What is Unique about your State or Country?

[carrie-on]

This thread was done a long time ago over on the GB but we have lots of new faces around here as well as lots of familiar ones.
So...What is unique about your state?

I am In Michigan's Upper Peninsula,which is unique in itself.
The Mackinac Bridge is the longest suspension bridge in the world.(5 miles).
Tahquamenon Falls in the UP are the second largest waterfalls east of the Mississippi.
The Petoskey Stone is only found in Michigan.

 

[~*sunkyssed_kym*~]

This thread was done a long time ago over on the GB but we have lots of new faces around here as well as lots of familiar ones.
So...What is unique about your state?

I am In Michigan's Upper Peninsula,which is unique in itself.
The Mackinac Bridge is the longest suspension bridge in the world.(5 miles).
Tahquamenon Falls in the UP are the second largest waterfalls east of the Mississippi.
The Petoskey Stone is only found in Michigan.

ME!!

-kym- cheeky bugger

 

[carrie-on]

LOL K i almost answered that myself for Michigan...LOL

 

[tonitits]

Texas

Texas Tidbits
Facts Unique to Texas

The Constitution of 1845, which was the resolution that allowed Texas into the Union, stated that Texas had the right to divide into 4 states in addition to the original Texas. That legal right still remains true.

There have been 6 flags to fly over Texas: the Spanish, French, Mexican, Confederacy, United States, and Republic of Texas. The Spanish controlled Texas from 1519-1685 and 1690-1821.

In the Texas state song, the word 'boldest' replace the word 'largest' after Alaska became a state.

Corpus Christi de la Isleta, established near El Paso in 1682, was the first Spanish mission and pueblo in Texas.

Alarmed by the French presence in Texas and the French settlements in the Louisiana area, the Spaniards established in 1690 Mission San Francisco de los Tejas, the first East Texas mission.

In 1718, with the establishment of Mission San Antonio de Valero (the Alamo), the city of San Antonio was founded.

In 1821, the year Mexico gained independence from Spain, Stephen F. Austin received permission from the Mexican government to settle a colony of 300 families, now known as the 'Old Three Hundred' in southeast Texas. Although Anglo Americans were already living in Texas at the time, Austin's settlement was the official beginning of Anglo American colonization in Texas. By 1836, 35,000 to 500,000 people had settled in Texas.



The Battle of the Alamo, lasting nearly two weeks, ended on March 6, 1836, with the deaths of all its defenders (numbering about 190). The Mexican army of Santa Anna numbered 4,000 to 5,000 during its final charge. Among those killed were David Crockett, Jim Bowie, and William B. Travis. A subsequent massacre of Texans who had surrendered at Goliad on March 27, 1836 led to the battle cry of Texas' independence, 'Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad!'

The Texas Declaration of Independence was enacted at Washington-on-the-Brazos on March 2, 1836.

the Battle of San Jacinto was fought on April 21, 1836, near the present city of Houston now called Deer Park. Santa Anna's entire force of 1,600 men was killed or captured by General Sam Houston's army of 800 Texans; only nine Texans died. This decisive battle resulted in Texas' independence from Mexico.

In 1836, five sites served as temporary capitals of Texas (Washington-on-the-Brazos, Harrisburg, Galveston, Velasco and Columbia) before Sam Houston moved the capital to Houston in 1837. In 1839, the capital was moved to the new town of Austin.


On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated during a motorcade through downtown Dallas. Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas was sworn in as president aboard the presidential airplane at Dallas' Love Field airport that same day.


Texas A&M University opened its doors October 4, 1876 and was the state's first land-grant college.

The University of Texas held its first class in 1883.

Although a small group of Texas Rangers had been formed in 1823 by Stephen F. Austin, they were not formally organized until October 17, 1835.

Spindletop, near Beaumont in East Texas, was Texas' first oil gusher in 1901. It signaled the beginning of the state's oil boom.

In 1978, 71 million barrels of oil were produced in Yoakum County. That is an average of 195,000 barrels per day.

On September 8-9, 1900, and estimated 8,000 people were killed in the disastrous Galveston hurricane and flood.

The tidewater coastline of Texas stretches 624 miles along the Gulf of Mexico and contains more than 600 historic shipwrecks.

There are more than 70,000 miles of highways in Texas.

Texas has a total of 6,399 square mile in inland lakes and streams, second only to Alaska.

The tallest point in Texas is Guadalupe Peak at 8,751 feet.

Mirabeau B. Lamar, second president of the Republic of Texas (1838-1841), is called the 'Father of Education in Texas.'


