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STATE CAPITALS

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show SANTA FE, NM  
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show FRANKFORT  
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IT WAS LAID OUT IN 1858, AND ITS GROWTH WAS STIMULATED BY THE DISCOVERY THE FOLLOWING YEAR OF THE NEARBY COMSTOCK LODE   show
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show HELENA  
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IT'S THE SEAT OF KENNEBEC COUNTY   show
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THIS CITY BECAME A STATE CAPITAL IN 1826, THE SAME YEAR THE PRESIDENT FOR WHICH IT IS NAMED DIED   show
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show AUSTIN  
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RUB SHOULDERS WITH NEBRASKA STATE LEGISLATORS AT BILLY'S RESTAURANT IN THIS CAPITAL   show
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FORT UNION IS AN OLD MILITARY POST ON THIS TRAIL THAT SHARES ITS NAME WITH THE STATE CAPITAL   show
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show CONNECTICUT  
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show DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH  
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show BATON ROUGE  
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show HONOLULU  
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show MONTPELIER  
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IN 1812 THE STATE LEGISLATURE CHOSE THIS NAME FOR ITS CAPITAL THOUGH MANY WANTED TO NAME IT OHIO CITY   show
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show CARSON CITY  
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CARSON CITY, NV & THIS NEARBY CITY ARE KNOWN AS "SISTERS IN HISTORY"   show
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show DALLAS  
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show ANNAPOLIS  
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A PUDDLED ADOBE ON DE VARGAS STREET IN THIS STATE CAPITAL CLAIMS TO BE THE USA'S OLDEST HOUSE   show
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show SOUTH CAROLINA  
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THE OLD BARRACKS IN THE NJ CAPITAL HOUSED CONTINENTAL ARMY TROOPS DURING THE REVOLUTION   show
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THE SITE FOR THIS STATE CAPITAL WAS CHOSEN BECAUSE OF ITS LOCATION BETWEEN PENSACOLA & ST. AUGUSTINE   show
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IN 1849 BATON ROUGE REPLACED THIS CITY AS CAPITAL OF LOUISIANA   show
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AT AN ELEVATION OF ABOUT 7,000', THIS CITY IN NEW MEXICO'S SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS IS THE HIGHEST STATE CAPITAL   show
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show SALT LAKE CITY & CARSON CITY  
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show ANDREW JACKSON  
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show TOPEKA  
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THIS CAPITAL LIES IN THE EAGLE VALLEY ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF RENO   show
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show PHOENIX  
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show MONTPELIER  
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IT'S THE CAPITAL OF THE EVERGREEN STATE   show
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show BOSTON  
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BECAUSE HE BELIEVED GOD LED HIM THERE, ROGER WILLIAMS NAMED A STATE CAPITAL THIS   show
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show CHARLESTON, WV  
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A STATE CAPITAL: "HOLY FAITH"   show
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show LINCOLN, NE  
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show CONCORD, NH  
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show AUSTIN  
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show SALEM, OR  
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THE FLAG OF THIS CAPITAL CITY HAS A SPANISH SHIP ON IT   show
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THIS CAPITAL WAS CREATED BY THE MISSOURI LEGISLATURE AND LAID OUT BY THE SON OF DANIEL BOONE   show
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show SPRINGFIELD, IL  
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MOUNT RANIER IS VISIBLE TO THE EAST FROM ITS STATE CAPITOL BUILDING   show
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show ALBANY, NY  
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WASHINGTON'S 1776 CROSSING OF THE DELAWARE LED TO THE OCCUPATION OF THIS FUTURE STATE CAPITAL 4 DAYS LATER   show
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VETERANS MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM IN THIS STATE CAPITAL WAS THE HOME OF THE IOWA BARNSTORMERS OF THE AFL   show
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IT WAS OFFICIALLY DECLARED THE CAPITAL OF A KINGDOM 109 YEARS BEFORE IT BECAME A STATE CAPITAL   show
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THIS STATE CAPITAL LIES ON A NARROW STRIP OF LAND BETWEEN THE GASTINEAU CHANNEL & THE SLOPES OF 2 MOUNTAINS   show
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THE GOLDEN NORTH SALMON DERBY IS ONE OF THE ANNUAL EVENTS CELEBRATED IN THIS STATE CAPITAL   show
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DURING THE CIVIL WAR, GENERAL SHERMAN REDUCED THIS STATE CAPITAL TO ASHES, CAUSING IT TO BE CALLED "CHIMNEYVILLE"   show
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show ALBANY  
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show ILLINOIS  
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THIS STATE CAPITAL IS LOCATED AT THE HEAD OF NAVIGATION ON THE EAST BANK OF THE DELAWARE RIVER   show
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show BATON ROUGE  
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SOUTH CAROLINA NATIVE ROBERT MILLS DESIGNED THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT & SOME OF THE USC CAMPUS IN THIS STATE CAPITAL   show
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show PHOENIX  
