Did You Know? Although Indiana’s Amish reject telephones at home, they often have current model cellphones. Alka-Seltzer was created at Miles Laboratories in Elkhart (1931). Amish-owned Bender Camel Farm in Shipshewana sells camels’ milk for $80 a gallon. Half of all RVs on America’s roads were made in Elkhart County.
Did You Know? Eight national (or quasi national) flags have flown over Amelia Island, more than at any other U.S. site. The area once harbored the largest concentration of pirates in America. The Patriot Flag of the Republic of Florida flew over Amelia Island for one day. Whalers gave right
Did You Know? Residents of the Amana Colonies conducted their first English-language church services in 1961. George C. Foerstner founded Amana Refrigeration in Middle Amana (1934). Amana introduced the side-by-side refrigerator (1949) and was first to patent a self-defrost unit (1954). Population in the Amana Colonies topped out at 1,813
Did You Know? More bald eagles are found in Alaska than in all the lower 48 states combined. Humpback whales require up to a ton of food daily. Kodiak brown bears can catch salmon at a rate of about two per hour. At peak times, there are up to a
Did You Know? In Gold Rush days, prospectors sifted $3 million in gold from Nome’s beaches. Lake Hood is the world’s busiest floatplane base, averaging 800 takeoffs and landings on a peak summer day. The world’s largest sport-caught king salmon (97 lbs. 4 oz.) was pulled from the Kenai River.
Did You Know? The name Alaska has its roots in a Unangan Aleut word, Alaxsxax, which means mainland. Almost a quarter of Alaska’s indigenous people live in Anchorage. For about a year during World War II, Japan occupied Attu and Kiska, Aleutian island homes to indigenous Aleuts. The word kayak
Did You Know? Miners took more than $46 million in gold from the Nome area (1899-1910), or $1.34 billion today. The Chilkoot Trail, in U.S. and Canadian parks, is considered the world's longest outdoor museum. The Klondike Gold Rush brought 100,000 people to Alaska; about 40,000 got to the Yukon
Did You Know ... ? Juneau’s city limits encompass 3,108 square miles, 12 times the size of Singapore. In Alaska, glaciers cover an area roughly equal to South Carolina. The Valdez oil spill occurred on Good Friday 1989, 25 years after Alaska’s Good Friday earthquake. Haines is at the head
Did You Know? The Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo is the world’s largest fishing tournament, 3,000+ anglers and 75,000+ spectators. Dauphin Island was first called Massacre Island because of a suspected massacre there. Admiral David Farragut was near Fort Gaines when he said, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead” (1864).
Did You Know? Arlington National Cemetery, the nation’s largest military cemetery, sees 27 to 30 funerals each weekday. George Washington’s farm sold produce at Alexandria’s Saturday market, which dates from 1753. The Pentagon groundbreaking occurred Sept. 11, 1941, precisely 60 years before the 9/11 attack. Arlington County has the highest
