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NEW JERSEY'S STATE CAPITAL WAS NAMED FOR A MERCHANT & LANDOWNER WITH THIS 5-LETTER NAME
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NEW JERSEY'S STATE CAPITAL WAS NAMED FOR A MERCHANT & LANDOWNER WITH THIS 5-LETTER NAME TRENT
THIS STATE CAPITAL IS A LOVELY PLACE TO VISIT, THOUGH NOT FOR ZEBULON PIKE, IMPRISONED THERE IN 1807 SANTA FE, NM
THIS CAPITAL ON THE KENTUCKY RIVER WAS NAMED AFTER STEPHEN FRANK, AN EARLY PIONEER FRANKFORT
IT WAS LAID OUT IN 1858, AND ITS GROWTH WAS STIMULATED BY THE DISCOVERY THE FOLLOWING YEAR OF THE NEARBY COMSTOCK LODE CARSON CITY
THIS SMALL CAPITAL LIES ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE & ABOUT MIDWAY BETWEEN BUTTE AND GREAT FALLS HELENA
IT'S THE SEAT OF KENNEBEC COUNTY AUGUSTA,ME
THIS CITY BECAME A STATE CAPITAL IN 1826, THE SAME YEAR THE PRESIDENT FOR WHICH IT IS NAMED DIED JEFFERSON CITY
WHEN TEXAS BECAME A REPUBLIC IN 1836, HE BECAME ITS FIRST SECRETARY OF STATE AUSTIN
RUB SHOULDERS WITH NEBRASKA STATE LEGISLATORS AT BILLY'S RESTAURANT IN THIS CAPITAL LINCOLN
FORT UNION IS AN OLD MILITARY POST ON THIS TRAIL THAT SHARES ITS NAME WITH THE STATE CAPITAL SANTE FE
THE COURANT IN THIS STATE'S CAPITAL HAS BEEN PUBLISHED SINCE 1764 CONNECTICUT
LINCOLN, NE HAS A STANDING LINCOLN BY THIS SCULPTOR FAMOUS FOR THE SEATED LINCOLN IN WASHINGTON, D.C. DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH
THE NAME OF THIS STATE CAPITAL IS FRENCH FOR "RED STICK" BATON ROUGE
THE SONY OPEN GOLF TOURNAMENT TAKES PLACE IN JANUARY AT THE WAIALAE COUNTRY CLUB IN THIS STATE CAPITAL HONOLULU
GRANITE WORKS SPRUNG UP IN & AROUND THIS STATE CAPITAL USING STONE FROM BARRE, A FEW MILES AWAY MONTPELIER
IN 1812 THE STATE LEGISLATURE CHOSE THIS NAME FOR ITS CAPITAL THOUGH MANY WANTED TO NAME IT OHIO CITY COLUMBUS
VIRGINIA CITY, NV & THIS NEARBY STATE CAPITAL ARE KNOWN AS "SISTERS IN HISTORY" CARSON CITY
CARSON CITY, NV & THIS NEARBY CITY ARE KNOWN AS "SISTERS IN HISTORY" VIRGINIA CITY
IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE TEXAS STATE FAIR, HEAD TO THIS CITY, NOT THE CAPITAL DALLAS
1708: LATER A STATE CAPITAL, THIS CITY IS INCORPORATED & RENAMED FOR PRINCESS ANNE OF ENGLAND ANNAPOLIS
A PUDDLED ADOBE ON DE VARGAS STREET IN THIS STATE CAPITAL CLAIMS TO BE THE USA'S OLDEST HOUSE SANTA FE
THIS U.S. STATE WAS THE LAST TO FLY THE CONFEDERATE FLAG OVER ITS CAPITAL; THE FLAG CAME DOWN IN 2000 SOUTH CAROLINA
THE OLD BARRACKS IN THE NJ CAPITAL HOUSED CONTINENTAL ARMY TROOPS DURING THE REVOLUTION TRENTON
THE SITE FOR THIS STATE CAPITAL WAS CHOSEN BECAUSE OF ITS LOCATION BETWEEN PENSACOLA & ST. AUGUSTINE TALLAHASSEE
IN 1849 BATON ROUGE REPLACED THIS CITY AS CAPITAL OF LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS
