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• Directory:Rich Ferguson
  *Everest Award Recipient given by the state of California ...est Award Winner<ref>[http://richferguson.com/images/awards/assembly.jpg]. State Assembly Certificate.</ref>
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• Directory:Iowa
  ...tory:United States of America|United States]]. It was admitted as the 29th state in [[Year Admitted:=1846|1846]]. Part of the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, Io ...iver. The Omaha, Oto, and Missouri tribes lived in the western part of the state.
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• Directory:Alaska
  ...in 1867 for $7,200,000 and was known as Seward's Folly (after Secretary of State William H. Seward, who negotiated the purchase) until gold was discovered i ...ter and fur trade brought about the Russians trying to interest the United States in purchasing Alaska in 1859.
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• Directory:Minnesota
  ...by the French in the mid-17th century, the area became part of the United States through the Treaty of Paris (1783) and the Louisiana Purchase (1803). St. P ...was ceded by Britain in 1818. All of Minnesota was now owned by the United States.
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• Directory:Kentucky
  ...775. By the Treaty of Paris (1783) the territory became part of the United States. Frankfort is the capital and Lexington the largest city. Population: [[Pop ...d founded Boonesboro. Title to this land was challenged by Virginia, whose legislature voided (1778) the Transylvania Company's claims, although individual settle
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• Directory:Oregon
  ...ritory was created, including all of present-day Washington and Idaho. The state's current boundaries were established in 1853. Salem is the capital and Por ...but in 1818 a treaty provided for 10 years of joint rights for the United States and Great Britain in Oregon (i.e., the whole Columbia River area). This agr
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• Directory:Nebraska
  ...tate in [[Year Admitted:=1867|1867]]. The region became part of the United States through the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 and was made a separate territory by ...but development began only after the area passed from France to the United States in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. The Lewis and Clark expedition (1804) an
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• Directory:Indiana
  ...tory:United States of America|United States]]. It was admitted as the 19th state in [[Year Admitted:=1816|1816]]. The area was controlled by France until 17 ...seeking farmland. The American Revolution and the formation of the United States of America brought more demand for the lands of the west.
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• Directory:Long Neck, Delaware
  |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name = [[Directory:United States|United States]] {{flagicon|US}}
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• Directory:North Dakota
  ...f America|United States]] bordering on Canada. It was admitted as the 39th state in [[Year Admitted:=1889]]. Acquired through the Louisiana Purchase (1803) ...se of 1803 the northwestern half of North Dakota became part of the United States. The southeastern half was acquired from Great Britain in 1818 when the int
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• Directory:West Virginia
  ...tory:United States of America|United States]]. It was admitted as the 35th state in [[Year Admitted:=1863]]. West Virginia was part of Virginia until the ar ...med it Mecklenburg; now called Shepherdstown, it is the oldest town in the state. Homes sprang up along the rivers, but the formidable Allegheny Plateau bar
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• Directory:John Tyler
  | order=10th [[President of the United States]] | party=[[United States Whig Party|Whig]], [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
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• Directory:Illinois
  ...rance to the British in 1763, and ceded by them to the newly formed United States in 1783. Springfield is the capital and Chicago the largest city. Populatio ...along the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers. They traveled the length of the state -- from what is now Chicago to the southernmost reaches of Illinois.
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• Directory:Maryland
  ...ast-central [[Nation Located In::Directory:United States of America|United States]]. It was admitted as one of the original Thirteen Colonies in [[Year Admit ...ryland became the 7th state to join the new country, with Annapolis as the state capital. In 1791, Washington D.C. was created from land donated by Maryland
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• Directory:William Henry Harrison
  | order=9th [[President of the United States]] | order2= [[United States Senator]] <br> from [[Ohio]]
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• Directory:Mississippi
  ...organized in 1798 and enlarged in 1804 and 1813, also included the present state of [[Directory:Alabama|Alabama]]. Jackson is the capital and the largest ci ...t parallel as the northern boundary between Spanish Florida and the United States. Despite this, Spain continued to occupy Natchez. The two countries settled
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• Directory:Millard Fillmore
  | nationality = [[United States|American]] | order = 13th [[President of the United States]]
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• Directory:Wisconsin
  ...tory:United States of America|United States]]. It was admitted as the 30th state in [[Year Admitted:=1848]]. First settled by the French, the region was ced ...an Revolution, when the Old Northwest formally passed (1783) to the United States and was made (1787) a part of the Northwest Territory. After Jay's Treaty (
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• Directory:Franklin Pierce
  | nationality=United States | order=14th [[President of the United States]]
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• Directory:Delaware
  ...the eastern [[Nation Located In::Directory:United States of America|United States]] on the Atlantic Ocean. It was admitted as the first of the original Thirt ...e the first state to ratify the new Constitution of the United States. The state constitution of 1776 was superseded by a new constitution in 1792, which pr
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