states

Keith's...
1. alaska
- alaska boarders canada
- it is the biggest state in the us
- boarders pacific ocean
- part of the state is in the artic circle
- the capital is junao
- one of two states not boarding another state
- 300 Aleution islands
- to many glacers
2. Hawaii
- a giant volcano
- the most southern state in the us
- boarders no other state
- the state is composed up of islands
- mauna kea is the tallest point on all of the islands
- the capitol is honolula
- only nonstop flow of lava in the world
- second most western state
- not a strait line on the boarder
- the state is growing because of the lava
3. Texas
- austin is the capital
- It is the largest state in the lower 48 states
- boarders gulf of mexico
- boarders mexico
- only one natural lake in the state
4. california
- the capital is sacrimento
- the highest point is mount whinety
- boarders pacific ocean
- it is the third largest state
- boarders mexico
5. Rhode island
- smallest state in the us
- capital is providence
- boarders atlantic ocean
- it has 30 islands
- it only has 1,545 square miles
- it's nick name is little rody

Justin
1. Minnesota
- Minnesotan baseball commentator Halsey Hal was the first to say 'Holy Cow' during a baseball broadcast.
-The Mall of America in Bloomington is the size of 78 football fields --- 9.5 million square feet.
-Minnesota Inventions: Masking and Scotch tape, Wheaties cereal, Bisquick, HMOs, the bundt pan, Aveda beauty products, and Green Giant vegetables
-The St. Lawrence Seaway opened in 1959 allowing oceangoing ships to reach Duluth.
2.Wyoming
-The largest coal mine in the USA is Black Thunder located near Wright
-Wyoming leads the country in coal production in 1994 with 3 million tons per week
-The JCPenney stores were started in Kemmerer.
3. Michigan
-Detroit is known as the car capital of the world.
-Alpena is the home of the world's largest cement plant.
-Rogers City boasts the world's largest limestone quarry.
-The state Capitol with its majestic dome was built in Lansing in l879.
4. Arizona
-Arizona is home of the Grand Canyon National Park.
-The battleship USS Arizona was named in honor of the state.
-In 1926, the Southern Pacific Railroad connected Arizona with the eastern states.
-The geographic center of Arizona is 55 miles (89 kilometers) southeast of Prescott.
5. Nevada
-In 1899 Charles Fey invented a slot machine named the Liberty Bell. The device became the model for all slots to follow.
-The Reno Ice Pavilion is a 16,000-square-foot rink once dismantled and moved to Reno from Atlantic City, New Jersey.
-Bugsy Siegel named his Las Vegas casino "The Flamingo" for the long legs of his showgirl sweetheart, Virginia Hill.
-The Imperial Palace on the Las Vegas strip is the nation's first off-airport airline baggage check-in service.