State facts blessing game

[Hydra009]

Yeah, from now on, it's probably a good idea to use the "find" function of your browser (ctrl+f) and search each page in this thread for the state you're going to post before you actually post it. That should prevent that kind of thing from happening.

 

[the_bitter_one]

Michigan
1) state capital: Lansing
2) state bird: Robin
3) state flower: Apple Blossom
4) state tree: White Pine
5) state motto: Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam, circum spice
6) state nickname:Great Lakes State (or The Wolverine State)
7) state's current governor: Jennifer Granholm
8) state website address (working link please):http://www.michigan.gov/
9) admission to statehood: January 26, 1837
10) what product(s) is the state most well known for: Furniture, cars

~Melime~

 

[AdJesumPerMariam]

IOWA

1) state capital-DES MOINES

2) state bird-Eastern Goldfinch

3) state flower-Wild Rose

4) state tree-Oak

5) state motto-"Our liberties we prize, and our rights we will maintain."

6) state nickname-The Hawkeye State

7) state's current governor-Governor Tom Vilsack

8) state website address (working link please)
http://www.iowa.gov/state/main/index.html

9) admission to statehood-Iowa became the 29th state on December 28, 1846

10) what product(s) is the state most well known for-pigs & corn

 

[dblwinner]

New York


1) state capital Albany
2) state bird Bluebird
3) state flower Rose
4) state tree Sugar Maple
5) state motto Excelsior (Ever Upward)
6) state nickname Empire State
7) state's current governor George E. Pataki
8) state website address (working link please) www.state.ny.us
9) admission to statehood July 26, 1788
10) what product(s) is the state most well known for Dairy products, cattle and other livestock, vegetables, nursery stock, apples.

 

[Hydra009]

bump

 

[chris714ndud3]

bump

is this thread still going on?

 

[dblwinner]

bump

 

[caitlincares]

I don't know if this is still applicable, but here's Hawaii.

1) state capital - Honolulu
2) state bird - Nene
3) state flower - Hibiscus or Pua Aloalo
4) state tree - Kukui - Candlenut
5) state motto - Ua mau ke ea o ka aina I ka pono, or [size=-1]The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness[/size]
6) state nickname - Aloha state
7) state's current governor - Linda Lingle
8) state website address - http://hawaii.gov
9) admission to statehood - August 21, 1959
10) what product(s) is the state most well known for - tourism, sugarcane

Blessings coming your way.

 

[caitlincares]

Florida

1) state capital: Tallahassee
2) state bird: Mockingbird
3) state flower: Orange Blossom
4) state tree: Sabal Palm
5) state motto:"In God we trust"
6) state nickname: The Sunshine State
7) state's current governor: Jeb Bush
8) state website address: http://myflorida.com
9) admission to statehood: March 3, 1845
10) what product(s) is the state most well known for: (does tourism count...how about mickey mouse ears)...oranges(we actually have a state beverage...Orange Juice!)...and strawberries...and, and, and...the Space Shuttle and Macdill...we are also big in the information and tech industries...ie Raytheon and Honeywell...

I just got way to excited about this state

Blessings coming your way.

 

[caitlincares]

California

1) state capital: Sacramento
2) state bird: California Valley Quail
3) state flower: California golden poppy
4) state tree: California Redwood
5) state motto: Eureka (meaning "I have found it")
6) state nickname: The Golden State
7) state's current governor: Arnold Schwarzenegger
8) state website address (working link please): www.ca.gov
9) admission to statehood: Sept. 9, 1850
10) what product(s) is the state most well known for: gold

Some blessings coming your way.

