DID YOU KNOW

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:57 am

A 30 foot tall statue of Johnny Kaw stands in Manhattan. The statue represents the importance of the Kansas wheat farmer.

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:30 pm

NEBRASKA

Built in 1928 by local businesses,the Arrow Hotel in Broken Bow (pop. 3,491) remains an important local gathering spot. The elegant renovated hotel,with its pub and cigar room,offers a taste of the Old West.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:45 am

Fallbrook, California is known as the Avocado Capital of the World and hosts an annual Avocado Festival. More avocados are grown in the region than any other county in the nation.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 9:02 am

California's Proposition 215 (1996) was the first statewide medical marijuana initiative to pass in the USA - keeping attorneys busy for years.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 7:43 am

Touch-tone telephone keypads were originally planned to have buttons for Police and Fire Departments, but they were replaced with * and # when the project was cancelled in favor of developing the 911 system.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 4:33 am

In Atwater, California the Castle Air Museum has the largest display of military aircraft in the state.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 9:31 pm

Socrates, the Greek phisosopher, left no writings of his own. His philosophy is known only through the writings of his pupil, Plato.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 8:16 am

Meredith Willson, who played with the famous John Philip Sousa and the New York Philharmonic before launching his career as a famous composer and lyricist, is a Mason City, Iowa native.

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 9:49 am

NORTH DAKOTA

Named the state's poet laureate in 1995,Larry Woiwode is acclaimed for his eight novels and for short stories and poetry published in The Atlantic,Harper,Paris Review,The New Yorker and other Madazines. The award-winning writer lives near Mott-(pop. 808)

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 12:23 pm

Teacher Mary S. Wilson held the first observance of Mother's Day in Henderson, Kentucky in 1887. It was made a national holiday in 1916

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 12:36 pm

Explorers Lewis and Clark set out from Fort Vincennes, Indiana on their exploration of the Northwest Territory.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 6:40 am

Indiana's first major railroad line linked Madison and Indianapolis and was completed in 1847.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 4:14 pm

The wife of President James K. Polk abolished dancing at White House parties.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 9:05 am

The heart of a newborn baby beats about twice as fast as that of an adult.

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 10:32 pm

OHIO

Malabar Farm State Park in Richland County was the home of Pulitzer Prize-winning author and conservationist Louis Bromfield,and served as a retreat for Hollywood stars in the 1940s and 50s.The park preserves a 32-room country home,barn,hiking trails and fishing ponds.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:53 am

One out of every eight United States residents lives in California.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 6:04 am

The temperature on the moon falls to 116 degrees below zero in darkness.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 7:32 am

The ancient Romans used beans for voting - white beans were affirmative votes; dark beans negative ones.

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:39 pm

SOUTH DAKOTA

A 60-foot-tall bull's head sculpture created by Wayne Porter looms at Porter Sculpture park along Interstate 90 near Montrose (pop. 460). The blacksmith-artist welded a field full of whimsical,including vultures and a giant pink rocking horse.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 7:28 am

Francis Drake was 66 years old at his inauguration and Iowa's oldest governor.