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show | TRENT
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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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