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Pennsylvania, Harrisburg: The State Capitals

Harrisburg is the capital of the state of Pennsylvania. Europeans first went to the area with the famous John Smith expedition of the early 1600s. The city has been an important one for various...

Columbia, South Carolina: The State Capitals

Columbia is the capital city of South Carolina. It is an old city, and one with much history attached to it. From early European exploration and settlement, to the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, and...

U.S. State Capitals (eBook)

Discover the stories behind the selection of U.S. state capitals. Explore the history and importance of these key cities.

Birth Index: Southeastern Pennsylvania, 1680-1800

A comprehensive index has been compiled, listing approximately 476,000 individuals who either resided or were born in Southeast Pennsylvania prior to 1800. This index is particularly relevant to...

Some Russian Surnames and Their Meanings

Russian surnames started being used relatively recently in history, with the patronymic surname, as was common in other parts of Europe. After that, however, the similarity ends, and Russian surnames...

Pierre, South Dakota: The State Capital

Pierre is the capital of the state of South Dakota. It started as a fur trading post, and gradually became a city as the western territories were opened up to American settlement. It is one of the...

Nashville, Tennessee: The State Capitals

Nashville is the capital city of the state of Tennessee. It has a long history of habitation by humans, going millennia back into prehistory. The Europeans came much later, but they turned Nashville...

Austin, Texas: The State Capitals

Austin is the capital of the US state of Texas. It has a long history of human habitation. It also has an interesting history as first a capital of Texas as an independent nation, and later, as a...

Salt Lake City, Utah: The State Capitals

Salt Lake City is the capital of the state of Utah. It is situated in a dry, arid valley that had very few Native American inhabitants when LDS church members arrived there to settle the place. The...

Folklore in Washington

Washington is a state in the northwest of the United States, and it has a long history of human habitation. One of the oldest human skeletons in North America was found there. Europeans are not known...

Montpelier, Vermont: The State Capitals

Montpelier is the capital of the state of Vermont. It was visited by European fur traders as early as four centuries ago. Those interactions indirectly wiped out most of the area's Native American...

Richmond, Virginia: The State Capitals

The city of Richmond is the capital of the state of Virginia. It was the traditional home of the famous Powhatan Native American tribe that produced Pocahontas. It was also one of the earliest...