States Fair 2010 Slideshow

By Mrs. Hein’s Class

Illinois• The state song is Illinois.• State sovereignty, national union is the state

motto.• The state food is apple popcorn.• Fluorite is the state rock.• The monarch butterfly is the state insect.• Ronald Regan was a president and is from Illinois.• Oprah Winfrey is a show host, and is from Illinois.• Barack Obama is the president of the United

States and is from Illinois. • By Sam Weddle

Illinois

Illinois became a state on December 3, 1818 it is also the 21st state.Illinois capitol is Springfield. The population is 12,419,293.Illinois state bird is the cardinal.

The state flower is the native violet.The state postal code is ILThe state abbreviation Ill.By Ellie Jenson

Illinois

• Five interesting facts are:• Chicago is the nation’s third largest city.• Lincoln’s home and tomb is in Springfield• Illinois means tribe of superior men.• The tallest man in the world lives there and he weighs

491 pounds.• The first auger was made there.• By Charli Ulmer

• States that border it are:• Indiana• Iowa• Missouri• Wisconsin• Kentucky• The state rivers and lakes are:• The Illinois River• Mississippi River• Ohio River.

Indiana

Indiana’s State Song is ‘On the Banks of the Wabash’. Indiana’s state beverage is “water” Indiana’s state rock is “Salem Three famous people from our state are Peyton Manning ,he is the

best quarterback in the NFL, Wilbur Wright was an inventor , and Virgil Grissom

By Elise Gall

Indiana The states that border my state are Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio.Some of Indiana’s rivers and lakes are the Wabash river ,Tippecanoe ,and the Ohio river. In a typical year, almost half of all cropland in Indiana is planted with corn. Indiana makes more popcorn than any other state.Indiana has been home to 5 vice presidents.The Empire State Building was built from limestone from the Limestone Quarries of Indiana.

Wabash became the first American city to have electric streetlamps in 1880.By Eli Moomaw

Louisiana by Victoria Patellos

• Louisiana became a state in April 30,1812.

• The capitol of Louisiana is Baton Rouge.

• The state population is 4,468,976.

• The state bird is the Brown Pelican.

• The state flower is the Magnolia.

• The postal code is LA.• The state abbreviation is

LA.

Louisiana

States that border Louisiana Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas.

River and lakes Mississippi River, Lake Pontchartrain.

The first Tarzan movie was filmed in Louisiana.

Louisiana’s nickname is the “pelican State”.

Louisiana was named in honor of King Louis the XIV

More than half of the bird species in North America reside in Louisiana

Parts of the Mississippi River Delta Plain near New Orleans lie below sea level.

By Katie Cantrell

Massachusetts

A state that borders my state is Vermont. A lake in Massachusetts is Housatonic lake. In Massachusetts there was a war. There was a tea party in Massachusetts called the Boston Tea Party. There was a man named James Naismith who invented basketball in

Massachusetts. There is a place in Massachusetts called Boston. Massachusetts has a state muffin unlike other states. By Ethan Perry

Massachusetts

• Massachusetts became a state on Feb. 6, 1788.

• The capitol of Massachusetts is Boston.• The population is 6,349,097.• The state bird is the chickadee.

• The state postal code is MA.• The state The state flower is the mayflower.• abbreviation is mass.• By Lizzie Pyne

MISSOURI.

Missouri was born on Aug 10, 1821. Missouri’s state capitol is Jefferson City Missouri’s population is 5,595,211. Missouri’s state bird is the bluebird. Missouri’s State flower is hawthorn. Missouri’s State postal code MO. Missouri’s State’s abbreviation Mo.By Ellie Poindexter

Missouri

Illinois borders our state. Mississippi R. is a river next to our

state. Jefferson City is our Capital. Saint Louis has the Gate Way Arch. Saint Louis has Bush Stadium home

of the Cardinals. Harry S. Truman was born in Missouri

and was a president. Our tree is the Dogwood tree. By Sam Williams

Missouri

• The state song is The Missouri Waltz.• The motto is The welfare of the people shall be the supreme

law• The state food is an ice cream cone• The state rock is the mortar• The state insect is the European honey bee• By Sarah Richardson

Three famous residents are Laura Ingalls Wilder, Walt Disney, and Mark Twain.