Miriam A. "Ma" Ferguson was the second woman to serve as governor in the United States, but because of the date of elections in Texas, she was technically the first woman elected to that office. She served from 1925 to 1927 and again from 1933 to 1935.

The Capitol In Austin, built of Texas pink granite, opened May 16, 1888. The dome of the Capital stands seven feet higher than that of the nation's Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Jane Long (1798-1880), known as the 'Mother of Texas' was a pioneer Anglo American woman settler in Texas.

The Governor's Mansion, built in 1856, is the oldest remaining public building in downtown Austin.
The 1850 census recorded 213,000 people in Texas. In 1900, there were three million people and by 1990, the population was more than 16million.

Many famous Texans, including some former governors, are buried in the State Cemetery in Austin.

There are three existing Indian reservations in the state: the Alabama-Coushatta Reservation, located between Livingston and Woodville in East Texas; Ysleta del Sur Pueblo (Tigua Indian Reservation) near El Paso; and the Kickapoo Reservation in Maverick County. Most Native Americans in Texas live outside reservations. Texas' Indian population ranks sixth among the states, with approximately 65,000.

The largest body of water completely within the boundaries of Texas is Sam Rayburn Reservoir in East Texas, which covers 113,400 acres.

Texas has four national forests (Angelina, Davy Crockett, Sabine and Sam Houston), two national parks (Big Bend and Guadalupe Mountains), one national seashore (Padre Island), one national preserve (the Big Thicket), and two national recreation areas (Amistad and Lake Meredith) and one national monument (Alibates Flint Quarries).

With more than 267,000 square miles, Texas occupies about seven percent of the total water and land area of the United States. It is 801 miles from the northwest corner of the Panhandle to the southern tip of the state, and 773 miles from the western tip near El Paso to the Sabine River, the eastern boundary of the state.

Texas is a large as all New England, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois combined.

There are approximately 11,500 historical markers in the state. Marker subjects include historic courthouses, frontier forts, Spanish mission and presidios, cemeteries, churches, individuals, historic homes and buildings, Texas Revolution battle sites and more. There are more than 700 local history museums, 40,000 recorded archeological sites and more than 2,000 sites listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Dr. Annie Webb Blanton (1870-1945) became the first woman elected to statewide office in Texas when she won the race for State Superintendent of Public Instruction in 1918. Eight years later Margie Neal (1875-1971) of Carthage was elected Texas' first woman senator.

Eighty-five percent of the public libraries in Texas were founded by women's clubs.

There were more than 70 World War II prisoner-of-war camps in Texas, more than in any other state. Primarily housing German soldiers from the famed Afrika Korps, the Texas camps also held Italian and Japanese prisoners.

Texas Tidbits - Believe It Or Not!

The Dallas/Fort Worth airport is larger than New York City's Manhattan Island.

The smallest Catholic church in the world still in operation claims to be in Warrenton, Texas. Measuring 12 feet by 15 feet, the church seats 15 and is only open once a year.

The written test for University of Texas at Austin campus police in the 1960s asked applicants the shape of their excrement to test their ability to be observant.

To combat the deadly killer bee, the Harris County Fire Department has 11 trucks equipped with soapy water sprayers that do nothing but respond to killer bee calls. Currently, the Austin Fire Department will only deal with emergency situations involving killer bee attacks in progress.

To be elected in the State of Texas, one must believe in a supreme being.

According to one inside source, the majority of men who attend meetings at the Austin Men's Center have beards.

In Texas, if a burglary occurred in conjunction with a rape, some prosecutors charge rapists with the burglary because it carries the same sentence as aggravated sexual assault (5 to 99 years) and is an easier crime to prove. By the way, regular sexual assault only carries a sentence of 2 to 20 years.

There is a petrified buffalo hairball at the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame in Waco.

There's a ghost on the 5th floor of Austin's Driskill Hotel.

Fort Creek, Texas was hotter than hell in 1855. So was San Antonio in 1996!

Texas has 64 national champion trees, meaning they are the largest specimens of their species in the country. They include cedar elm, persimmon, eastern red cedar, and yaupon holly. They are all extinct now.


The world's largest oatmeal cake was baked in Bertram, Texas during Labor Day weekend in 1991. The 33-layer cake stood more than 3 feet tall, weighed 333 pounds, and served 3,333 people.

In Texas, you could have been jailed for giving out or discussing information on birth control 50 years ago.

For $150 you can become a licensed dead animal hauler in Texas.

According to one geographer, digging straight down from Austin will not get you to China, but to Iraq.

