States and what they are famous for ... Thanks Carol & Clay V!

Carol & Clay,


I understood that the Renison family of the original Crispy Creme in Portsmouth Ohio sold a franchise to Krispy Kreme.  It was difficult to beat the old Crispy Creme when I was young (around 1942, I was ten).  Twenty-five cents for a baker's dozen (13) and right from the vat they would melt in your mouth and move right into one's arterial heart arteries.  What a way to die!  Hot cotton candy!


SamKat

 STATES AND WHAT THEY ARE FAMOUS FOR

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STATES AND WHAT THEY ARE FAMOUS FOR:

ALABAMA ............Was the first state to have 9-1-1, started 1968.

ALASKA .........One out of every 64 people has a pilot's license.

ARIZONA............Is the only state in the continental U.S. that does

not follow Daylight Savings Time.

ARKANSAS...........Has the only active diamond mine in the U.S.

............Its economy is so large that if it were a country, it

would rank seventh in the entire world.

CALIFORNIA...... The Sunshine State; Hollywood and all the movie

studios

COLORADO............In 1976 it became the only state to turn down

the Olympics.

CONNECTICUT............The Frisbee was invented here at Yale University

DELAWARE...........Has more scientists and engineers than any other state.

FLORIDA............At 874.3 square miles, Jacksonville is the largest

city in the U.S.

GEORGIA............It was here, in 1886, that pharmacist John Pemberton

made the first vat of Coca

Cola ...interesting!

HAWAII............Hawaiians live, on average, five years longer than

residents of any other state.

IDAHO...........TV was invented in Rigby, Idaho, in 1922.

ILLINOIS...........Has a Governor in jail, one pending jail, and is the

most corrupt state in the union! And where our president is from (maybe)

INDIANA............Home to Santa Claus, Indiana, which gets a half

million letters for Santa every year.

IOWA.........Winnebago R.V.s get their name from Winnebago County.

Also, it is the only state name that begins with 2 vowels.

KANSAS............Liberal, Kansas has an exact replica of the house in

"The Wizard of Oz".

KENTUCKY............Has more than $6 billion in gold underneath Fort Knox.

LOUISIANA............Has parishes instead of counties because they were

originally Spanish church units.

MAINE............It is so large that it covers as many square miles as

the other five New England states combined.

MARYLAND............The Ouija board was created in Baltimore in

1892....... Bet you didn't know that!

MASSACHUSETTS.......The Fig Newton is named after Newton, Massachusetts.

MICHIGAN............Fremont, home to Gerber, is the baby food capital of

the world.

MINNESOTA.......Bloomington's Mall of America is so big, that if you

spent 10 minutes in each store, you'd be there almost four days.

MISSISSIPPI.....President Teddy Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear

here... that's how the teddy bear got its name.

MISSOURI............Is the birthplace of the ice cream cone.

MONTANA ........A sapphire from Montana is in the Crown Jewels of England .

NEBRASKA............More triplets are born here than in any other state.

NEW HAMPSHIRE.........Birthplace of Tupperware, invented in 1938 by Earl

Tupper.

NEW JERSEY............Has the most shopping malls in one area in the world.

NEW MEXICO............Smokey the Bear was rescued from a 1950 forest

fire here.

NEW YORK............Is home to the nation's oldest cattle ranch, started

in 1747 in Montauk...........Surprised?

NORTH CAROLINA........Home of the first Krispy Kreme doughnut.

NORTH DAKOTA........... Rigby, North Dakota, is the exact geographic

center of North America .

OHIO............The hot dog was invented here in 1900.

OKLAHOMA............The grounds of the state capital are covered by

operating oil wells.

OREGON............Has the most ghost towns in the country.

PENNSYLVANIA............The smiley : ) was first used in 1980 by

computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University .

RHODE ISLAND............The nation's oldest bar, the White Horse Tavern,

opened here in 1673.

SOUTH CAROLINA.........Sumter County is home to the world's largest

gingko farm.

SOUTH DAKOTA...........Is the only state that's never had an earthquake.

TENNESSEE...........Nashville's Grand Ole Opry is the longest running

live radio show in the world.

TEXAS.......Dr. Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. The hamburger was

invented in Arlington in 1906.

UTAH...........The first Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant opened here

in 1952.

VERMONT..........Montpelier is the only state capital without a McDonald's.