Idaho: The Gem State

 If you’re looking at a map of the United States of America, you’ll find Idaho in the Pacific Northwest region. The great state of Montana is on the eastern and northeastern borders of Idaho. Wyoming is to the east; Nevada and Utah are on the states’...

Louisiana: The Bayou State

People first arrived in the area we now called Louisiana thousands of years ago. And many Native American tribes lived on the land.  In 1541 explorer Hernando de Soto claimed the territory for Spain.  Then, in 1682 France took control of the region. Ownership of the...

New Jersey: The Garden State

New Jersey has a rich history. Native American people lived there for thousands of years before Italian explorers arrived in 1524. Soon, Swedish, Finnish, and Dutch colonists built settlements and fought over land until England took control of the region in 1664....

Montana: Big Sky Country

Montana is bordered by Canada on the north, North and South Dakota on the east, Wyoming and Idaho to the south and Idaho in the west. For thousands of year, Native Americans lived in the the area we now know as Montana. Native American tribes included the Crow, the...

Wisconsin: The Badger State

Native Americans  hunted in the area we know as Wisconsin for thousands of years. Some of the earliest people hunted huge elephant like creatures called mammoths. Mammoths, of course, no longer roam the earth. They are extinct. Long after the mammoth hunters left the...

Kansas: The Sunflower State

Kansas is a midwestern state that’s located squarely in the middle of the United States. The capital of Kansas is Topeks. The largest city in the state is Wichita. Kansas is one of the top farming states in the nation, and it’s also home to thousands of...