Did You Know? Tacoma’s Harold LeMay amassed the world’s largest private car collection (nearly 3,000). The Washington capitol building was the last great domed structure built in the U.S. (1928). The Great Peninsula is the correct name of the place best known as Kitsap Peninsula. The Oregon Trail ended in
Did You Know? During Prohibition, Poconos resorts did not permit golf, tennis or other sports on Sundays. Honesdale-born Richard B. Smith wrote the lyrics for “Winter Wonderland” (1930s). Harry Packer Mansion in Jim Thorpe was the inspiration for Disney World's Haunted Mansion. The first American railroad line was built between
Did You Know ... ? At one time, Traverse City’s (now-defunct) asylum held more inmates than the town had residents. Petoskey stone, Michigan’s state stone, is fossilized coral that is about 350 million years old. Michigan produces 70% to 75% of America’s tart cherries, mostly in the Traverse City area.
Did You Know? The skies are so dark at Cherry Springs State Park that, with a clear sky, the Milky Way casts a shadow. Twyford Motor Car Co., operating 1905-1907 in Brookville, produced the world's first four-wheel-drive car. The Foxburg Country Club is America’s oldest golf course in continuous use
Did You Know? When withdrawing at Gettysburg, Gen. Robert E. Lee’s train of wounded Confederate soldiers stretched more than 14 miles. A bronze likeness of Albert Woolson, the last surviving Union veteran, stands at Gettysburg. Approximately one in four soldiers who went to the Civil War did not come home.
Did You Know? Missouri native Paul Henning created TV’s “The Beverly Hillbillies” based on people he met in the Ozarks as a kid. The Lake of the Ozarks’ squiggly shoreline is longer than California’s coast. Springfield was the site of the nation's first recorded shootout, between Bill Hickok and Davis
Did You Know? The fiddle is the Arkansas state instrument and the square dance, the state dance. J. William Fulbright, the senator who created Fulbright Fellowships, grew up in Fayetteville. Sam Walton opened his first Walmart store in 1962 in Rogers, Arkansas. Mammoth Spring has a maximum flow of 9
Did You Know? The site of the Wright Brothers’ first flight (1903) is Kill Devil Hills (no longer part of Kitty Hawk). The pirate Blackbeard’s ship, Queen Anne’s Revenge, rests under water three miles from Beaufort. The winner of the first Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament (1957) received a red
Did You Know? Seven of Oregon’s 13 ski areas sit on volcanoes. The Timberline ski area boasts North America’s only year-round ski area. The Pacific Crest Trail takes its hikers over 57 major mountain passes. Timberline Lodge was built as a Depression-era WPA project between 1936 and 1938. Hells Canyon
Did You Know? The “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral” occurred in a vacant lot, not the O.K. Corral, and lasted about 30 seconds. The modern professional rodeo was born in Prescott (1888), but Payson has the oldest continuous rodeo (1884). In the 1880s, Tombstone mines produced $37 million worth of
