Your State's Most Fascinating Facts | LIVE-STREAM

Today, in my latest public live-stream, let's talk about the most interesting facts about your state. I'll throw in some of my own and will be more than happy to try and guess your state bird, your state dish, or anything else.

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[wanderingcitygirl]

Chicago is known as the windy city, but that phrase has nothing to do with the weather. It had to do with politicians blowing a lot of hot air (lying).

[AJ-utcz]

The Taos Pueblo in New Mexico has been continuously inhabited for over 1000 years and the Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico has been continuously inhabited for over 2000 years, so St. Augustine is the oldest city by like a year (beating out Santa Fe) but there are Pueblos that have been continuously inhabited for well over a thousand years longer.

[shadowzedge]

That's correct about Wyoming having only 2 escalators. They are both located here in Casper.

[hollyheikkinen]

Just watched this video on my Roku & I live in Northeastern Minnesota on the Iron Range & I have actually seen snow on July 4th up on Lake Vermilion. You had someone post that MN has had snow every month but July - that might be an official record, but I witnessed snow flakes with my family :)

[jcphelps]

This is late but Texas has a ranch that's bigger than the state of Rhode Island (King Ranch). And a town in Texas named itself DISH in order to get free cable for ten years and we have one of the US's 3 power grids (East, West, and Texas).

[MarianneKat]

Sorry this is late too. Michigan almost went to war with Ohio over the border. Both wanted Toledo. Both had their militia at the disputed area, but no more than shouting at each other before it was settled. Ohio got Toledo, but Michigan got the Upper Peninsula. Later they discovered copper and iron. It's a beautiful place...in summer...it has wicked winters !

[justjennb]

Enterprise, AL has a monument to the Boll Weevil, an insect that's considered an agricultural pest, but changed the way AL farmers grew crops and ultimately helped farming as we know it now.

[kaeleneberger]

So true about Wyoming. I remember when my kids and I went to a mall in washington on a trip and my kids asked where are we and what are those moving stairs. Lol!

[robinsmith]

Kansas City is known as the Paris of the plains. A lot of beautiful fountains!

[rabbit_scribe]

I was a little too late to participate, but in Kentucky the oath of office for public office holders all the way up to the governor contains language swearing that they've never participated in a duel. Every so often they try to remove it but there's always an outcry: ""I, being a citizen of this State, have not fought a duel with deadly weapons within this State nor out of it, nor have I sent or accepted a challenge to fight a duel with deadly weapons, nor have I acted as second in carrying a challenge, nor aided or assisted any person thus offending."

[ZippyZoo]

Pittsburgh PA - has the most bridges in the world, has the most city steps in the US and is the only city that has all professional sports teams wear black and yellow. (Penguins, Steelers, Pirates and the Riverhounds)

[carolsh]

Wyoming has more pronghorn deer (known locally as antelope) than people.

[mcjo]

You should research Kolomoki Mounds, Georgia. Loved going there as a child and I absolutely loved going back again as a adult and going there with my children was so much fun !

[alskjflah]

British trivia "Torpenhow Hill is a hill in Cumbria, England. It's name consists of the Old English 'Tor', the Welsh 'Pen', and the Danish 'How' - all of which translate to modern English as 'Hill'. Therefore, Torpenhow Hill would translate as hill-hill-hill hill."

[pitademon]

There is a town in Alaska called 'Ptarmigan' (named after the state bird). It's written C-h-i-c-k-e-n.
At the towns founding no one could spell it correctly.

[oldbrokenwrench]

Mr. Sonntag created the dish "after the urgings of patrons to serve something different." He named it the "sonntag" after himself, and since Sonntag means Sunday in German, the name was translated to Sunday, and later was spelled sundae.

[catmomjill]

The poisoned Alcohol during prohibition let up the study of forensics. That was when they first started into looking how someone died, and not just assuming.

[amuseinthecraftroom]

The Mardi Gras fact is so true. Mobile is the earliest US celebration

[romaschild]

Natchitoches (Knack-kah-deesh), Louisiana is the oldest settlement in the Louisiana Purchase area.

[jessycacalame]

When you do a segment about creative names of US cities, I wonder if Boring, Oregon, would make the cut?
Thanks, and keep up the good work. Your channel is fantastic!
{Writing from Hermiston, Oregon -- in the eastern portion of the state}