In Texas, it's illegal to put graffiti in someone else's cow.

In the mid 1980s, the employee cafeteria at Motorola in Austin had to stop serving food that contained poppy seeds because people showed false positives for opium when they were drug tested. Since then, the company reintroduced poppy seeds and added Valium and several anti-depressants to a list of things not to bother testing for.

The cave of Sonora, Texas are the third best in the United States.

According to the Texas Department of Transportation, one person is killed annually painting stripes on the state's highways and roads.

The only place in the world where they make Dr. Pepper according to the original formula is in Dublin, Texas.

The divorce rate per 1,000 population for the entire United States was 4.6 in 1994, down from 4.8. Texas is higher with a rate of 5.4.

The movie "Paris, Texas" was banned in the city of Paris, Texas shortly after its box office release.

The first Eagle Scout west of the Mississippi is buried in San Marcos, Texas in his coon skin underwear.

No NLF team which plays it's home games in a domed stadium has ever won a Superbowl. Texas Stadium, home of the Cowboys, is not a dome since there is a large hole in the roof!

 

[carrie-on]

Wow Toni! Is there anything left for anyone else from Texas to tell us? Just Kidding! Thanks!

 

[wildrose70]

Well I'm afraid after all that info about Texas....lol...mine sounds rather dull....but in So.Dak we have the Black Hills with Mt Rushmore...and of course....the world's only CORN PALACE in Mitchell which draws tourists from all over the world...please dont ask...what is a CORN PALACE....actually it's all decorated with corn each year and is in the shape of a palace...there have been several since the 1800's....oh yessss Huron,s.d is the home of Cheryl Ladd if you have heard of her...My teeny weeny contribution
Oh gee almost forgot ...my town is the site of the So.Dak state fair...for many many years

 

[Native Alien]

We have a Y-bridge, not that it is anything to be known for and longerberger baskets are made here.

 

[omahaman2]

ROSE,
from someone from a neighboring state,ive enjoyed all thwe tins youve mentioned,including the fair. GREAT state,dont forget rptile garden,sturgis rally and icant remember his name but the famous author who has hjis gallery in watertown.Also ,frank baum, who wrote wizard of oz lived in SD.

TONI,
great job on texas, but i cant let good old nebraska be outdone by texas.Hey, we invented ruebens and kool aid, what else do you need.



