America's first automobile in 1891.

# Charles Kettering of Loundonville invented the automobile self-starter in 1911.

# Charles Goodyear of Akron developed the process of vulcanizing rubber in 1839.

# Roy J. Plunkett of New Carlisle invented Teflon in 1938.

# W.F. Semple of Mount Vernon patented chewing gum in 1869.

# John Mercer Langston is believed to have been the first African American elected to public office. He was elected clerk of Brownhelm in 1854.

# Long jumper DeHart Hubbard was the first African American to earn an Olympic Gold Medal. The award occurred during the 1924 Olympics games held in Paris. He set the record for long jumping.

# Jesse Owens grew up in Cleveland. He won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.

# Paul Laurence Dunbar of Dayton is known as the poet laureate of African Americans.