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show ATLANTA  
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show MONTPELIER  
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show RICHMOND  
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show MONTGOMERY  
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show KINGSTON  
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show BOSTON  
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show SALT LAKE CITY  
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show SACRAMENTO, CA  
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"THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT"   show
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show INDIANAPOLIS  
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THE PORTRAIT ON THIS STATE CAPITAL'S SEAL, RESEMBLES THE ONE ON THE PENNY   show
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show DOVER  
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INDIAN TRIBE OF THE GREAT PLAINS & ALSO A STATE CAPITAL   show
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show DENVER  
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PLAIN WHERE GAMES WERE PLAYED IN ANCIENT GREECE & ALSO A STATE CAPITAL   show
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ANOTHER WORD FOR A PEACE TREATY & ALSO A STATE CAPITAL   show
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IN 1989 JULIAN BOND DEDICATED A CIVIL RIGHTS MEMORIAL DESIGNED BY MAYA LIN IN THIS SOUTHERN STATE CAPITAL   show
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show BOSTON  
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THE GROWTH OF THIS STATE CAPITAL IN EAGLE VALLEY WAS STIMULATED BY THE DISCOVERY OF THE COMSTOCK LODE IN 1859   show
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show OLYMPIA, WA  
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4 STATE CAPITALS THAT START WITH THE SAME FIRST LETTER AS THE STATE THEY ARE CAPITAL OF   show
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show OKLAHOMA CITY, SALT LAKE CITY, JEFFERSON CITY, & CARSON CITY  
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PRINCIPLE RIVER OF HARRISBURG, PA   show
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show LANSING, MI  
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show SACRAMENTO, CA  
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show SALT RIVER  
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PRINCIPLE RIVER OF ALBANY, NY   show
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THE PEARL RIVER IS THE PRINCIPLE RIVER OF THIS STATE CAPITAL   show
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show KENNEBEC RIVER  
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THE MERRIMACK RIVER IS THE PRINCIPLE RIVER OF THIS STATE CAPITAL   show
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THE KANAWHA RIVER IS THE PRINCIPLE RIVER OF THIS STATE CAPITAL   show
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PRINCIPLE RIVER OF BOSTON, MA   show
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show SOUTH PLATTE RIVER  
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THE SEVERN RIVER IS THE PRINCIPLE RIVER OF THIS CAPITAL   show
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show WILLAMETTE RIVER  
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show COLUMBIA, SC  
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THE PRINCIPLE RIVER OF RICHMOND, VA   show
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show ALBANY  
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show TRENTON  
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ONLY STATE CAPITAL WITH NO LETTERS IN COMMON WITH STATE THAT IT IS IN   show
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show PHOENIX  
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STATE CAPITAL WITH THE LARGEST POPULATION (METROPOLITAN AREA)   show
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show AUSTIN, TX  
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show MONTPELIER  
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STATE CAPITAL WHOSE NAME STARTS WITH THE LAST 4 LETTERS OF THE STATE THAT IT IS IN   show
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show SANTA FE  
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show COLUMBUS, OH  
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show LANSING, MI  
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OF THE ALLITERATIVE STATE CAPITALS, THE ONE THAT IS FIRST ALPHABETICALLY   show
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OF THE CAPITALS WITH THE WORD "CITY" IN THEIR TITLES, THE ONE THAT IS ALPHABETICALLY FIRST   show
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show LINCOLN, NE  
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HAS THE OLDEST CAPITAL BUILDING STILL IN USE   show
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show JUNEAU  
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show SALT LAKE CITY  
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SECOND HIGHEST ELEVATED STATE CAPITAL   show
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show BISMARCK  
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show JEFFERSON CITY  
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show INDIANAPOLIS  
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show COLUMBIA, SC  
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THE BOARD OF EDUCATION WAS FAMOUSLY SUED HERE IN THE 1950S   show
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show BATON ROUGE  
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show AUGUSTA, ME  
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show NASHVILLE, TN  
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show OLYMPIA  
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THE KANAWHA & ELK RIVERS MEET IN THIS STATE CAPITAL   show
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THE MOST SIGNIFICANT NUCLEAR ACCIDENT IN AMERICA'S HISTORY HAPPENED 30 YEARS AGO OUTSIDE OF THIS CITY   show
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THE NAME OF THIS CITY COMES FROM THE SEMITIC WORDS FOR PEACE   show
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FOUNDED BY ROGER WILLIAMS   show
