Did You Know? Muskogean Indian Chief Tuskaloosa gave his name to the city and county; it means Black Warrior. Football was abandoned at Alabama in 1898 when a (short-lived) ruling forbade teams to leave campus. Jazz singer Dinah Washington was born in Tuscaloosa (1924). Alabama coach Paul Bryant played football
Did You Know? A staple of Mexican menus, the nonsensically named chimichanga was created by accident in Tucson. Mount Lemmon is the southernmost ski destination in the U.S. A saguaro cactus can be 40 to 60 feet tall, weigh 3,200 to 4,800 pounds and live 150 to 200 years. Saguaro
Did You Know ... ? Taos Pueblo is the only living Native American community that is both a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a National Historic Landmark. Some area irrigation ditches built in 1696 are still in operation. Scenes from “Easy Rider” and “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” (both
Did you know ... ? The term Florida cracker refers to the crack of the whip used by area cowmen. The world’s first commercial flight operated from St. Petersburg to Tampa (1914). The Cuban government owns the Parque Amigos de Marti in Ybor City. Ninety percent of tropical fish in
Did You Know? St. Petersburg boasts the world’s longest run of consecutive sunny days (768 days, from Feb. 9, 1967). Coastal waters were home to pirates in the 19th century. America’s first air freight service (1914) carried bacon and hams from Tampa to St. Petersburg. The cannons at Fort De
Did You Know ... ? St. Paul was originally called Pig's Eye after a man named Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant. Charles Schulz, creator of the “Peanuts” cartoons, was a St. Paul native. In the 1930s, St. Paul was well known, in certain circles, as a safe haven for gangsters. The
Did You Know? St. Louis hosted America’s first Olympic Games in 1904. Charles Lindbergh named his plane “Spirit of St. Louis” to honor St. Louis supporters who paid for the craft. The Budweiser Clydesdales stand 72 inches at the shoulder and weigh 1,800 to 2,300 pounds each. The Mayfair Hotel
Did You Know ... ? St. Augustine was the first permanent European settlement in the U.S. (1565). St. Augustine is the site of America’s oldest wooden schoolhouse (1716 or earlier). The oldest masonry fort in North America, Castillo de San Marcos, still guards St. Augustine (built 1672-1695). Nearby Fort Mose
Did you know ... ? Seattle had the first “skid road” — the name referred to a road built to transport logs. Despite its reputation, the city gets less rain than Mobile, Ala., or Miami. Seattle boasts the highest percent of library cardholders of any U.S. city. The name Seattle
Did You Know ... ? Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin (1793) at the Mulberry Grove Plantation near Savannah. John Wesley was a rector at Savannah’s Christ Church (1736-1737) — before founding the Methodist movement. The Girl Scouts originated in Savannah in 1912. America’s first golf course was the Savannah
