Did You Know? Death Valley recorded Earth’s highest reliably recorded air temperature (134 F) on July 10, 1913. When in full operation, the Harmony Borax Works produced three tons of borax daily (1880s). Wagons pulled by 20-mule teams weighed 7,800 pounds empty, 36.5 tons loaded with borax. The saltpan on
Did You Know? Forests cover 56% of Connecticut, and roughly three-quarters of the forests are privately owned. Connecticut’s forest-based recreation economy generates roughly $1.2 billion annually. Oak/hickory trees make up more than 72% of the state’s forest cover. B.F. Clyde’s in Old Mystic is America’s oldest and last steam-powered cider
Did You Know? There are more than 17,000 mining claims in southern Gilpin County, location of Central City. Dearfield was an all-black town launched by more than 700 settlers in the early 1900s. In 1899, with food low after heavy snows, miners deserted Independence on wooden skis made from their
Did You Know? Seven Maine-based windjammers have been designated National Historic Landmarks. Maine Windjammer Cruises was the first to offer sailing vacations in America (1936). Maine has 65 lighthouses on 5,500 miles of coastline. The Victory Chimes is the largest passenger sailing vessel under the U.S. flag, 132 feet long
Did You Know? Adirondack Park is larger than the Everglades, Glacier, Grand Canyon and Yellowstone parks combined. The Woodstock festival of 1969 was held on a farm in Bethel. “The Last of the Mohicans” is set in the Adirondacks and “Rip Van Winkle” in the Catskills. “Dirty Dancing” (1987) was
Did You Know? Mount Baker recorded the world’s heaviest snowfall in the 1998-1999 winter — 1,140 inches, nearly 100 feet. More than half of all glaciers in the contiguous 48 states are in the region called the North Cascades. Mount Rainier’s glaciers are the source of six major rivers. The
Did You Know? Before Plymouth, the Pilgrims landed at Provincetown where they wrote the Mayflower Compact framing their plans for self-governance. Old King’s Highway on Cape Cod is the largest contiguous historic district in the U.S. Screen legend Bette Davis was once an usherette at the Cape Playhouse. Eugene O’Neill
Did You Know? The Abbeville Giant Omelette Celebration ends with a 5,000-egg omelette. Eighty-eight percent of U.S. offshore rigs are off Louisiana’s coast. Edmund McIlhenny, creator of Tabasco sauce on Avery Island, was a banker. The Jean Lafitte national park is named for a pirate (but he helped the U.S.
Did You Know? George Washington’s famous 1776 crossing of the Delaware started from a riverbank in Bucks County. Tiles from Doylestown’s Moravian Pottery and Tile Works were used in Monte Carlo’s casino. Ringing Rocks Park is full of rocks that ring hollow when struck with a hammer. The Bristol-to-Easton Delaware
Did You Know? Brown County hosts the world’s longest-running bluegrass festival, dating from 1967. Artists came to rural Indiana for its vistas, inspired by the Impressionists who painted in the countryside. County village names include Bean Blossom and Gnaw Bone, not to mention Stone Head. Brown County only has three