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show CONCORD  
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ONLY STATE CAPITAL THAT STARTS WITH AN F   show
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show RICHMOND  
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IT IS THE BIRTHPLACE OF PROGRESSIVE MAGAZINE   show
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PRIMARY SITE OF CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND A FAMOUS BUS BOYCOTT   show
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show LITTLE ROCK, AR  
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show SACRAMENTO  
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show DENVER, CO  
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show HARTFORD, CT  
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show HONOLULU  
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BLUE TURF (NUFF SAID)   show
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THE SEMINOLES PLAY HERE   show
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show SAINT PAUL, MN  
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show JACKSON  
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show OKLAHOMA CITY  
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show DES MOINES, IA  
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show SPRINGFIELD, IL  
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NEW CASTLE WAS THIS MID-ATLANTIC STATE'S FIRST CAPITAL   show
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IT SERVED AS THE GATEWAY TO THE 1849 CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH   show
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IT SHARES ITS NAME WITH A MASSACHUSETTS CITY FAMOUS FOR TRIALS   show
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THE FIRST CHRISTMAS MASS CELEBRATED IN THE U.S. TOOK PLACE IN THIS CAPITAL IN 1539 DURING DE SOTO'S EXPLORATIONS   show
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ORIGINALLY LE FLEUR'S BLUFF, IT WAS RENAMED FOR A WAR HERO WHO WOULD BECOME PRESIDENT   show
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show BATON ROUGE  
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THE NAME OF THIS CAPITAL IS ANOTHER WORD FOR GOD'S GUIDANCE   show
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THE HOMES OF MARK TWAIN & HARRIET BEECHER STOWE CAN BE FOUND IN THIS STATE CAPITAL   show
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A PLANETARIUM IN THIS CAPITAL BEARS THE NAME OF CHRISTA MCAULIFFE   show
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AN EVENT THAT OCCURRED IN THIS STATE CAPITAL IN 1995, LED TO THE CREATION OF THE SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION   show
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SANTE FE, NM IS LOCATED IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THESE MOUNTAINS   show
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WEALTH, OR A CITY THAT IS THE OFFICIAL SEAT OF GOVERNMENT IN A STATE   show
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show ATLANTA  
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show ANNAPOLIS  
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show HONOLULU  
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GOING WEST FROM FARGO, IT'S A 193-MILE STRAIGHT SHOT ON I-94 TO THIS STATE CAPITAL   show
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show OKLAHOMA CITY  
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show HONOLULU  
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THIS MIDWESTERN CAPITAL CITY HAS A GREAT "TRACK" RECORD AS "THE CROSSROADS OF AMERICA", ALSO THE MOTTO OF ITS STATE   show
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THIS NEVADA CAPITAL WAS FOUNDED BY ABRAHAM CURRY, WHO NAMED IT FOR A FAMOUS FRONTIER SCOUT   show
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MORE THAN HALF OF ALL U.S. COINS ARE MADE AT THE MINT IN THIS STATE CAPITAL   show
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show SACRAMENTO  
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show ALBANY  
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show COLUMBUS, OH  
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NAMED FOR A FRENCH CITY, THIS SMALLEST STATE CAPITAL COMMANDS THE MAIN PASS THROUGH THE GREEN MOUNTAINS   show
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THE MISSOURI RIVER LIES ABOUT 10 MILES TO THE EAST OF THIS CAPITAL, THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE ABOUT 10 MILES WEST   show
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show PIERRE, SD  
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THIS STATE DIDN'T KEEP POUGHKEEPSIE AS ITS CAPITAL FOR VERY LONG   show
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show GEORGIA  
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MR. POTATO HEAD GOT POLITICAL IN THE 1980S AND, APPROPRIATELY, RAN FOR MAYOR OF THIS STATE CAPITAL   show
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NOW KNOWN AS THE SURVIVOR TREE, THIS AMERICAN ELM SURVIVED THE APRIL 19TH TRAGEDY IN THIS STATE CAPITAL   show
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BISMARCK, ND CAN BE FOUND ON THIS RIVER   show
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IN 1819 EAST ALABAMA AND NEW PHILADELPHIA WERE CONSOLIDATED INTO THIS   show
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THIS STATE CAPITAL LIES ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTH OF PORTLAND ON THE WILLAMETTE RIVER   show
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THIS STATE CAPITAL LIES ABOUT 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF PORTLAND ON THE KENNEBEC RIVER   show
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show JUNEAU  
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THE 20,OOO STRONG UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY IS HEADQUARTERED IN THIS STATE CAPITAL   show
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show SACRAMENTO BEE  
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MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR WAS BORN IN THIS STATE CAPITAL   show
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EX-GOVERNOR DOUGLAS WILDER WAS BORN IN THIS STATE CAPITAL   show