NEBRASKA TRIVIA 1) Nebraska was once called "The Great American Desert".
2) In 1927, Edwin E. Perkins of Hastings invented the powdered soft drink Kool-Aid.
3) Sterling Morton founded Arbor Day in Nebraska City in 1872.
4) Nebraska's state nickname used to be the "Tree Planter's State", but was changed in1945 to the "Cornhusker State".
5) Nebraska state insect is the honeybee.
6) Nebraska state motto: Equality before the law.
7) The goldenrod was declared the Nebraska state flower on April 4, 1895.
8) The Naval Ammunition Depot located in Hastings was the largest U.S. ammunition plant providing 40% of WWII's ammunition.
9) The Lied Jungle located in Omaha is the world's largest indoor rain forest.
10) Nebraska is the birthplace of the Reuben sandwich and the Runza.
11) Spam (canned meat) is produced in Fremont.
12) Nebraska has the U.S.'s largest aquifer (underground lake/water supply), the Ogallala aquifer.
13) Nebraska has more miles of river than any other state.
14) The Union Pacific's Bailey Yards, in North Platte, is the largest rail classification complex in the world.
15) Nebraska is the only state in the union with a unicameral (one house) legislature.
16) Nebraska was the first state to complete its segment of the nations mainline interstate system, a 455 mile stretch of four lane highway.
17) Nebraska is both the nation's largest producer and user of center pivot irrigation.
18) Nebraska's Chimney rock was the most often mentioned landmark in journal stories by travelers on the Oregon Trail.
19) The 911 system of emergency communications, now used nationwide, was developed and first used in Lincoln, Nebraska.
20) Nebraska has more underground water reserves than any other state in the continental U.S.
21) Wayne Nebraska is well known for the biggest and best chicken show in the world.
22) South Bend Nebraska serves more testicles than any where in the world at its 'Testicle Festival'.
23) Marlon Brando's mother gave Henry Fonda acting lessons at the Omaha Community Playhouse.
24) Lincoln County is the origin of the world's largest "Woolly Mammoth" elephant fossil.
25) Weeping Water is the nations largest limestone deposit and producer.
26) Mutual of Omaha Corporate headquarters is a public building built with 3 floors underground.
27) The Nebraska Cornhuskers have been to a record 27 consecutive bowl games and 27 consecutive winning seasons.
28) The University of Nebraska Cornhusker football team has produced more Academic All-Americans than any other Division I school.
29) In Blue Hill, Nebraska, no female wearing a 'hat that would scare a timid person' can be seen eating onions in public.
30) The world's first college course about radio personality Rush Limbaugh is taught at Bellevue University in Nebraska.
31) Origin of Nebraska's Name: >From an Oto Indian word meaning flat water.
32) Nebraska's State Gem is the Blue Agate.
33) The largest porch swing in the world is located in Hebron, Nebraska and it can sit 25 adults.
34) The world's largest hand-planted forest is Halsey National Forest near Thedford, Nebraska.
35) The world's only museums dedicated to Fur Trading are located at Fort Atkinson near Blair, Ne. and in Chadron, Ne.
36) The famous architect, Edward Durrell Stone, designed the Stuhr Museum near Grand Island, Nebraska.
37) The University of Nebraska-Lincoln weight room is the largest in the country. It covers three-fourths of an acre.
38) Chevyland USA near Elm Creek, Nebraska is the only museum dedicated to a single line of cars.
39) The largest Kolache Festival in the world is located in Prague, Nebraska
40) The county numbers on license plates were devised in 1922, based on the 1920 Census total population ranks for the 93 counties.
41) Cozad, Nebraska is located on the 100th Meridian where the humid east meets the arid west.
42) In Nebraska in 1986 for the first time ever two women ran against each other for governorship of a state.
43) The cost of the Nebraska Capitol building was $ 9,800,440.07 in 1932. The construction job came in under budget and the building was paid for by the time it was completed.
44) Union Pacific Railroad's museum is headquartered in Nebraska.
45) Buffalo Bill Cody held his first rodeo in North Platte, Nebraska July 4,1882.
46) In 1950, Omaha became the home of the College World Series of baseball.
47) There are five army forts open to the public in Nebraska: Atkinson, Kearny, Hartsuff, Sidney, and Robinson.
48) Sidney, Nebraska was the starting point of the Black Hills Gold Rush.
49) Antelope and Buffalo are counties in Nebraska named after animals.
50) Dr. Harold Edgerton of Aurora, Nebraska is the inventor of the strobe light.
51) Kearney, Nebraska is located geographically dead center of the U.S.-between Boston and San Francisco, each way is exactly 1733 miles on either side of Hwy 30.
52) Father Edward Flanagan founded Boys Town in Omaha, Nebraska in 1***.

 

[carrie-on]

Well I'm afraid after all that info about Texas....lol...mine sounds rather dull....but in So.Dak we have the Black Hills with Mt Rushmore...and of course....the world's only CORN PALACE in Mitchell which draws tourists from all over the world...please dont ask...what is a CORN PALACE....actually it's all decorated with corn each year and is in the shape of a palace...there have been several since the 1800's....oh yessss Huron,s.d is the home of Cheryl Ladd if you have heard of her...My teeny weeny contribution
Oh gee almost forgot ...my town is the site of the So.Dak state fair...for many many years

Thanks Mama...I have seen a postcard of the Corn Palace,just didn't realize it was in SD.
Thanks for posting.

 

[wildrose70]

Oh yes Terry Redlin...he has a great museum in Watertown...and yes I did forget the big Sturgis rally....and I have enjoyed your zoo there too Omahaman...it was wonderful.....I have been to Omaha a couple of times...my grandaughter playeda couple of basketball games there...and then of course there is the carving in the hills by Crazy horse...and how could I forget Deadwood.. the home of the brothels...and the gambling capitol of the state......and the cemetry with Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane...guess I need a refresher course here.geeshhh more here than I thought...lol

 

[wildrose70]

Thanks Mama...I have seen a postcard of the Corn Palace,just didn't realize it was in SD.
Thanks for posting.

Well omahaman made me stop and think....what we do have here......lots of great fishing on the Missouri river too

 

[carrie-on]

We have a Y-bridge, not that it is anything to be known for and longerberger baskets are made here.

Ahhh Native...you are from my home state then. I have visited Longaberger many times.

 

[carrie-on]

ROSE,
from someone from a neighboring state,ive enjoyed all thwe tins youve mentioned,including the fair. GREAT state,dont forget rptile garden,sturgis rally and icant remember his name but the famous author who has hjis gallery in watertown.Also ,frank baum, who wrote wizard of oz lived in SD.