AT AN ELEVATION OF ABOUT 7,000', THIS CITY IN NEW MEXICO'S SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS IS THE HIGHEST STATE CAPITAL SANTA FE
THE 2 STATE CAPITALS WEST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, THAT HAVE "CITY" IN THEIR NAMES SALT LAKE CITY & CARSON CITY
IN 1821 MISSISSIPPI NAMED ITS CAPITAL FOR THIS HERO OF THE WAR OF 1812; HE DIDN'T BECOME PRESIDENT UNTIL 8 YEARS LATER ANDREW JACKSON
WHEN KANSAS BECAME A STATE IN 1861, THIS CITY BECAME CAPITAL TOPEKA
THIS CAPITAL LIES IN THE EAGLE VALLEY ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF RENO CARSON CITY
TEMPE IS A SOUTHERN SUBURB OF THIS CITY PHOENIX
A STATUE OF ETHAN ALLEN STANDS WITHIN THE PORTICO OF THE STATE CAPITAL BUILDING IN THIS CITY MONTPELIER
IT'S THE CAPITAL OF THE EVERGREEN STATE OLYMPIA
MUCH OF THE TRENDY BACK BAY AREA OF THIS STATE CAPITAL IS BUILT ON A LANDFILL BOSTON
BECAUSE HE BELIEVED GOD LED HIM THERE, ROGER WILLIAMS NAMED A STATE CAPITAL THIS PROVIDENCE
IT'S WHERE YOU'LL FIND THE ROBERT C. BYRD U.S. COURTHOUSE CHARLESTON, WV
A STATE CAPITAL: "HOLY FAITH" SANTA FE
LAST STATE CAPITAL TO BE NAMED FOR A U.S. PRESIDENT LINCOLN, NE
THIS STATE CAPITAL WAS THE SUBJECT OF A 20-YEAR BOUNDARY DISPUTE, AND GETS ITS NAME FROM THE FIGHT'S PEACEFUL OUTCOME CONCORD, NH
THIS STATE CAPITAL HAS TROLLEYS & BUSES CALLED "DILLOS" THAT TAKE FOLKS TO ATTRACTIONS & MUSIC CLUBS AUSTIN
THIS STATE CAPITAL LIES IN THE FERTILE WILLAMETTE VALLEY SALEM, OR
THE FLAG OF THIS CAPITAL CITY HAS A SPANISH SHIP ON IT COLUMBUS, OH
THIS CAPITAL WAS CREATED BY THE MISSOURI LEGISLATURE AND LAID OUT BY THE SON OF DANIEL BOONE JEFFERSON CITY, MO
ONE OF THE MAJOR ATTRACTIONS IN THIS STATE CAPITAL IS THE TOMB OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN OAK RIDGE CEMETERY SPRINGFIELD, IL
MOUNT RANIER IS VISIBLE TO THE EAST FROM ITS STATE CAPITOL BUILDING OLYMPIA
THIS CAPITAL BEGAN AS A SMALL DUTCH OUTPOST, FORT NASSAU, BUILT ON WESTERLO ISLAND IN THE HUDSON RIVER ALBANY, NY
WASHINGTON'S 1776 CROSSING OF THE DELAWARE LED TO THE OCCUPATION OF THIS FUTURE STATE CAPITAL 4 DAYS LATER TRENTON, NJ
VETERANS MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM IN THIS STATE CAPITAL WAS THE HOME OF THE IOWA BARNSTORMERS OF THE AFL DES MOINES
IT WAS OFFICIALLY DECLARED THE CAPITAL OF A KINGDOM 109 YEARS BEFORE IT BECAME A STATE CAPITAL HONOLULU
THIS STATE CAPITAL LIES ON A NARROW STRIP OF LAND BETWEEN THE GASTINEAU CHANNEL & THE SLOPES OF 2 MOUNTAINS JUNEAU, AK
THE GOLDEN NORTH SALMON DERBY IS ONE OF THE ANNUAL EVENTS CELEBRATED IN THIS STATE CAPITAL JUNEAU
DURING THE CIVIL WAR, GENERAL SHERMAN REDUCED THIS STATE CAPITAL TO ASHES, CAUSING IT TO BE CALLED "CHIMNEYVILLE" JACKSON
FORT ORANGE WAS ESTABLISHED BY DUTCH SETTLERS IN 1624 IN WHAT IS NOW THIS STATE CAPITAL ALBANY
