by Carol Patton | Dec 16, 2022 | All About States
All About Massachusetts: Our Country’s Early Roots Massachusetts is known for a lot of early American history, but also a lot of delicious foods! Like chocolate chip cookies? They were invented in Massachusetts. So was Boston cream pie. In case you have never tried...
by Carol Patton | Dec 12, 2022 | All About States
What’s very cool about Maine (other than the weather) involves one of its cities called Eastport, which is the most eastern city in the US. Since the Earth rotates or spins toward the east, the Sun, Moon, planets, and stars all rise in the east and travel west across...
by Carol Patton | Dec 9, 2022 | All About States
The earliest settlers in the Kentucky area, Native American tribes that included the: Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Shawnee Indians, must have adored their pet dogs. They were often buried with them as was discovered at the Indian Knoll site in western Kentucky. Do you...
by Carol Patton | Dec 5, 2022 | All About States
Place your left hand flat on a table or desk: that’s the shape of lower Michigan. It looks like a mitten. The state is the only one in the country that’s bordered by four of the five Great Lakes. (The exception is Lake Ontario.) Here’s a trick to help you remember the...
by Carol Patton | Nov 28, 2022 | All About States
What do the airplane, the light bulb and chewing gum have in common? They are three of the many inventions developed by people in Ohio. There’s also the traffic light, cash register, vacuum cleaner and yes, even Teflon. Ohio was home to many inventors, including...