United States Fun Facts

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Across
  1. 4. the first magazine in America, The America Magazine, was published in Philadelphia _______________ for 3 months in 1741
  2. 8. the first electric traffic light was invented and installed in Cleveland, ____________ in 1914
  3. 10. Coca-Cola was first bottled in 1894 in Vicksburg, _________
  4. 11. Dakota, the world's largest natural indoor warm water pool, Evan's Plunge is founded in Hot Springs, ____________
  5. 13. the tallest building in the U.S., Sears Tower, is found in Chicago ________________
  6. 14. the typewriter was invented in Milwaukee, ____________ in 1867
  7. 15. has the longest coastline in the U.S. It measures 6,640 miles and is greater than that of all the other states combined
  8. 18. the only roller skating museum in the world is found in Lincoln, _______________
  9. 19. Carolina, the first tea farm in the U.S. was created in 1890 near Summerville, _____________________
Down
  1. 1. the world's smallest park, totaling 452 inches, was created in Portland, _____________ on St. Patrick's Day for Leprechauns and snail races
  2. 2. is home to the first log cabins in North America, build by Swedish Immigrants in 1683
  3. 3. the only royal palace in the U.S. is found in ___________________
  4. 5. the only active diamond mine in the U.S. is found in _______________
  5. 6. 98% of the world's crayfish is found here
  6. 7. Virginia, most of the country's glass marbles are made around Parkersburg, _________________
  7. 9. the Girl Scouts were founded in Savannah ___________ by Juliette Gordon Low in 1912
  8. 12. is home to the first World Series in 1903 The Boston Pilgrims vs. the Pittsburgh Pirates
  9. 16. produces the most maple syrup in the U.S.
  10. 17. is home to, Rainbow Bridge, the largest natural stone bridge in the world
  11. 18. Hampshire, artificial rain was first used near Concord, ___________ in 1947 to fight a forest fire