SITUATED ON THE PICTURESQUE SANGAMON RIVER, SPRINGFIELD IN THIS STATE IS SERVED BY CAPITAL AIRPORT ILLINOIS
THIS STATE CAPITAL IS LOCATED AT THE HEAD OF NAVIGATION ON THE EAST BANK OF THE DELAWARE RIVER TRENTON
THIS STATE CAPITAL WAS GOVERNED AT TIMES BY BRITAIN, FRANCE, SPAIN, THE REPUBLIC OF WEST FLORIDA, THE CSA, AND THE U.S. BATON ROUGE
SOUTH CAROLINA NATIVE ROBERT MILLS DESIGNED THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT & SOME OF THE USC CAMPUS IN THIS STATE CAPITAL COLUMBIA
BARRY GOLDWATER WAS BORN IN THIS STATE CAPITAL PHOENIX
MARGARET MITCHELL WAS BORN IN THIS STATE CAPITAL ATLANTA
SENATOR PATRICK LEAHY WAS BORN IN THIS STATE CAPITAL MONTPELIER
CONFEDERATE WAR GENERAL GEORGE E. PICKETT WAS BORN IN THIS STATE CAPITAL RICHMOND
IT TOOK 3 TRIES, BUT FINALLY, SEVERAL THOUSAND CROSSED THE EDMUND PETTUS BRIDGE IN 1965 ON A CIVIL RIGHTS MARCH FROM SELMA TO THIS STATE CAPITAL MONTGOMERY
A CARRIBEAN CAPITAL OR THE FIRST CAPITAL OF NEW YORK STATE KINGSTON
"CITY OF PAUL REVERE" BOSTON
ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST PIPE ORGANS IS FOUND IN THE TABERNACLE IN THIS STATE CAPITAL SALT LAKE CITY
IN 1860 & 1861 PONY EXPRESS RIDERS CARRIED THE MAIL FROM ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI, ENDING IN THIS STATE CAPITAL SACRAMENTO, CA
"THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT" MONTGOMERY, AL
4 CITIES LIES WITHIN THIS STATE CAPITAL'S CITY LIMITS; BEECH GROVE, SOUTHPORT, LAWRENCE, & SPEEDWAY INDIANAPOLIS
THE PORTRAIT ON THIS STATE CAPITAL'S SEAL, RESEMBLES THE ONE ON THE PENNY LINCOLN, NE
ENGLISH CLIFF SITE & ALSO A STATE CAPITAL DOVER
INDIAN TRIBE OF THE GREAT PLAINS & ALSO A STATE CAPITAL CHEYENNE
LAST NAME OF BOB, WHO PLAYED MAYNARD G. KREBS & ALSO A STATE CAPITAL DENVER
PLAIN WHERE GAMES WERE PLAYED IN ANCIENT GREECE & ALSO A STATE CAPITAL OLYMPIA
ANOTHER WORD FOR A PEACE TREATY & ALSO A STATE CAPITAL CONCORD
IN 1989 JULIAN BOND DEDICATED A CIVIL RIGHTS MEMORIAL DESIGNED BY MAYA LIN IN THIS SOUTHERN STATE CAPITAL MONTGOMERY
THIS CAPITAL CITY IS HOME TO BULLFINCH'S STATE HOUSE BOSTON
THE GROWTH OF THIS STATE CAPITAL IN EAGLE VALLEY WAS STIMULATED BY THE DISCOVERY OF THE COMSTOCK LODE IN 1859 CARSON CITY, NV
THIS STATE CAPITAL IS HOME TO EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE OLYMPIA, WA
4 STATE CAPITALS THAT START WITH THE SAME FIRST LETTER AS THE STATE THEY ARE CAPITAL OF DOVER, HONOLULU, INDIANAPOLIS, OKLAHOMA CITY
4 STATE CAPITALS WITH "CITY" IN THEIR NAMES OKLAHOMA CITY, SALT LAKE CITY, JEFFERSON CITY, & CARSON CITY
PRINCIPLE RIVER OF HARRISBURG, PA SUSQUEHANNA RIVER
THE GRAND RIVER IS THE PRINCIPLE RIVER OF THIS STATE CAPITAL LANSING, MI
THE AMERICAN RIVER IS THE PRINCIPLE RIVER OF THIS STATE CAPITAL SACRAMENTO, CA
PRINCIPLE RIVER OF PHOENIX, AZ SALT RIVER
