The 50 states

THE TOP 10 STATES

By Alyssa Anderson

Capital City: Harrisburg

City Guides: Pennsylvania City Guides

Location: 40.276N, 76.884W

Capital Tour: Capitol Tour

Pennsylvania

•Admission to Statehood: December 12, 1787

•Ancestry and Genealogy: Pennsylvania Database

Pennsylvania State Flag

Keystone state

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http://www.50states.com/cityguides/pennsylvania.htm

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http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/pahist/capitol.asp?secid=31

http://www.50states.com/statehood.htm

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http://www.50states.com/pennsylv.htm

TennesseeLocation: 36.171n, 86.784w

Bird: Mockingbird

Volunteer states

Capital City: Nashville City Guides: Tennessee city guides

Admission to Statehood: June 1, 1796

Capital City: HonoluluCity Guides: Hawaii City Guides

Nickname: Aloha StateNursing Schools: Hawaii

Tree: Kukui - Candlenut Aleurites moluccana

Aloha state

http://www.co.honolulu.hi.us/

http://www.50states.com/cityguides/hawaii.htm

http://www.50states.com/bio/nickname2.htm

http://www.50states.com/nursingschools/hawaii.htm

http://www.50states.com/tree/hawaii.htm

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Industry: Printing and

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New York city

Agriculture: Dairy products,

cattle and other livestock,

vegetables, nursery stock, apples.

Empire State

http://www.albanyny.org/



Flower:

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FloridaCapital City:

Tallahassee

Tree: Cabbage Palmetto Sabal palmetto

Origin of state's name: Named on Easter 1513 by Ponce de Leonfor Pascua Florida, meaning "Flowery Easter"

Sunshine state

http://www.50states.com/flower/florida.htm

http://www.state.fl.us/citytlh/

http://www.50states.com/tree/florida.htm

Capital City: Providence

Rhode island

The ocean state

Motto: Hope

Museums: The Virtual Library

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http://www.providenceri.com/

http://www.museumca.org/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/museumca/usa_search.cgi?state=ri

http://www.50states.com/songs/rdisl.htm

http://www.50states.com/songs/

http://www.50states.com/redir/shredir.htm?dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sheetmusicplus.com%2Fa%2Fphrase.html%3Fid%3D14125%26phrase%3Drhode%2Bisland


Capital City: Richmond Flower: Dogwood

Virginia

Admission to Statehood: June 25, 1788 Bird: Cardinal

Old Dominion state

Tree: Flowering Dogwood

http://www.ci.richmond.va.us/

http://www.50states.com/flower/virginia.htm


http://www.50states.com/bird/cardinal.htm

http://www.50states.com/tree/virginia.htm

Capital City: Augusta

Bird: ChickadeeFlower: White pine cone and tassel

Pine tree state

Soil: Maine - Chesuncook

Constitution: 23rd State

http://www.ci.augusta.me.us/

http://www.50states.com/bird/chickade.htm

http://www.50states.com/flower/maine.htm

http://www.50states.com/flower/maine.htm

ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/NSSC/StateSoil_Profiles/me_soil.pdf

ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/NSSC/StateSoil_Profiles/me_soil.pdf

http://www.state.me.us/sos/arc/general/constit/conscont.htm

New Hampshire

Capital City: Concord

Admission to Statehood: June 21, 1788

Granite State

Tree: Paper birch

Flower: Purple lilac

Highway Markers: New Hampshire Resource Manual

http://www.ci.concord.nh.us/



http://www.50states.com/tree/newhampshire.htm

http://www.50states.com/flower/newhampshire.htm

http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~jlin/signs/usa/p6.html

http://www.trafficsign.us/

Washington

Capital City: Olympia Bird: Willow Goldfinch

Flower: PinkRhododendron Motto: Alki

Tree: Western Hemlock

The evergreen state

http://www.ci.olympia.wa.us/

http://www.50states.com/bird/goldfinc.htm

http://www.50states.com/flower/washington.htm

http://www.50states.com/tree/washington.htm

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The 50 states