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   Ujunae
2. Rofnrftka
   Vdore

A huge mine in Juneau, Alaska, that contains valuable minerals was closed in 1944 during World War II. The location is termed the Juneau gold belt. The mine spans approximately 100 miles along the Alaskan panhandle, from Berners Bay to Windham Bay.

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2. Esboi
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Montgomery, Alabama, is where the first flight school was established in the United States. In 1910, aviation greats the Wright brothers, with the assistance of the Montgomery Commercial Club, set up the first civilian flight school in downtown Montgomery.

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   Sutgaua
2. Cjknosa
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On June 22, 1955, Little Rock transit workers from several companies protested wages and ceased operations. Capital Transportation Company attempted to use temporary workers, triggering violence in the city that resulted in the bombing of a bus. The strike lasted until 1956.

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2. Eonhxip
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Jack Swilling, who was a Confederate during the American Civil War, founded Phoenix, Arizona. In 1867, the skilled farmer established milling operations in the region. Swilling was born in South Carolina in 1830, and he has been characterized as a restless rebel with a taste for frontier violence.

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2. Eanrcmstoa
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The California Museum, which is near the state's capitol building, opened in 1998 and was originally named Golden State Museum. Building the museum cost $10.7 million, to pay homage to California history from the state's early Gold Rush years to present day.

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   Nsaaidlniiop
2. Vrened
   Lneaeh

The volatile nineteenth-century inception of Denver's banking system reflected the city's equally turbulent gold dust fortunes at the time. The UMB Bank, located at Colorado Boulevard and East Sixth Avenue, features a salvaged ninety-year old forty-ton vault door from Denver's Central Bank.

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   Ilnoaapns
2. Tohdfrra
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Hartford, Connecticut, played a prominent role during America's Industrial Revolution. Beginning in the mid-nineteenth century, Capitol Avenue in Hartford was home to a vast number of manufacturing companies, including Pratt & Whitney, makers of precision tools, and Sharps, a rifle company.

1. Vdore
   Itnsa Lpua
2. Altaatn
   Eonhxip

The Johnson Victrola Museum is located at New Street and Bank Lane in Dover, Delaware. The museum's artifacts chronicle the life of Victor Talking Machine Company founder and Dover resident Eldridge Reeves Johnson.

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   Nsaaidlniiop
2. Aelstaselha
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The Museum of Florida History, located in Florida's capital city of Tallahassee, opened in 1977. Exhibits over the years have informed visitors about the Seminoles, naval ships named Florida, NASA and more.

1. Onatb geuro
   Pgersnlfiid
2. Altaatn
   Cjknosa

The Atlanta Cyclorama, a restored painting in the round, showcased at the Atlanta History Center, is a grand depiction of the Battle of Atlanta which occurred during the Civil War. Visitors view the painting from a 15-foot platform. Paul Atkinson, a Georgia businessman, gave the artwork to the city in the 1800s.

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   Lneaeh
2. Sutgaua
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The City of Honolulu was the first passenger steamship vessel that departed directly from Los Angeles, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii. The ship started its inaugural voyage on September 10, 1922, and it sank in October of the same year. Oh, and the royal residence in Honolulu is Iolani Palace, whose last royal inhabitant was Queen Liliuokalani.

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2. Nlcnlio
   Luocsumb

Iowa's capital city, Des Moines, started as a military post in 1843, but it was repurposed and renamed in 1857. In the early days there was talk of naming the military post Fort Raccoon rather than Fort Des Moines, since the region has rivers with both names.

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   Lliett Kcor
2. Nuhlloou
   Esboi

The "Boise cutoff" was such a lucrative destination during the early twentieth century that Boise, Idaho, businesses and politicians sought ways to revitalize the rail corridor at the start of the twenty-first century. The Boise cutoff extends 44 miles, from Nampa to Boise.

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   Eanrcmsteo
2. Pgersnlfiid
   Pkotae

Abraham Lincoln lived in the town of New Salem for six years before moving to Springfield, which is the capital of Illinois. Lincoln arrived in Springfield in 1837 as an unknown resident, but he left Springfield as a member of Congress.

1. Rofnrftka
   Onatb Geuro
2. Lneaeh
   Nsaaidlniiop

Of course, everyone knows that the Indy 500 takes place every year at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It's one of the largest sporting venues in the world. The race covers 500 miles, which is 200 laps around the track.

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   Altaatn
2. Pkotae
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The historic 1954 "Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka" U.S. Supreme Court ruling is based on segregation policies that were practiced in Kansas's capital city and mirrored throughout the nation. The high court of the United States struck down the "separate but equal" doctrine.

1. Vdore
   Aelstaselha
2. Rofnrftka
   Esboi

Frankfort's business section lies to the north of the city, which is where the Old State Capitol Building stands as a museum and where the area's first residential zone existed. Subsequent residential development in the city spread south, beyond the new State Capitol Building. Don't miss the lovely floral clock behind the new capitol!