TONI,
great job on texas, but i cant let good old nebraska be outdone by texas.Hey, we invented ruebens and kool aid, what else do you need.



NEBRASKA TRIVIA 1) Nebraska was once called "The Great American Desert".
2) In 1927, Edwin E. Perkins of Hastings invented the powdered soft drink Kool-Aid.
3) Sterling Morton founded Arbor Day in Nebraska City in 1872.
4) Nebraska's state nickname used to be the "Tree Planter's State", but was changed in1945 to the "Cornhusker State".
5) Nebraska state insect is the honeybee.
6) Nebraska state motto: Equality before the law.
7) The goldenrod was declared the Nebraska state flower on April 4, 1895.
8) The Naval Ammunition Depot located in Hastings was the largest U.S. ammunition plant providing 40% of WWII's ammunition.
9) The Lied Jungle located in Omaha is the world's largest indoor rain forest.
10) Nebraska is the birthplace of the Reuben sandwich and the Runza.
11) Spam (canned meat) is produced in Fremont.
12) Nebraska has the U.S.'s largest aquifer (underground lake/water supply), the Ogallala aquifer.
13) Nebraska has more miles of river than any other state.
14) The Union Pacific's Bailey Yards, in North Platte, is the largest rail classification complex in the world.
15) Nebraska is the only state in the union with a unicameral (one house) legislature.
16) Nebraska was the first state to complete its segment of the nations mainline interstate system, a 455 mile stretch of four lane highway.
17) Nebraska is both the nation's largest producer and user of center pivot irrigation.
18) Nebraska's Chimney rock was the most often mentioned landmark in journal stories by travelers on the Oregon Trail.
19) The 911 system of emergency communications, now used nationwide, was developed and first used in Lincoln, Nebraska.
20) Nebraska has more underground water reserves than any other state in the continental U.S.
21) Wayne Nebraska is well known for the biggest and best chicken show in the world.
22) South Bend Nebraska serves more testicles than any where in the world at its 'Testicle Festival'.
23) Marlon Brando's mother gave Henry Fonda acting lessons at the Omaha Community Playhouse.
24) Lincoln County is the origin of the world's largest "Woolly Mammoth" elephant fossil.
25) Weeping Water is the nations largest limestone deposit and producer.
26) Mutual of Omaha Corporate headquarters is a public building built with 3 floors underground.
27) The Nebraska Cornhuskers have been to a record 27 consecutive bowl games and 27 consecutive winning seasons.
28) The University of Nebraska Cornhusker football team has produced more Academic All-Americans than any other Division I school.
29) In Blue Hill, Nebraska, no female wearing a 'hat that would scare a timid person' can be seen eating onions in public.
30) The world's first college course about radio personality Rush Limbaugh is taught at Bellevue University in Nebraska.
31) Origin of Nebraska's Name: >From an Oto Indian word meaning flat water.
32) Nebraska's State Gem is the Blue Agate.
33) The largest porch swing in the world is located in Hebron, Nebraska and it can sit 25 adults.
34) The world's largest hand-planted forest is Halsey National Forest near Thedford, Nebraska.
35) The world's only museums dedicated to Fur Trading are located at Fort Atkinson near Blair, Ne. and in Chadron, Ne.
36) The famous architect, Edward Durrell Stone, designed the Stuhr Museum near Grand Island, Nebraska.
37) The University of Nebraska-Lincoln weight room is the largest in the country. It covers three-fourths of an acre.
38) Chevyland USA near Elm Creek, Nebraska is the only museum dedicated to a single line of cars.
39) The largest Kolache Festival in the world is located in Prague, Nebraska
40) The county numbers on license plates were devised in 1922, based on the 1920 Census total population ranks for the 93 counties.
41) Cozad, Nebraska is located on the 100th Meridian where the humid east meets the arid west.
42) In Nebraska in 1986 for the first time ever two women ran against each other for governorship of a state.
43) The cost of the Nebraska Capitol building was $ 9,800,440.07 in 1932. The construction job came in under budget and the building was paid for by the time it was completed.
44) Union Pacific Railroad's museum is headquartered in Nebraska.
45) Buffalo Bill Cody held his first rodeo in North Platte, Nebraska July 4,1882.
46) In 1950, Omaha became the home of the College World Series of baseball.
47) There are five army forts open to the public in Nebraska: Atkinson, Kearny, Hartsuff, Sidney, and Robinson.
48) Sidney, Nebraska was the starting point of the Black Hills Gold Rush.
49) Antelope and Buffalo are counties in Nebraska named after animals.
50) Dr. Harold Edgerton of Aurora, Nebraska is the inventor of the strobe light.
51) Kearney, Nebraska is located geographically dead center of the U.S.-between Boston and San Francisco, each way is exactly 1733 miles on either side of Hwy 30.
52) Father Edward Flanagan founded Boys Town in Omaha, Nebraska in 1***.

