Sacramento, CA, The Golden State, This state has the largest population of all states. , Albany, NY, The Empire State., Home of the United Nations and the Statue of Liberty. , Austin, TX, The Lone Star State, This state was a Republic from 1836, when it won independence from Mexico, until it joined the U.S. in 1845., Atlanta, GA, The Empire State of the South, This state is also known as the Peach State and the Goober State for its high production of peaches and peanuts., Santa Fe, NM, The Land of Enchantment, Carlsbad Caverns National Park is in this State. , Carson City, NV, The Silver State/The Sagebrush State, The Hoover Dam is here. , Columbus, OH, The Buckeye State, This state was named for the river that forms its southern border. , Montana, MT, The Treasure State, Glacier National Park is on this state's border with Canada. , Tallahassee, FL, The Sunshine State (South), This peninsula state juts southward about 400 miles into the sea. , Dover, DE, The Diamond State/The First State, This state was the first to approve the U.S. Constitution., Baton Rouge, LA, The Pelican State, The Mississippi River empties into the Gulf of Mexico in this state., Denver, CO, The Centennial State, Pikes Peak, the most famous mountain peak in the Rockies, is in this state. , Salem, OR, The Beaver State, This state has Bonneville Dam, with its mile-long fish ladders for salmon and other fish heading upstream to spawn. , Trenton NJ, The Garden State, Washington crossed the Delaware River here on Christmas ight, 1776, and changed the direction of the Revolutionary War. , Indianapolis, IN, The Hoosier State, This state hosts a famous 500-mile auto race every Memorial Day Weekend., Boston, MA, The Bay State, The Pilgrims landed here in 1620., St. Paul, MN, The Gopher State, Lake Itasca, source of the Mississippi River, is in this state., Raleigh, NC, The Tar Heel State, Scene of the Wright Brothers' first flight at kill Devil Hills in 1903. , Lansing, MI, The Wolverine State, Four of the five Great Lakes touch this state. , Springfield, IL The Land of Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln lived most of his life in this state and is buried here. , Annapolis, MD, The Old Line State, The Chesapeake Bay splits this watery state., Juneau, AK, The Last Frontier, MT. McKinley, the highest point in the U.S., is located here. , Salt Lake City, UT, The Beehive State, The Great Salt Lake, a lake so salty that very few living things survive in it, is here. , Harrisburg, PA, The Keystone State, Valley Forge, the Liberty Bell, and Independence Hall can be seen here., Charleston, WV, The Mountain State, This state was part of Virginia until it separated away during the Civil War. , Boise, ID, The Gem State, Craters of the Moon National Monument is in this state., Jackson, MS, The Magnolia Sate, Cotton was king in this state for many years. , Nashville, TN, The Volunteer State, Hermitage, home of President Andrew Jackson is here. , Hartford, CT, The Constitution State, "Yankee Doodle" is its state song. , Providence, RI, Little Rhody, Our smallest state (48 miles long, 37 miles wide), Augusta, ME, The Pine Tree State, The Allagash Wilderness Waterway is in this state., Lincoln, NE, The Cornhusker Sate, Arbor Day was founded in this state by Julius Sterling Morton., Honolulu, HI, The Aloha State, The youngest state; it joined the U.S. in 1959 after 59 years as a territory. , Des Moines IA, The Hawkeye State/The Corn State, This is the top hog producing state. , Richmond, VA, The Old Dominion, The first permanent English settlement was made here in Jamestown., Phoenix, AZ, The Grand Canyon State, The Petrified Forest and Grand Canyon are located in this state. , Bismarck, ND, The Flickertail State, The geographic center of North America is near Rugby in this state. , Columbia, SC, The Palmetto State, The War Between the States began here at Fort Sumter in 1861., Montgomery, AL, The Cotton State/ The Heart of Dixie, Madison, WI, The Badger State, The leading dairy state. , Cheyenne, WY, The Equality State, The first state to give women the right to vote (1869), Olympia, WA, The Evergreen State, Its Grand Coulee Dam is the largest concrete dam in the U.S., Oklahoma City, OK, The Sooner State, In this oil-rich state, oil derricks operate even on the lawn of the state capitol building. , Topeka, KS, The Sunflower State, this state has Abilene, Dodge City, and Wichita...all famous "cow towns" in frontier days. , Pierre, SD, The Sunshine State (North), The Black Hills, the Bad Lands, and Mt. Rushmore are here. , Montpelier, VT, The Green Mountain State, This state's marble quarries are some of the world's largest. , Concord, NH, The Granite State, This was the first of the original 133 colonies to adopt its own constitution. , Jefferson City, MO, The Show Me State, The Gateway Arch, U.S.A.'s tallest human-made monument, is in this state., Frankfort, KY, The Bluegrass State, This state is famous for horse breeding. It hosts the country's most famous horse race each May. , Little Rock, AR, The Wonder State/The Land of Opportunity, Hot Springs National Park is here. .

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