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US State Capitols: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
The Louisiana State Capitol is a towering 1930s skyscraper. Date Visited: May 23, 2020 There have been humans in Baton Rouge for a long time, archaeological digs suggest maybe as far back as 12,000 BC. The first white men to come to the area were French explorers and they saw a red stick that marked…
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US Capitols: Jackson, Mississippi
Date Visited: July 9, 2021 According to a display I read in the Civil Rights Museum, Mississippi was the last bastion for segregation, and it is. It is such a beautiful state, but it still has a long way to go. Luckily Mississippi is up for the challenge. When we were in the state we…
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US State Capitols: Little Rock, Arkansas
Date Visited: July 7, 2021 The story of Little Rock is very troubling, it certainly has never been easy for the State of Arkansas, but like the gem quary they are rightly proud of, they have shined through their adversity. This is not to say they are perfect, but they are trying and they makes…
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US State Capitols: Oklahoma City, OK
Date Visited: July 6, 2021 We were only in Oklahoma City for one day but they had a beautiful capitol building. The dome was very colorful. In addition to visiting the capitol, we also went to the site of the Oklahoma City bombing which was very moving.
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US Capitols: Austin, Texas
Date Visted: July 2, 2021 We arrived in Austin and went directly to the capital building with our bags. Which kind of surprised the troopers we had so many bags with us. I saw three confederate statues on the capital grounds.
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US Capitols: Cheyenne, Wyoming
Date Visited: May 11, 2020 Cheyenne was born in 1867 when the Union Pacific passed through Wyoming with the transcontinental railroad. Growing rapidly, the territorial government made Cheyenne the territory seat in 1869. When Cheyenne became the territory seat, it also went down in history because part of it’s territorial charter was an act that…
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US 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 part of the Louisiana Purchase. The point is there is a lot of space up in that part of the land. As soon as you…
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#21, Swimming in a Hearst Castle Pool
Visited: August 24, 2019 (For the complete goal list go to http://goaltravels.com/about/) Me visiting the Neptune Pool in 2002. OK, so when I was a kid my mom loved to go on road trips. Pretty much every other weekend we drove up and down the California coast line. There was always some general destination but…
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US State Capitols: Lansing, Michigan
Visited: July 5, 2018 Austin Blair was known as the Civil War Governor and was a firm opponent to slavery. 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…
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US State Capitols: Columbus, Ohio
Visited: July 10, 2018 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 lot of back and forth but in the end they decided…