State Capitols: Helena, Montana
Visited: July 7, 2019 Louisiana and Montana are very far apart from each other but most of what is today Montana became part of the United States in 1803 as … Continue reading →
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State Capitols: Boise, Idaho
Idaho became a state on July 3rd, 1890. Idaho has peculiar history on how it became a state and even more so on how Boise became it’s capitol. US history in Idaho starts with Lewis and Clark passing through the … Continue reading →
U.S.A. State Capitols: Santa Fe, New Mexico
Date Visited: January 2, 2019 Coming up from Texas we were running from a very cold weather front. Our goal was to stay the night in Albuquerque, but that did not happen. We were able to stave off the cold … Continue reading →
Mexican State Capitals: Tepic, Nayarit
The Lazy Man’s History of the European Conquest of the Mexican West Coast So the year is 1527. It is seven years after Hernan Cortez conquers the Aztecs and declares the area New Spain. Hernan Cortez is getting rich. The … Continue reading →
Mexican State Capitols: Mexicali, Baja California Norte
Visited: August 18-19, 2018 As a state Baja California Norte is a relatively new state, having been admitted in 1959. Before that it was known as a territory. The first traces of humans date back as far as 11,000 years … Continue reading →
State Capitols: Indianapolis, Indiana
As the name implies, the name of the state of Indiana came from the many Native American tribes that once inhabited the area. Originally formed as territory lands for Native Americans that were relocated from the east, new treaties pushed … Continue reading →
State Capitols: Lansing, Michigan
Michigan got it’s start on July 13th, 1787, when the Second Continental Congress created the Northwest Territory. Almost instantly there were lots of land disputes and in 1803 Ohio was formed and in 1805 Michigan became it’s own territory. Michigan … Continue reading →
Columbus, Ohio
Ohio achieved statehood and like any new state had to make a lot of decisions. One of course being where to put their new capitol. Like all state legislatures Ohio couldn’t decide on where it should go. There was a … Continue reading →
US State Capitols: Salem, Oregon
Visited July 21, 2018 Oregon’s capital has always been in Salem but the current building is not the first capitol. It makes sense with all the trees in Oregon that the capitol would be made out of wood, but as … Continue reading →
US State Capitols: Sacramento, California
Visited July 20, 2018 When California was part of Mexico, the capital of what was known as Alta California was in Monterey. In 1849 California declared itself a free and independent nation. At that time Sacramento drafted it’s first city … Continue reading →