Wow so much to do if I ever make it to Nebraska, Oman!
Huggggs for you and Jenny!

 

[Native Alien]

My biggest problem is that I can't spell it Carrie. Shows how much I pay attention to them basket folks.

Oh and we have (groans) the Gus Macker here in town, (what a mess).

 

[tonitits]

ROSE,
from someone from a neighboring state,ive enjoyed all thwe tins youve mentioned,including the fair. GREAT state,dont forget rptile garden,sturgis rally and icant remember his name but the famous author who has hjis gallery in watertown.Also ,frank baum, who wrote wizard of oz lived in SD.

TONI,
great job on texas, but i cant let good old nebraska be outdone by texas.Hey, we invented ruebens and kool aid, what else do you need.



NEBRASKA TRIVIA 1) Nebraska was once called "The Great American Desert".
2) In 1927, Edwin E. Perkins of Hastings invented the powdered soft drink Kool-Aid.
3) Sterling Morton founded Arbor Day in Nebraska City in 1872.
4) Nebraska's state nickname used to be the "Tree Planter's State", but was changed in1945 to the "Cornhusker State".
5) Nebraska state insect is the honeybee.
6) Nebraska state motto: Equality before the law.
7) The goldenrod was declared the Nebraska state flower on April 4, 1895.
8) The Naval Ammunition Depot located in Hastings was the largest U.S. ammunition plant providing 40% of WWII's ammunition.
9) The Lied Jungle located in Omaha is the world's largest indoor rain forest.
10) Nebraska is the birthplace of the Reuben sandwich and the Runza.
11) Spam (canned meat) is produced in Fremont.
12) Nebraska has the U.S.'s largest aquifer (underground lake/water supply), the Ogallala aquifer.
13) Nebraska has more miles of river than any other state.
14) The Union Pacific's Bailey Yards, in North Platte, is the largest rail classification complex in the world.
15) Nebraska is the only state in the union with a unicameral (one house) legislature.
16) Nebraska was the first state to complete its segment of the nations mainline interstate system, a 455 mile stretch of four lane highway.
17) Nebraska is both the nation's largest producer and user of center pivot irrigation.
18) Nebraska's Chimney rock was the most often mentioned landmark in journal stories by travelers on the Oregon Trail.
19) The 911 system of emergency communications, now used nationwide, was developed and first used in Lincoln, Nebraska.
20) Nebraska has more underground water reserves than any other state in the continental U.S.
21) Wayne Nebraska is well known for the biggest and best chicken show in the world.
22) South Bend Nebraska serves more testicles than any where in the world at its 'Testicle Festival'.
23) Marlon Brando's mother gave Henry Fonda acting lessons at the Omaha Community Playhouse.
24) Lincoln County is the origin of the world's largest "Woolly Mammoth" elephant fossil.
25) Weeping Water is the nations largest limestone deposit and producer.
26) Mutual of Omaha Corporate headquarters is a public building built with 3 floors underground.
27) The Nebraska Cornhuskers have been to a record 27 consecutive bowl games and 27 consecutive winning seasons.
28) The University of Nebraska Cornhusker football team has produced more Academic All-Americans than any other Division I school.
29) In Blue Hill, Nebraska, no female wearing a 'hat that would scare a timid person' can be seen eating onions in public.
30) The world's first college course about radio personality Rush Limbaugh is taught at Bellevue University in Nebraska.
31) Origin of Nebraska's Name: >From an Oto Indian word meaning flat water.
32) Nebraska's State Gem is the Blue Agate.
33) The largest porch swing in the world is located in Hebron, Nebraska and it can sit 25 adults.
34) The world's largest hand-planted forest is Halsey National Forest near Thedford, Nebraska.
35) The world's only museums dedicated to Fur Trading are located at Fort Atkinson near Blair, Ne. and in Chadron, Ne.
36) The famous architect, Edward Durrell Stone, designed the Stuhr Museum near Grand Island, Nebraska.
37) The University of Nebraska-Lincoln weight room is the largest in the country. It covers three-fourths of an acre.
38) Chevyland USA near Elm Creek, Nebraska is the only museum dedicated to a single line of cars.
39) The largest Kolache Festival in the world is located in Prague, Nebraska
40) The county numbers on license plates were devised in 1922, based on the 1920 Census total population ranks for the 93 counties.
41) Cozad, Nebraska is located on the 100th Meridian where the humid east meets the arid west.
42) In Nebraska in 1986 for the first time ever two women ran against each other for governorship of a state.
43) The cost of the Nebraska Capitol building was $ 9,800,440.07 in 1932. The construction job came in under budget and the building was paid for by the time it was completed.
44) Union Pacific Railroad's museum is headquartered in Nebraska.
45) Buffalo Bill Cody held his first rodeo in North Platte, Nebraska July 4,1882.
46) In 1950, Omaha became the home of the College World Series of baseball.
47) There are five army forts open to the public in Nebraska: Atkinson, Kearny, Hartsuff, Sidney, and Robinson.
48) Sidney, Nebraska was the starting point of the Black Hills Gold Rush.
49) Antelope and Buffalo are counties in Nebraska named after animals.
50) Dr. Harold Edgerton of Aurora, Nebraska is the inventor of the strobe light.
51) Kearney, Nebraska is located geographically dead center of the U.S.-between Boston and San Francisco, each way is exactly 1733 miles on either side of Hwy 30.
52) Father Edward Flanagan founded Boys Town in Omaha, Nebraska in 1***.

