Tag: State Capitols
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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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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…
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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 history has proven that is not always a wise move as fires has twice burned…
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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 charter. In 1850, when California became part of the United States, Sacramento was incorporated as…
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US State Capitols: Boise Idaho
Date Visited: July 6, 2019 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 territory now known as Idaho in 1805. There was a…
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Springfield, Illinois (Part of Travel Goal #4)
Date Visited: July 03,2018 We collect National Park cancellation stamps when we travel within the USA. On the way out from Springfield, Ilinois Denise asked if I could get a quick stamp from the old railway station in Springfield. I went to the railroad station and the door was closed but the hours on the…