Columbine locks are special locks installed on the doors of classrooms, allowing the room to be locked from the inside. They are named after the horrendous shooting deaths at Columbine High School in 1999. The Columbine massacre, perpetuated by two…
The longest Main Street in America is US Route 20 in Island Park, Idaho, which is 33 miles (53 k) long. The city consist mainly of resorts and lodges along Route 20 whose owners decided to incorporate in 1947 in…
National parks in the United States (US) are funded in three main ways: direct funding by the government, user fees, and donations. Support from the government makes up the largest portion of funding. In times of reduced government spending or…
Idaho is called the gem state due to the meaning behind the name “Idaho.” In 1860, a mining lobbyist known as George M. Willing proposed this name to Congress as a name for a new territory. In the mid- to…
The Oval Office is the formal office of the President of the United States, and many Presidents have used it as a workspace as well. Since the Oval Office is so intimately linked with the President, the term is sometimes…
Most sources say that Iowa’s Hawkeye State nickname was inspired by a Native American warrior named Black Hawk and/or the character of Hawkeye in James Fenimore Cooper’s novel The Last of the Mohicans. Though the exact history of the name…
A state flag is a flag that represents a specific state within the United States. The bulk of the state flags in use today were designed around the turn of the 20th century and several states have gone through multiple…
Though it is not a true stone, petrified palmwood was adopted as the state rock of Texas in 1969. In the same year, blue topaz was named the state gemstone. Neither of these stones are found statewide, though both are…
The eastern cottonwood, the state tree of Kansas, is inextricably linked with the history of the state and the settlement of the United States. The tree was a sign of welcome and respite for the many travelers who headed west…
Alabama was one of many cotton-producing states in the US in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was nicknamed "the cotton state" because of its central location in the Cotton Belt of the Dixie South. Cotton dominated Alabama's economy…