PRINCIPLE RIVER OF ALBANY, NY HUDSON RIVER
THE PEARL RIVER IS THE PRINCIPLE RIVER OF THIS STATE CAPITAL JACKSON, MS
THE PRINCIPLE RIVER OF AUGUSTA, ME KENNEBEC RIVER
THE MERRIMACK RIVER IS THE PRINCIPLE RIVER OF THIS STATE CAPITAL CONCORD, NH
THE KANAWHA RIVER IS THE PRINCIPLE RIVER OF THIS STATE CAPITAL CHARLESTON, WV
PRINCIPLE RIVER OF BOSTON, MA CHARLES RIVER
PRINCIPLE RIVER OF DENVER, CO SOUTH PLATTE RIVER
THE SEVERN RIVER IS THE PRINCIPLE RIVER OF THIS CAPITAL ANNAPOLIS, MD
PRINCIPLE RIVER OF SALEM, OR WILLAMETTE RIVER
THE CONGAREE RIVER IS THE PRINCIPLE RIVER OF THIS CAPITAL CITY COLUMBIA, SC
THE PRINCIPLE RIVER OF RICHMOND, VA JAMES RIVER
ALPHABETICALLY FIRST STATE CAPITAL ALBANY
ALPHABETICALLY LAST STATE CAPITAL TRENTON
ONLY STATE CAPITAL WITH NO LETTERS IN COMMON WITH STATE THAT IT IS IN PIERRE, SD
STATE CAPITAL WITH THE LARGEST POPULATION (CITY PROPER) PHOENIX
STATE CAPITAL WITH THE LARGEST POPULATION (METROPOLITAN AREA) ATLANTA
STATE CAPITAL WITH THE LARGEST POPULATION WITHOUT ALSO BEING LARGEST CITY IN THE STATE AUSTIN, TX
LEAST POPULOUS STATE CAPITAL MONTPELIER
STATE CAPITAL WHOSE NAME STARTS WITH THE LAST 4 LETTERS OF THE STATE THAT IT IS IN MONTPELIER
LONGEST SERVING CAPITAL (PREDATES US) SANTA FE
THIS STATE CAPITAL IS THE LARGEST CITY IN ITS STATE, BUT NOT THE LARGEST METROPOLITAN AREA COLUMBUS, OH
ONLY CAPITAL THAT IS NOT THE COUNTY SEAT OF THE COUNTY IT IS IN LANSING, MI
OF THE ALLITERATIVE STATE CAPITALS, THE ONE THAT IS FIRST ALPHABETICALLY DOVER, DE
OF THE CAPITALS WITH THE WORD "CITY" IN THEIR TITLES, THE ONE THAT IS ALPHABETICALLY FIRST CARSON CITY
OF THE CAPITALS NAMED AFTER PRESIDENTS, THE ONE THAT IS FURTHEST WEST LINCOLN, NE
HAS THE OLDEST CAPITAL BUILDING STILL IN USE ANNAPOLIS, MD
ONLY STATE CAPITAL TO BORDER ANOTHER COUNTRY JUNEAU
ONLY CAPITAL WITH 3 WORDS IN ITS NAME SALT LAKE CITY
SECOND HIGHEST ELEVATED STATE CAPITAL CHEYENNE
ONLY ONE WORD STATE CAPITAL THAT ENDS IN "K" BISMARCK
STATE CAPITAL WITH THE MOST LETTERS IN ITS NAME JEFFERSON CITY
ONE WORD STATE CAPITAL WITH THE LONGEST NAME INDIANAPOLIS
STATE CAPITAL CAPTURED & BURNED BY GENERAL SHERMAN IN THE CIVIL WAR (THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS A CAPITAL CITY AT THE TIME) COLUMBIA, SC
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION WAS FAMOUSLY SUED HERE IN THE 1950S TOPEKA, KS
PIERRE LE MOYNE D'IBERVILLE GAVE THIS CITY ITS NAME BATON ROUGE
EASTERNMOST CAPITAL IN THE U.S. AUGUSTA, ME
MUSIC CITY U.S.A NASHVILLE, TN
KURT COBAIN LIVED HERE & THE BAND HOLE HAS A SONG NAMED AFTER THE CITY OLYMPIA
THE KANAWHA & ELK RIVERS MEET IN THIS STATE CAPITAL CHARLESTON, WV
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT NUCLEAR ACCIDENT IN AMERICA'S HISTORY HAPPENED 30 YEARS AGO OUTSIDE OF THIS CITY HARRISBURG