I never think of gold when I think of California

 

[caitlincares]

Tennessee

1) state capital: Nashville
2) state bird: Mockingbird
3) state flower: Iris
4) state tree: Tulip Poplar
5) state motto: "Agriculture and Commerce"
6) state nickname: The Volunteer State
7) state's current governor: Phil Bredesen
8) state website address: http://www.state.tn.us/
9) admission to statehood: June 1, 1796.
10) what product(s) is the state most well known for: coal, electrical power

Blessings coming your way

 

[caitlincares]

Washington

1) state capital: Olympia
2) state bird: Willow Goldfinch
3) state flower: Pink Rhody
4) state tree: Western Hemlock
5) state motto: Bye and Bye
6) state nickname: The Evergreen State
7) state's current governor: Gary Locke
8) state website address (working link please): http://access.wa.gov
9) admission to statehood: November 11, 1889
10) what product(s) is the state most well known for: Starbucks, Microsoft, Boeing

Some blessings coming your way
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[caitlincares]

Oregon

1) state capital: Salem
2) state bird: Western Meadowlark
3) state flower: Oregon Grape
4) state tree: Douglas Fir
5) state motto: She flies with her own wings
6) state nickname: Beaver State
7) state's current governor: Ted Kulongowski
8) state website address (working link please): http://www.oregon.gov
9) admission to statehood: February 14, 1859
10) what product(s) is the state most well known for: Nike

Blessings coming your way

 

[caitlincares]

Michigan
1) state capital: Lansing
2) state bird: Robin
3) state flower: Apple Blossom
4) state tree: White Pine
5) state motto: Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam, circum spice
6) state nickname:Great Lakes State (or The Wolverine State)
7) state's current governor: Jennifer Granholm
8) state website address (working link please):http://www.michigan.gov/
9) admission to statehood: January 26, 1837
10) what product(s) is the state most well known for: Furniture, cars

~Melime~

Motto translated: If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you.

Blessings coming your way.

 

[caitlincares]

IOWA

1) state capital-DES MOINES

2) state bird-Eastern Goldfinch

3) state flower-Wild Rose

4) state tree-Oak

5) state motto-"Our liberties we prize, and our rights we will maintain."

6) state nickname-The Hawkeye State

7) state's current governor-Governor Tom Vilsack

8) state website address (working link please)
http://www.iowa.gov/state/main/index.html

9) admission to statehood-Iowa became the 29th state on December 28, 1846

10) what product(s) is the state most well known for-pigs & corn

Blessings coming you way

 

[caitlincares]

New York


1) state capital Albany
2) state bird Bluebird
3) state flower Rose
4) state tree Sugar Maple
5) state motto Excelsior (Ever Upward)
6) state nickname Empire State
7) state's current governor George E. Pataki
8) state website address (working link please) www.state.ny.us
9) admission to statehood July 26, 1788
10) what product(s) is the state most well known for Dairy products, cattle and other livestock, vegetables, nursery stock, apples.

Blessings coming your way

 

[caitlincares]

Sorry my subscriptions were not working properly.

 

[AdJesumPerMariam]

1) state capital-Denver

2) state bird-Lark Bunting

3) state flower-Rocky Mountain Columbine

4) state tree-Blue Spruce

5) state motto-Nil sine Numine
Nothing without Providence

6) state nickname-Centennial State / Colorful Colorado

7) state's current governor-Bill Owens (R)

8) state website address (working link please)-
http://www.colorado.gov/

9) admission to statehood-August 1, 1876

10) what product(s) is the state most well known for-Agriculture: Cattle, wheat, dairy products, corn, hay.
Industry: Scientific instruments, food processing, transportation equipment, machinery, chemical products, gold and other mining, tourism.

 

[Ainuhina]

I don´t know if right here but here are my answers for Austria (europe) as i don´t know so much about american states:

capital: Vienna

bird: hawk

flower: Edelweiß

tree: we don´t have a state tree but if I choose one it would be the Kastanienbaum

motto: we don´t have one to but I would say "I bin aus Österrreich" (engl.: I am from Austria) part of a very famous song here

nickname: the green heart of Europe

gouvernor (here called Bundespräsident): Heinz Fischer

website: www. oesterrreich. at

admission to statehood: 1.Repulik: 12.November 1918 2.Republik: 1.May 1945

product: Dirndl, Mozartkugel, pumkin-seed-oil

 

[JesusFreak2007]

Augusta
Chickadee
White Pine Cone
White Pine
Dirigo ( I Lead)
The Pine Tree State
John Elias Baldacci
http://www.state.me.us/
March 15, 1820
lumber and atlantic lobster