1. Onatb Geuro
   Tohdfrra
2. Eonhxip
   Sutgaua

The Baton Rouge home of Sebastian Louis Kleinpeter, a storekeeper, is renowned for its authentic antiques and Greek-revivalist embellishments. "Baton Rouge," as you may know, is French for "red stick." Explorers found blood-drenched poles in the area which had been used by natives to display bear heads.

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2. Nsaaidlniiop
   Lneaeh

Notable poets of Boston include the first poet of America, Anne Bradstreet, who was an original settler in the year 1630, and American slave-turned-poet Phillis Wheatley, who was purchased by the Wheatley family of Boston. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Harvard professor and poet, lived in the Cambridge area.

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   Pkotae
2. Ilnoaapns
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Annapolis actually served as the capital of the United States for a short time, from 1783 to 1784. Secretary of the U.S. Navy George Bancroft founded the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis in 1845.

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   Pgersnlfiid
2. Sutgaua
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Settled in 1629, Augusta lies on the Kennebec River. Augusta started out as a trading post for the region; the city's river location made it an active commerce center during colonial times.

1. Nsefefjro Tiyc
   Lneaeh
2. Galrieh
   Sninagl

"Reo" is the acronym for Ransom E. Olds, the automobile magnate who started Reo Motor Car Company after leaving his first company, Olds Motor Works. Reo Motor Car Company operated in Michigan's capital city, Lansing, from 1904 to 1975. "Reo Joe" was a term of endearment for all auto workers in Lansing.

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   Nsefefjro Tiyc
2. Nuhlloou
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The layout of Jefferson City in Missouri was designed by Daniel Morgan Boone, who sounds familiar due to his more famous father, Daniel Boone, the explorer and frontiersman. A well-known penitentiary was built in the city, which operated for well over a century.

1. Itnsa Lpua
   Onatb Geuro
2. Sutgaua
   Nlcnlio

Patricia McDonald started Afton Press in 1993, with seed money from businessman Duncan McMillan. The company first existed in Afton, Minnesota, before moving to Minnesota's capital city of Saint Paul. Saint Paul and Minneapolis are collectively known as the Twin Cities.

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   Cjknosa
2. Ilnoaapns
   Balyan

Under General William T. Sherman's direction during the Civil War, Union soldiers burned down many of the buildings in Jackson, which is the capital city of Mississippi. Jackson native Harry A. Cole is the inventor of Pine-Sol.

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   Lneaeh
2. Ilnoaapns
   Aelstaselha

Though Capital Hill Mall has been demolished, the mall was a magnet for new businesses in Montana's capital city of Helena when it first opened in 1965. Helena is known as the Queen City of the Rockies - Yellowstone and Glacier National Park are nearby attractions.

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   Pgersnlfiid
2. Galrieh
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Raleigh, North Carolina, is also known as the City of Oaks. The city's namesake, Sir Walter Raleigh, founded the Roanoke Colony in North Carolina.

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2. Sninagl
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Bismarck, the capital of North Dakota, was founded as Camp Hancock, set up to guard crews working for the Northern Pacific Railway. In 1873 the camp was renamed after Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, to attract German financial resources.

1. Nlcnlio
   Onatb Geuro
2. Itnsa Lpua
   Lneaeh

Lincoln, Nebraska, is named for the 16th president of the United States. From 1901 to 2009, the annual Nebraska State Fair took place at the Lancaster County Fairgrounds in the capital city of Lincoln. After 2009, the fair was moved to Grand Island, Nebraska.

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   Esboi
2. Ncodocr
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A group of third-graders, including Christa McAuliffe's son, traveled from Concord, New Hampshire, to Florida to observe the Space Shuttle Challenger's launch on January 28, 1986. McAuliffe taught social studies at Concord High School. Following the Challenger explosion, the shuttle program was grounded for nearly three years.

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   Tternon
2. Lneaeh
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Mikhail Gorbachev visited Trenton, New Jersey, to speak at the Sovereign Bank Arena on April 18, 2005. George Washington famously crossed the Delaware River at Trenton.

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   Vrened
2. Tohdfrra
   Nstaa Fe

Scores of collectors, consumers and artists have gathered at Santa Fe Indian Market every August since 1922. Surprisingly, Santa Fe is the oldest capital city in the United States.

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   Pgersnlfiid
2. Scoarn Ycti
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"Nevada Day" is observed every year around the same time as Halloween in the state's capital, Carson City. The celebration features a parade, a beard contest, a run/walk, trick-or-treating and more.

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   Vdore
2. Nuhlloou
   Balyan

The Dutch introduced its cultural Pentecostal holiday to Albany, New York, in the seventeenth century. African slaves of the Dutch carried on the annual tradition, which became a major feature of African American social life in the Hudson Valley by the year 1800.

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   Mmeyrogton
2. Luocsumb
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Ohio's capital city of Columbus was founded in 1812, and during its formative years the city struggled to gain social and financial footing. Columbus withstood massive flooding, economic failures, cholera epidemics and heated competition from other Ohio cities for state capital rank.