THE NAME OF THIS CITY COMES FROM THE SEMITIC WORDS FOR PEACE SALEM,OR
FOUNDED BY ROGER WILLIAMS PROVIDENCE, RI
TEACHER/ASTRONAUT CHRISTA MCAULIFFE & FORMER PRESIDENT FRANKLIN PIERCE LIVED HERE CONCORD
ONLY STATE CAPITAL THAT STARTS WITH AN F FRANKFORT, KY
ITS WHERE PATRICK HENRY SAID "GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH" RICHMOND
IT IS THE BIRTHPLACE OF PROGRESSIVE MAGAZINE MADISON, WI
PRIMARY SITE OF CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND A FAMOUS BUS BOYCOTT MONTGOMERY, AL
IN 1957 PRESIDENT EISENHOWER SENT NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS HERE TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF 9 STUDENTS ATTEMPTING TO INTEGRATE A SCHOOL LITTLE ROCK, AR
THE BEE IS ITS PRIMARY NEWSPAPER SACRAMENTO
ONLY CITY TO REJECT THE OLYMPICS AFTER BEING SELECTED TO HOST; THE GAMES WERE MOVED TO INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA THAT YEAR INSTEAD DENVER, CO
THE "INSURANCE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD" HARTFORD, CT
HOME TO THE ONLY ROYAL PALACE USED BY AN OFFICIAL MONARCH IN THE U.S. HONOLULU
BLUE TURF (NUFF SAID) BOISE, ID
THE SEMINOLES PLAY HERE TALLAHASSEE
STUART SMALLEY IS ONE OF THEIR SENATORS SAINT PAUL, MN
THE AIRPORT HERE WAS NAMED AFTER MEDGAR EVERS JACKSON
PRIOR TO 9/11, THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE ACT OF TERRORISM IN THE U.S. TOOK PLACE HERE OKLAHOMA CITY
THE NY TIMES SAID IF YOU HAVE ANY DESIRE TO WITNESS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES IN THE MOST UP CLOSE & INTIMATE SETTINGS, THERE IS NO BETTER PLACE TO GO THAN HERE DES MOINES, IA
ORIGINALLY NAMED AFTER JOHN C. CALHOUN, ITS MOST FAMOUS RESIDENT WAS THE GREAT EMANCIPATOR SPRINGFIELD, IL
NEW CASTLE WAS THIS MID-ATLANTIC STATE'S FIRST CAPITAL DELAWARE
IT SERVED AS THE GATEWAY TO THE 1849 CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH SACRAMENTO
IT SHARES ITS NAME WITH A MASSACHUSETTS CITY FAMOUS FOR TRIALS SALEM, OR
THE FIRST CHRISTMAS MASS CELEBRATED IN THE U.S. TOOK PLACE IN THIS CAPITAL IN 1539 DURING DE SOTO'S EXPLORATIONS TALLAHASSEE
ORIGINALLY LE FLEUR'S BLUFF, IT WAS RENAMED FOR A WAR HERO WHO WOULD BECOME PRESIDENT JACKSON
IT'S THE STATE CAPITAL WHERE HUEY LONG WAS SHOT IN 1935 BATON ROUGE
THE NAME OF THIS CAPITAL IS ANOTHER WORD FOR GOD'S GUIDANCE PROVIDENCE
THE HOMES OF MARK TWAIN & HARRIET BEECHER STOWE CAN BE FOUND IN THIS STATE CAPITAL HARTFORD, CT
A PLANETARIUM IN THIS CAPITAL BEARS THE NAME OF CHRISTA MCAULIFFE CONCORD, NH
AN EVENT THAT OCCURRED IN THIS STATE CAPITAL IN 1995, LED TO THE CREATION OF THE SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION OKLAHOMA CITY
SANTE FE, NM IS LOCATED IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THESE MOUNTAINS SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS
WEALTH, OR A CITY THAT IS THE OFFICIAL SEAT OF GOVERNMENT IN A STATE CAPITAL
THIS STATE CAPITAL'S SEAL SHOWS THE PHOENIX RISING FROM THE ASHES, SYMBOLIC OF ITS REBUILDING AFTER THE CIVIL WAR ATLANTA
THIS STATE CAPITAL IS HOME TO ONE OF THE ARMED FORCES ACADEMIES ANNAPOLIS
IT'S THE SOUTHERNMOST STATE CAPITAL HONOLULU
GOING WEST FROM FARGO, IT'S A 193-MILE STRAIGHT SHOT ON I-94 TO THIS STATE CAPITAL BISMARCK
IT'S THE CAPITAL OF THE SOONER STATE OKLAHOMA CITY
THIS STATE CAPITAL IS "THE CROSSROADS OF THE PACIFIC" HONOLULU
THIS MIDWESTERN CAPITAL CITY HAS A GREAT "TRACK" RECORD AS "THE CROSSROADS OF AMERICA", ALSO THE MOTTO OF ITS STATE INDIANAPOLIS
THIS NEVADA CAPITAL WAS FOUNDED BY ABRAHAM CURRY, WHO NAMED IT FOR A FAMOUS FRONTIER SCOUT CARSON CITY
MORE THAN HALF OF ALL U.S. COINS ARE MADE AT THE MINT IN THIS STATE CAPITAL DENVER
THIS STATE CAPITAL WAS FOUNDED BY JOHN SUTTER, JR. A YEAR AFTER GOLD WAS DISCOVERED AT HIS FATHER'S SAWMILL SACRAMENTO
PETER STUYVESANT GAVE IT THE NAME BEVERWYCK IN 1652; 12 YEARS LATER, IT WAS GIVEN ITS PRESENT NAME ALBANY
THE 20' TALL STATUE THAT STANDS IN THIS CAPITAL'S CITY HALL PLAZA WAS A GIFT FROM THE CITIZENS OF GENOA, ITALY COLUMBUS, OH
NAMED FOR A FRENCH CITY, THIS SMALLEST STATE CAPITAL COMMANDS THE MAIN PASS THROUGH THE GREEN MOUNTAINS MONTPELIER
THE MISSOURI RIVER LIES ABOUT 10 MILES TO THE EAST OF THIS CAPITAL, THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE ABOUT 10 MILES WEST HELENA
THIS CAPITAL LIES ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN THE NORTH DAKOTA & NEBRASKA BORDERS PIERRE, SD
THIS STATE DIDN'T KEEP POUGHKEEPSIE AS ITS CAPITAL FOR VERY LONG NEW YORK
PORTLAND USED TO BE A CAPITAL OF MAINE & AUGUSTA USED TO BE A CAPITAL OF THIS STATE GEORGIA
MR. POTATO HEAD GOT POLITICAL IN THE 1980S AND, APPROPRIATELY, RAN FOR MAYOR OF THIS STATE CAPITAL BOISE, IDAHO
NOW KNOWN AS THE SURVIVOR TREE, THIS AMERICAN ELM SURVIVED THE APRIL 19TH TRAGEDY IN THIS STATE CAPITAL OKLAHOMA CITY
BISMARCK, ND CAN BE FOUND ON THIS RIVER MISSOURI
IN 1819 EAST ALABAMA AND NEW PHILADELPHIA WERE CONSOLIDATED INTO THIS MONTGOMERY, AL
THIS STATE CAPITAL LIES ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTH OF PORTLAND ON THE WILLAMETTE RIVER SALEM, OR
THIS STATE CAPITAL LIES ABOUT 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF PORTLAND ON THE KENNEBEC RIVER AUGUSTA, ME
THIS CAPITAL FOUNDED BY GOLD MINERS HAS OVER 100 DAYS A YEAR OF BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES JUNEAU
THE 20,OOO STRONG UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY IS HEADQUARTERED IN THIS STATE CAPITAL RICHMOND, VA
IT'S THE "INSECT" NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN CALIFORNIA'S STATE CAPITAL SACRAMENTO BEE
