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The State Capitals: New Jersey

Trenton is the capital of the state of New Jersey. It has a history of human habitation going back thousands of years with the Lenape Native American tribe. European Quakers eventually settled it...

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The State Capitals: New Hampshire

Concord is the capital of the state of New Hampshire. It is an old city in one of the original thirteen American colonies. As such, it has a long Native American history associated with it, as well...

The State Capitals: Nebraska

Lincoln is the capital of the state of Nebraska. It has a long and interesting history, beginning with the Native American habitation of the area. Salt marshes brought European settlers to Lincoln...

The State Capitals: Missouri

Jefferson City is the capital of the state of Missouri. It was once the home of an elusive ancient Native American people called the Mound Builders. Lewis and Clark went through there on their famous...

The State Capitals: Mississippi

Jackson is the capital of the state of Mississippi. It was an important part of the Choctaw Native American nation in pre-colonial times. Even after ceding it to the United States in the early 1800s...

The State Capitals: Iowa

Des Moines is the capital of the state of Iowa. It has a long history of habitation by Native Americans going back thousands of years, and there are clear and numerous archaeological sites that the...

The State Capitals: Indiana

Indianapolis is the state capital of Indiana. It was inhabited by Native Americans for thousands of years before the first European settlers showed up, and became part of the United States when the...

Idaho: State Capitals #12

Boise is the capital of Idaho. While its Native American population has lived there for thousands of years, its origins and history are murky. French fur trappers were there early on in European...

The State Capitals: Florida

Tallahassee is the state capital of Florida, and it has a rich and interesting history. As a Native American settlement for thousands of years, it eventually became part of a Spanish colony, and then...

Calvin Coolidge: The Silent President

Born John Calvin Coolidge Jr. on July 4, 1872, in Plymouth Notch, Vermont, Calvin Coolidge grew up in a small, rural town that profoundly shaped his values and personality. Life in Plymouth was...