Oregon Oregon’s state song Oregon My Oregon. The motto is she flys with her own wings. Oregon’s food is milk. And Oregon’s state rock is Thunder egg. The insect is the swallowtail butterfly. Three famous residents are Jane Powell- actress Doo Severinseni -band

leader, Sally Struthers-actress Madeline Sautbine

Oregon

Oregon became a state on Feb.14 1859.

The capital of Oregon is Salem.

The population of Oregon is 3,421,399.

The state bird for Oregon is the Western Meadowlark.

Oregon’s state flower is the Oregon Grape.

Oregon’s postal code is OR.

Oregon’s abbreviation is Ore

By Tyler Hettmansberger

Oregon

• • The state’s that border Oregon are Washington, California, and Nevada.

• A state river is the Columbia river. A state lake is Crater lake.

• 1905 the largest log cabin was built in honor of Lewis and Clark.

• In 1917 Oregon became the first state to ban the use of non-returnable bottles and cans

• The Oregon state flag is the only state flag to carry two separate designs.

• At 8,000 feet, Hell’s Canyon is the deepest river gorge in North America

• By George Willis

Rhode Island

state song is “Rhode island is for me”.

state motto is hope. state beverage is coffee. State rock is

cumberlandite. State celebrities Donald

Carcieri, Governor, James Wood actor, T.Clarke Brown song writer.

Brooke Strickland

Rhode Island

• Rhode Island became a state May 29

• The capital is Providence• The population is 1,048,319• The state bird is The Rhode

Island Red• The state flower is the Violet• The state postal code is RI• The state abbreviation is R.I.• By Grace Vlasak

South Carolina• South Carolina’s state song is :Carolina and South Carolina

on my mind.• Our state motto is : “While I breath I hope”.• Our State beverage and food is: Milk and Boiled peanuts.• South Carolina’s State rock is the : Blue granite.• South Carolina’s state insect is the: Carolina mantis.• Three famous residents of my state are Joe Frazier, a Prize

Fighter, Andrew Jackson, a president, and Vanna White.• By Wes Turnbull

South Carolina

The date it became a state is May 17,1778.

The capitol is Columbia.

The population is 4,012,012.

The state bird is the Carolina wren.

The state flower is the yellow Jessamine.

The state postal code is SC.

By Noah Cooper

South Carolina• The states that border South Carolina are: Georgia and North

Carolina.• Three rivers are: Pee Dee, Santee, and Savannah.• The state was the first to secede from the union before the Civil

War.• South Carolina is the southern peach state.• The first shots of the Civil War were fired South Carolina’s Fort

Sumter.• Myrtle Beach has the most miniature golf courses.• South Carolina was first settled by the Spanish in 1566 and later

became an English colony.• Eli Everson

Wyoming

• Wyoming became a state on July 10, 1890.• The population is 493,782.• The state bird is the Western Meadowlark.• The state flower is Indian Paintbrush.• The state postal code is WY• The state abbreviation is Wyo. • The capitol of Wyoming is Cheyenne.• By Ben Minor

Wyoming

• Wyoming’s song is “Wyoming,”

• Wyoming’s state motto is equal rights.

• Wyoming’s state rock is the Nephrite Jade.

• Ester Morris, the first female judge is from Wyoming

• Jackson Pollock, famous artist, is from Wyoming

• Dick Cheney, former vice president, is from Wyoming.

• By Jamie Griffith•

Wyoming• The states that

border Wyoming are Montana and North Dakota and Utah.

• Wyoming has very large mountains.

• Wyoming has Yellow stone park.

• It has a lot of lakes and rivers.

• Wyoming has the Grand Teton

• By Maret Duffey.