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR WAS BORN IN THIS STATE CAPITAL ATLANTA, GA
EX-GOVERNOR DOUGLAS WILDER WAS BORN IN THIS STATE CAPITAL RICHMOND, VA
MASS MURDERER CHARLES STARKWEATHER WAS BORN IN THIS STATE CAPITAL LINCOLN, NE
IF YOU WANT TO CHECK OUT THE LBJ LIBRARY, GO TO THIS STATE CAPITAL AUSTIN, TX
THE MOST POPULOUS STATE CAPITAL PHOENIX
ITS STROM THURMOND FEDERAL BUILDING WAS COMPLETED IN 1979 COLUMBIA, SC
AMONG ITS NICKNAMES ARE "ZION" AND "THE NEW JERUSALEM" SALT LAKE CITY
THE 3 STATE CAPITALS THE MISSOURI RIVER FLOWS THROUGH BISMARCK, PIERRE, & JEFFERSON CITY
ON LABOR DAY WEEKEND IN 1957 JOHN CHANCELLOR RACED TO THIS STATE CAPITAL TO COVER BREAKING NEWS LITTLE ROCK, AR
YOU'LL FIND THIS STATE CAPITAL ABOUT 100 MILES NORTH OF DENVER CHEYENNE, WY
THIS STATE CAPITAL LIES ON BOTH BANKS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT THE CONFLUENCE OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER ST. PAUL
VINCENNES ON THE WABASH RIVER IN THIS STATE WAS THE TERRITORIAL CAPITAL FROM 1800 TO 1813 INDIANA
THIS CITY IS HOME TO THE EMPIRE STATE PLAZA ALBANY
WHILE PORTLAND IS MAINE'S MAIN CITY, THIS IS THE CAPITAL AUGUSTA
THE FIRST CAPITAL OF THE CONFEDERACY, IT'S NICKNAMED "THE CRADLE OF THE CONFEDERACY" MONTGOMERY, AL
FALL RIVER, MA IS PART OF THE METROPOLITAN AREA OF THIS STATE CAPITAL PROVIDENCE, RI
FORT LEWIS, ONE OF AMERICA'S LARGEST ARMY POSTS, LIES BETWEEN TACOMA & THIS STATE CAPITAL OLYMPIA, WA
THE PLAZA HAS BEEN THE HEART OF THIS SOUTHWESTERN STATE CAPITAL SINCE IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1610 SANTA FE
THE LARGEST STATE CAPITAL IN AREA JUNEAU, AK
"CITY OF PAUL REVERE" BOSTON
"THE FUN-TIER CAPITAL OF TEXAS" AUSTIN
"ARKOPOLIS" LITTLE ROCK
"THE BLUEGRASS CAPITAL" FRANKFORT
THE NFL PRO BOWL GAME IS PLAYED EACH YEAR IN THIS STATE CAPITAL HONOLULU
ABRAHAM LINCOLN MOVED TO THIS CAPITAL CITY IN 1837 SPRINGFIELD, IL
AMERICA'S OLDEST PUBLIC ART MUSEUM, THE WADSWORTH ATHENEUM, IS IN THIS CITY WHOSE NAME CONTAINS THE WORD "ART" HARTFORD, CT
IT'S THE STATE CAPITAL WHERE YOU CAN CRUISE GARTH BROOKS BLVD. OKLAHOMA CITY
IN THE OLD RAILWAY LINE IT FELL BETWEEN ATCHISON AND SANTA FE TOPEKA
CAPITALS NAMED FOR WOMEN INCLUDE THE CAPITAL OF MARYLAND & THIS MAINE CAPITAL AUGUSTA
IT'S THE CAPITAL OF THE STATE NICKNAMED "THE HEART OF DIXIE" MONTGOMERY
A DEER CROSSING SIGN COULD BE THE SYMBOL FOR THIS NEW ENGLAND CAPITAL HARTFORD
THIS STATE CAPITAL LOCATED ON CROW CREEK HAS A "C" NAME ALSO, THE NAME OF AN INDIAN TRIBE CHEYENNE
THIS OHIO CITY IS HOME TO CAMP CHASE CONFEDERATE CEMETERY COLUMBUS
THIS NORTH DAKOTA CITY'S CAPITAL BUILDING IS CALLED "THE SKYSCRAPER OF THE PRAIRIES" BISMARCK
ACCORDING TO THE 1990 CENSUS, THIS VERMONT CAPITAL HAD ONLY 8,247 RESIDENTS MONTPELIER