Very good Oman, but actually I cut part of ours out! Carrie-On, I am sure that someone from TX can come up with something else. Also there is a mall here Big Town, it was the first indoor mall built.

And of course, Dallas has the State Fair of Texas. Mesquite, my hometown, is home of the World Famous Mesquite Rodeo. Also we are famous for those teams, whether ya'll like them or not, Dallas Cowboys, one of least favorite, DALLAS STARS, DALLAS MAVERICKS, who btw, are still in the playoffs, who btw the other team just happens to be from Tx also, SAN ANTONIO SPURS, also the TEXAS RANGERS, who always start out good and then fizzle., DALLAS DESPERADOS, indoor football, Dallas Burn, outdoor soccer and Dallas Sidekicks indoor soccer. And of course, there are the Houston Texans, Houston Astros and high school football is just about as big as the NFL! And then of course that does not include all the pee -wee younger bunch of kids..... INLINE HOCKEY!!!!!!!! Which my kid plays! My alma mater Mesquite High Skeeters won STATE Champs last year with 15-0 record, the best record yet, the last time that they had made it there was when I was attending there, we actually lost State.

What more could you want?????

 

[carrie-on]

Thanks Toni...Michigan is the only state to have 2 state fairgrounds and we also have the longest coastline of any state.

 

[tonitits]

Texas isn't just a State...it is a State of Mind.

Texas has alot of ppl who weren't born here, but they got here as soon as they could!

All the places listed so far sound like fun places to visit.

 

[omahaman2]

Very good Oman, but actually I cut part of ours out! Carrie-On, I am sure that someone from TX can come up with something else. Also there is a mall here Big Town, it was the first indoor mall built.

And of course, Dallas has the State Fair of Texas. Mesquite, my hometown, is home of the World Famous Mesquite Rodeo. Also we are famous for those teams, whether ya'll like them or not, Dallas Cowboys, one of least favorite, DALLAS STARS, DALLAS MAVERICKS, who btw, are still in the playoffs, who btw the other team just happens to be from Tx also, SAN ANTONIO SPURS, also the TEXAS RANGERS, who always start out good and then fizzle., DALLAS DESPERADOS, indoor football, Dallas Burn, outdoor soccer and Dallas Sidekicks indoor soccer. And of course, there are the Houston Texans, Houston Astros and high school football is just about as big as the NFL! And then of course that does not include all the pee -wee younger bunch of kids..... INLINE HOCKEY!!!!!!!! Which my kid plays! My alma mater Mesquite High Skeeters won STATE Champs last year with 15-0 record, the best record yet, the last time that they had made it there was when I was attending there, we actually lost State.

What more could you want?????

lol toni i cut lots out too
like being the home of the college world series
and home of one of the richest men alive
Warren Buffet
and one of the most famous zoos
Henry doorly zoo
and I think all you down in texas have heard of
The nebraska Cornhuskers
However, lets not argue
especially since you didnt pull out
your biggest ammunition
I heard from some guy who is
always awake
about the best of Texas
and I agreed with him,
and you didnt even mention it,
the best of Texas being
TONITIS.

 

[carrie-on]

We have a lot of "snowbirds" here. They usually go South to Florida or Arizona for the winter and come back in the spring.

