Texas was labeled as ‘A Giant’ by novelist Edna Ferber, and she couldn’t have been more right. The total combined wealth of Texas’ natural resources is surpassing the resource of all the other states by far, and if Texas were a separate and independent country, the nation would be ranked 11th in the world when … Read more
The state of Washington was named for George Washington. When at the 32nd Congress (1851-1853) the creation of the territory of Columbia was put into law, it was decided that the state’s name was Washington. The state capital is the city of Olympia. Check also my review of free online GED classes Washington is the smallest … Read more
… Far more than in other states, it is in Mississippi, that the real Old South Character has remained apparent till today. Once the state was the very heart of plantation society, Mississippi remains the cotton-producing leader of all the states that at a given time were relying on an economy that was based on … Read more