THIS CAPITAL WAS FOUNDED IN 1851 AS EAGLE STATION, A STOP FOR WAGONS CROSSING THE SIERRA NEVADAS CARSON CITY
THIS STATE CAPITAL IS PART OF THE METROPOLITAN AREA THAT INCLUDES BOULDER DENVER
ON AN ISTHMUS BETWEEN LAKES MENDOTA & MONONA, IT'S WISCONSIN'S 2ND LARGEST CITY MADISON
TO SEE THE GRAVE OF DANIEL BOONE, YOU HAVE TO BLAZE A TRAIL TO THIS CAPITAL FRANKFORT, KY
THERE'S AN ANNUAL DOGSLED RACE IN THIS CAPITAL OF THE 4TH LARGEST STATE IN THE U.S. HELENA
THIS MASSACHUSETTS CAPITAL IS THE MOST POPULOUS CITY IN NEW ENGLAND BOSTON
ABOUT 75% OF ALL U.S. COINS ARE MINTED IN THIS CAPITAL DENVER
GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY IS LOCATED IN THIS STATE CAPITAL PHOENIX
IN 1838 PIERRE "PIG'S EYE" PARRANT BECAME THE FIRST SETTLER IN WHAT IS NOW THIS MINNESOTA CAPITAL ST. PAUL
IN 1614 FORT NASSAU, A DUTCH TRADING POST, WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE SITE OF THIS CAPITAL ALBANY
IT'S WYOMING'S LARGEST CITY AND MANUFACTURING CENTER CHEYENNE
THERE'S A SMALL MUSEUM DEVOTED TO FATHER DAMIEN IN THIS STATE CAPITAL HONOLULU
NOW A STATE CAPITAL, IT WAS THE SITE OF A SURPRISE ATTACK DEC. 7, 1941 HONOLULU
HOME OF THE UTAH JAZZ SALT LAKE CITY
FOR 2 MONTHS IN 1784, IT SERVED AS THE TEMPORARY CAPITAL OF THE U.S.; IT BECAME NEW JERSEY'S CAPITAL IN 1790 TRENTON
YOU CAN VISIT THE LAST CHANCE MINING MUSEUM IN THIS CAPITAL OF "THE LAST FRONTIER" JUNEAU, AK
SUGAR PLANTATIONS ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI FROM THIS CAPITAL FORM AN AREA KNOWN AS THE "SUGAR BOWL OF AMERICA" BATON ROUGE
NEVADA'S STATE CAPITAL WAS NAMED FOR THIS MAN CHRISTOPHER "KIT" CARSON
THIS RHODE ISLAND CITY HAS ALMOST TWICE THE POPULATION OF WARWICK, THE STATE'S SECOND LARGEST CITY PROVIDENCE
ON JULY 4, 1831, "AMERICA" WAS FIRST SUNG AT THIS CITY'S PARK ST. CHURCH AT THE FOOT OF BEACON HILL BOSTON
THIS CAPITAL LIES AT THE SOUTHERN END OF PUGET SOUND ON BUDD INLET AND CAPITOL LAKE OLYMPIA
WHEN THIS FUTURE CONFEDERATE CAPITAL BECAME A CITY IN 1782, HALF ITS POPULATION WAS SLAVES RICHMOND
ALPHABETICALLY, IT'S THE LAST STATE CAPITAL NAMED FOR A U.S. PRESIDENT MADISON
IT WAS ONCE CALLED ANNE ARUNDEL TOWN AFTER THE WIFE OF THE 2ND LORD BALTIMORE ANNAPOLIS
THIS KANSAS CITY'S ZOOLOGICAL PARK BOASTS A TROPICAL RAIN FOREST HABITAT TOPEKA
YOU CAN VISIT THE RODEO HALL OF FAME AT THE NATIONAL COWBOY HALL OF FAME IN THIS CITY OKLAHOMA CITY
THIS CITY COVERS 3,108 SQUARE MILES, MAKING IT THE LARGEST STATE CAPITAL IN AREA IN THE U.S. JUNEAU
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY, IN THIS STATE CAPITAL, IS CALLED THE OLDEST INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING IN THE WEST SALEM, OR
IT'S THE CAPITAL OF "THE GARDEN STATE" TRENTON, NJ
CAPITAL OF MICHIGAN LANSING
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