Tag: US state capitols
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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: 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…