Did You Know ... ? Ansel Adams’ first published photographs appeared in the Sierra Club's 1922 Bulletin. Mono Lake is saltier than the oceans and as alkaline as household ammonia. The Sequoia and Kings Canyon parks protect nearly half the world’s sequoias. More people have climbed Mount Everest than have
Did You Know? Walt Disney named his Thunder Mountain ride after the tallest butte in West Sedona. At least eight Sedona streets are named for movies made there, such as “Johnny Guitar” and “Pony Soldier.” Sedona’s founder first tried these names, Schnebly Station or Oak Creek Crossing, rejected by the
Did You Know? In Lewes, the Ryves Holt House (c. 1665) is Delaware’s oldest documented house. Rehoboth Beach hosted America’s first beauty pageant (1880) with Thomas Edison one of three judges. Lewes has had several previous names including Whorekill. Horseshoe crabs aren’t true crabs but more closely related to scorpions
Did You Know? Mount Whitney, at 14,497 feet, is America’s tallest mountain outside of Alaska. Ribbon Falls, in Yosemite, is the highest waterfall (1,612 feet) on the continent. The world’s largest living thing is a sequoia, and it is big enough to build 120 average-sized houses. Evidence of redwoods on
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