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show LINCOLN, NE  
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show AUSTIN, TX  
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THE MOST POPULOUS STATE CAPITAL   show
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show COLUMBIA, SC  
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show SALT LAKE CITY  
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show BISMARCK, PIERRE, & JEFFERSON CITY  
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ON LABOR DAY WEEKEND IN 1957 JOHN CHANCELLOR RACED TO THIS STATE CAPITAL TO COVER BREAKING NEWS   show
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show CHEYENNE, WY  
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THIS STATE CAPITAL LIES ON BOTH BANKS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT THE CONFLUENCE OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER   show
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show INDIANA  
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show ALBANY  
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show AUGUSTA  
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show MONTGOMERY, AL  
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FALL RIVER, MA IS PART OF THE METROPOLITAN AREA OF THIS STATE CAPITAL   show
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FORT LEWIS, ONE OF AMERICA'S LARGEST ARMY POSTS, LIES BETWEEN TACOMA & THIS STATE CAPITAL   show
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THE PLAZA HAS BEEN THE HEART OF THIS SOUTHWESTERN STATE CAPITAL SINCE IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1610   show
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show JUNEAU, AK  
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"CITY OF PAUL REVERE"   show
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show AUSTIN  
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show LITTLE ROCK  
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"THE BLUEGRASS CAPITAL"   show
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THE NFL PRO BOWL GAME IS PLAYED EACH YEAR IN THIS STATE CAPITAL   show
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN MOVED TO THIS CAPITAL CITY IN 1837   show
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show HARTFORD, CT  
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IT'S THE STATE CAPITAL WHERE YOU CAN CRUISE GARTH BROOKS BLVD.   show
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show TOPEKA  
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show AUGUSTA  
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IT'S THE CAPITAL OF THE STATE NICKNAMED "THE HEART OF DIXIE"   show
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show HARTFORD  
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show CHEYENNE  
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show COLUMBUS  
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show BISMARCK  
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show MONTPELIER  
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show CARSON CITY  
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THIS STATE CAPITAL IS PART OF THE METROPOLITAN AREA THAT INCLUDES BOULDER   show
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show MADISON  
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TO SEE THE GRAVE OF DANIEL BOONE, YOU HAVE TO BLAZE A TRAIL TO THIS CAPITAL   show
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THERE'S AN ANNUAL DOGSLED RACE IN THIS CAPITAL OF THE 4TH LARGEST STATE IN THE U.S.   show
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show BOSTON  
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ABOUT 75% OF ALL U.S. COINS ARE MINTED IN THIS CAPITAL   show
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GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY IS LOCATED IN THIS STATE CAPITAL   show
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IN 1838 PIERRE "PIG'S EYE" PARRANT BECAME THE FIRST SETTLER IN WHAT IS NOW THIS MINNESOTA CAPITAL   show
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IN 1614 FORT NASSAU, A DUTCH TRADING POST, WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE SITE OF THIS CAPITAL   show
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show CHEYENNE  
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THERE'S A SMALL MUSEUM DEVOTED TO FATHER DAMIEN IN THIS STATE CAPITAL   show
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show HONOLULU  
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HOME OF THE UTAH JAZZ   show
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show TRENTON  
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show JUNEAU, AK  
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show BATON ROUGE  
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show CHRISTOPHER "KIT" CARSON  
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show PROVIDENCE  
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show BOSTON  
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show OLYMPIA  
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WHEN THIS FUTURE CONFEDERATE CAPITAL BECAME A CITY IN 1782, HALF ITS POPULATION WAS SLAVES   show
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ALPHABETICALLY, IT'S THE LAST STATE CAPITAL NAMED FOR A U.S. PRESIDENT   show
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IT WAS ONCE CALLED ANNE ARUNDEL TOWN AFTER THE WIFE OF THE 2ND LORD BALTIMORE   show
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show TOPEKA  
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show OKLAHOMA CITY  
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THIS CITY COVERS 3,108 SQUARE MILES, MAKING IT THE LARGEST STATE CAPITAL IN AREA IN THE U.S.   show
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WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY, IN THIS STATE CAPITAL, IS CALLED THE OLDEST INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING IN THE WEST   show
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show TRENTON, NJ  
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show LANSING  
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