Poet Eugene Fitch Ware wrote: … Of all U.S. states, only three will live on in story, Old Virginia with all of her noble stock Old Massachusetts with her pretty Plymouth Rock, And sunny Kansas with all her woes and glory… Before all the European settlers arrived, the region that we know as Virginia was … Read more
Colorado is truly a skier’s paradise, a state of great heights. The state’s mountain ranges offer America’s most beautiful and dramatic scenery, and the Colorado vistas were the inspiration for ‘America the Beautiful.’ The Colorado mountains feed many rivers and the state is among the nation’s best vacation destinations. The summers are pleasantly cool, and the winters … Read more
Artist and ornithologist John James Audubon wrote once: … But where in this great continent is this oh-so favored Land… … It is, oh dear reader, in Louisiana that all these fine bounties of nature are showing in its greatest perfection… Historian Charles Gayarre wrote (about the Marquis de Vaudreuil, governor of French Louisiana from … Read more