 

[tonitits]

lol toni i cut lots out too
like being the home of the college world series
and home of one of the richest men alive
Warren Buffet
and one of the most famous zoos
Henry doorly zoo
and I think all you down in texas have heard of
The nebraska Cornhuskers
However, lets not argue
especially since you didnt pull out
your biggest ammunition
I heard from some guy who is
always awake
about the best of Texas
and I agreed with him,
and you didnt even mention it,
the best of Texas being
TONITIS.

Well Thanks Oman, he is a little partial to me, but coming from you that is a great compliment.. Btw I dedicated a song to you and Jenny on the Musical Alphabet Game.

 

[justatramp]

We don' need oven's all you have to do is put the food outside it will cook lol... 109 here today

 

[maineman23]

The Man On the Mountain used to be unique to my home state....but that didn't quite pan out....I've lived in Maine for the past 5 years and I'm pretty sure most people who think of Maine...think Lobster.

 

[Arden]

Toni, don't forget "Big Tex" at Fair Park!

http://www.bigtex.com/2002/img/texcraneweb.jpg

Big Tex's History

In the free-wheeling years after the war, merchants in Kerens, Texas, had a problem. Residents of the tiny town were driving to nearby Corsicana or even 75 miles north to Dallas for pre-Christmas shopping sprees. Looking for a gimmick that might encourage people to spend money at local stores, the Kerens Chamber of Commerce built what they claimed was the world's largest Santa Claus, a 49-foot tall figure constructed from iron-pipe drill casing and papier mache with seven-foot lengths of unraveled rope for a beard.

The promotion was a big success during the 1949 holidays, but the novelty wore off the following year, and community support waned. In 1951, State Fair president R. L. Thornton purchased Santa's components for $750 and hired Dallas artist Jack Bridges to create a giant cowboy out of the material.

Big Tex made his debut at the 1952 State Fair of Texas. Wearing size 70 boots and a 75-gallon hat, Tex towered 52' above wide-eyed visitors. His denim jeans and plaid shirt were donated by the H. D. Lee Company of Shawnee Mission, Kansas. Cosmetic surgery the following year straightened his nose, corrected a lascivious wink and allowed him to talk.

Arden (lived in TX for 22 years)

 

[tonitits]

Toni, don't forget "Big Tex" at Fair Park!

http://www.bigtex.com/2002/img/texcraneweb.jpg

Big Tex's History

In the free-wheeling years after the war, merchants in Kerens, Texas, had a problem. Residents of the tiny town were driving to nearby Corsicana or even 75 miles north to Dallas for pre-Christmas shopping sprees. Looking for a gimmick that might encourage people to spend money at local stores, the Kerens Chamber of Commerce built what they claimed was the world's largest Santa Claus, a 49-foot tall figure constructed from iron-pipe drill casing and papier mache with seven-foot lengths of unraveled rope for a beard.

The promotion was a big success during the 1949 holidays, but the novelty wore off the following year, and community support waned. In 1951, State Fair president R. L. Thornton purchased Santa's components for $750 and hired Dallas artist Jack Bridges to create a giant cowboy out of the material.

Big Tex made his debut at the 1952 State Fair of Texas. Wearing size 70 boots and a 75-gallon hat, Tex towered 52' above wide-eyed visitors. His denim jeans and plaid shirt were donated by the H. D. Lee Company of Shawnee Mission, Kansas. Cosmetic surgery the following year straightened his nose, corrected a lascivious wink and allowed him to talk.

Arden (lived in TX for 22 years)

Thanks Arden, how could I forget Tex?

 

[~*sunkyssed_kym*~]

LOL K i almost answered that myself for Michigan...LOL

Actually Carrie... Florida is home to not only the oldest Euorpean settlement, but also Native American. Its a well known fact that the different tribes* of Florida ( and even Georgia and mayhap Alabama) met at a place along the Swuanee River which is called Old Town to trade and be social with one another. Other than that, well..... ya'll know the rest. The rise and fall of the confederacy, railroads, Hurricanes,tourism,the most prolific state to produce professional football players in the country, the evil rat's empire that threatens to choke out all hisotry of Florida for entertainment sake,John F. Kennedy Space Centre and the Cape, and of coarse.... our links to the 9/11 terrorists, the pregnant chads, the list goes on..............
All in all; Florida was a great place to grow up in and be from, but now I find myself a solitray fish alone in a sea of sharks.

-kym-Time to move on, me thinks

* these tribes were wiped out by the Spaninsh explorers with disease and murder and have been extinct for over 500 years.