US State Capitals

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  1. 2. This capital city is right by Olympic State Park and both rocker Kurt Cobain of Nirvana and rapper Macklemore lived here for a time while growing up.
  2. 6. This capital was named for the chancellor of Germany as a way to try and get Germany to invest money into the area to build railroads and other things. Instead, Germany became the enemy of the USA in World War One not too long after this.
  3. 7. This capital has a full sized replica of the Parthenon, the original of which is in Athens, Greece.
  4. 10. This is the only capital city that has a working oil well on the grounds of the state capital.
  5. 11. This is the highest capital in elevation at exactly one mile above sea level.
  6. 12. This capital is the home of the “big blue bug”, a 58 foot statue of a blue termite.
  7. 13. This capital city was originally called Penacook Plantation and is famous for its granite quarries.
  8. 18. This capital was founded during a gold rush and was originally called Last Chance Gulch.
  9. 19. This was the first state capital that allowed women to vote.
  10. 21. This capital is home to the MagLab which houses the world's most powerful magnets.
  11. 25. This capital is the home to the United States Naval Academy.
  12. 26. This capital had the world’s first electric mill.
  13. 28. This capital is one of the “twin cities” with Minneapolis.
  14. 30. The famous picture of George Washington crossing the ice covered Delaware River was so he and American troops could attack this city that is now a US state capital.
  15. 31. This capital is the furthest north of any US state capital.
  16. 33. This capital is the only city in America to have a river in it that has a Class IV (4) white water rapids in the city.
  17. 34. This capital is the location of the USA's busiest airport and was once named Thrasherville before the name was changed to its current name.
  18. 35. This city has America's first subway, the oldest public library, and the oldest Major League Baseball stadium; it also was once hit by a 25 foot high wall of molasses (like maple syrup) that killed 21 people.
  19. 37. This capital is where nylon was invented. The first Golden Delicious apple tree ever found was discovered near here as well in 1905.
  20. 39. This capital is famous for being quirky. The city’s official bird is a plastic pink flamingo and there is a monument commemorating a story about Elvis Presley stopping a fight with his karate skills.
  21. 40. This capital is home to the largest skatepark in the USA.
  22. 42. This capital will be the only US capital to host the Olympics twice when it hosts the 2034 Winter Olympics.
  23. 43. This capital is the headquarters of two major fast food chains - Wendy’s and White Castle.
  24. 45. This capital was named for the famous frontiersman Kit Carson.
  25. 47. This capital was first settled as a town in 1610, making it one of the oldest cities that is in the modern United States. It became part of the United States when we won the Mexican-American War.
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  1. 1. This capital has the tallest state capital building in the USA and the town's name means "Red Stick".
  2. 3. This capital has the largest population of city-dwelling bats in the USA. The bat colony lives under the Congress Avenue Bridge.
  3. 4. This capital was named for a French fur trader and is the second smallest capital in the USA by population.
  4. 5. This capital is known for its connection to the production of bourbon, a kind of alcholic drink.
  5. 8. This capital is the second most common name for a town or city in America and was the home to Abraham Lincoln.
  6. 9. This capital is home to the only royal palace in the USA and is the only state to ever have had a ruling royal family.
  7. 14. This capital is the English translation of the French words "La Petite Roche" which was the name for a nearby rock formation named by a French explorer.
  8. 15. This capital is named for President Thomas Jefferson.
  9. 16. This city was the western end for both the pony express and the first transcontinental railroad.
  10. 17. This capital has a college football stadium that is famous for having a blue field rather than a green one.
  11. 18. This capital sits on the Susquehanna River and was once considered a possible choice to be the capital of the entire USA.
  12. 20. This capital means Indian City or Indian Land and has a large room full of pickled brains and their medical museum.
  13. 22. This capital was originally a Dutch colony named Beverwyck and many of its streets today still have Dutch names.
  14. 23. This capital is built over a dormant, extinct volcano (from 75 million years ago).
  15. 24. This capital has a Beer Garden that holds the Guinness World Record for the most kinds of beers available on tap.
  16. 27. This capital city was where both the Reuben sandwich and Kool-Aid were invented.
  17. 29. This capital is named for a mythological creature.
  18. 32. The name of this capital means “peace” and has a tombstone to the “Wonder Cow”.
  19. 36. This capital had the first public zoo and is the home of basketball star Magic Johnson.
  20. 38. This is the smallest capital by population in the USA and the only state capital in the country that does not have a McDonald’s.
  21. 41. This capital was the original capital city of the Confederate States of America before it was moved to Richmond, Virginia.
  22. 44. This capital is the most eastern capital in the USA.
  23. 46. The name of this capital city come from a Native American language and means "a good place to dig potatoes"; it was also founded by abolitionists who wanted to abolish slavery.