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The States, Mountains, and
Rivers
Cover Page by Allie Reisman
Northeast States
This region includes
Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont,
Pennsylvania,
Maryland, Delaware,
Rhode Island, New
York, New Jersey,
and Connecticut.
Connecticut
State Capital: Hartford
Region: Southern
New England
Two Important Places:
Gillete Castle State Park
Yale University
By Sydney Meyer
Massachusetts
Cranberries
• Capital: Boston
• Region: Southern New
England
Two Most Important
Things:
• This state was one of the
original 13 colonies.
• Almost half the
cranberries grown in the
United States are grown
here.
Michaela Myers
Rhode Island
Capital- Providence
Region- Southern New
England
Two places you
should visit in Rhode
Island:
Newport and Block
Island
By Krista Bauer
Maine
• State capital is
Augusta.
• This state is in
the Northern New
England region.
• Two great things
to see here are
Mount Katahdin
and Acadia
National Park.
By: Louis Moore
New Hampshire
• The state capital is
Concord.
• The region it is
located is Northern
North England.
• A place to visit is
Dartmouth College.
• Another place to visit
is White Mountain
National Park.
By Allie
Reisman
Map of Hew Hampshire
observatory
By Trenton Brogan
Vermont
Map of
Vermont
• The capital of Vermont is Montpellier.
It is located in the region known as the
Northern New England Region.
• One place to go if you visit there is
Mount Mansfield .
• Another place to visit is the White
Mountains.
The White Mountains
Fall in Vermont
New Jersey
Indian Woman Cooking
• Capital: Trenton
• Region: Upper Atlantic
Two Most Important
Things:
• Its great beaches are
its second largest
industry.
• Waterloo Village, a
peek into the past is
located in it.
Abigail Sallee
A Beach
New York
Two most important
State Capital: Albany
things about this state:
• Niagara Falls
Region: Northern New
England
• Statue of Liberty
By Emma S.
Delaware
• Capital: Dover
• Region: Mid-Atlantic
Region: Mid-Atlantic
By: Landyn Mann
Historical building in New Castle
which is a city in Delaware
By: Rileigh Dickson
Maryland
• Capital: Annapolis
• Region: Mid- Atlantic
Two Important Facts:
Fort McHenry National Monument
U.S. Naval Academy
U.S. Naval Academy
Francis Scott
Key watches
Fort McHenry
Pennsylvania
Capital: Harrisburg
Region: Mid-Atlantic
Two Important Places:
Independence National Park and the Liberty Bell
Hershey’s World of Chocolate
By Sydney Meyer
Southeast States
• The southeast region
of the United States
includes the states of:
Florida, Georgia,
South Carolina, North
Carolina, Virginia,
Alabama, Mississippi,
Kentucky, Tennesse,
Arkansas, Louisiana,
and West Virginia.
Virginia
Capital: Richmond
Region: Atlantic
Trivia Fact
George
Washington lived
in Mt. Vernon
Dylan
Cain
West Virginia
State Capital: Charleston
Region: Atlantic
Trivia Fact
West Virginia’s state tree is the
sugar maple, the state bird is
the cardinal, and the state
flower is the rhododendron.
Region: Atlantic
The cardinal,
rhododendron,
and sugar maple.
By:
Emma T.
North Carolina
Capital: Raleigh
Region: Lower Atlantic
Trivia Fact
Michael Jordan
graduated from
the University of
North Carolina.
Dylan Cain
South Carolina
A Garden
• Capital: Columbia
• Region: Lower Atlantic
Two Most Important
Things:
• Brook greens garden
is located in it.
• The Hallelujah Singers
that sings gospel
music and tells stories
about slaves from the
earliest time
Abigail Sallee
Kentucky
• Capital: Frankfort
• Region: South East
Two most important
things:
• Kentucky Derby
• Mammoth Cave
By: Emma S.
Georgia
• Capital: Atlanta
• Region: Southeast
Region: Southeast
By: Justin
Linkmeyer
Stone Mountain
Tennessee
Capital: Nashville
Region: Southwest
Two Important Places:
Great Smoky Mountain National
Park
Shiloh National Military Park
By Sydney Meyer
Alabama
• Capital:
Montgomery
• Region: The South
Two most important
things
• Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr. led a large march
for blacks.
• It was the first state to
call 911
By: Kyra Hull
B
By Jonathon Ward
Mississippi
• The capital of
Mississippi is
Jackson.
• Mississippi is in the
region of the south.
• The two most
important things
about this state is the
Vicksburg National
Park, another is
Jefferson Davis
home.
Mississippi
Jefferson Davis
Florida
Louisiana
• Capital: Baton
Rouge
• Region: South
Central
Two most important
things
• It is famous for its
Mardi Gras
• 1915 New Orleans's
jazz was spread
through Chicago.
By: Kyra Hull
Arkansas
• Capital: Little Rock
• Region: South
Central
Two Most Important
Things:
• It has The Ozarks
located in it with
Whitaker Point.
• It has Hot Springs
National Park
located in it.
Abigail Sallee
Hot Springs
Midwest States
• The Midwest states
are made of Indiana,
Ohio, Illinois,
Missouri, Kansas,
Nebraska, North
Dakota, South
Dakota, Iowa,
Wisconsin, Minnesota
and Michigan.
Illinois
Capital: Springfield
Region: Midwest
Trivia Fact
Ray Kroc
established the
first Mc Donald’s
in Des Plaines,
Illinois
Dylan Cain
Indiana
State Capital: Indianapolis
Region: Eastern Great
Lakes
Region: Eastern
Great Lakes
Trivia Fact
Abraham Lincoln spent
14 years of his youth life
in Indiana.
By: Emma T.
Abraham Lincoln
Michigan
State Capital: Lansing
Region: Eastern Great
Lakes
By: Emma S.
Two Most Important
Things
• Mackinac Bridge
• Great Lakes (Huron
and Michigan)
Minnesota
• Capital: St. Paul
• Region: Western
Great Lakes
Two most important things
• You can wade across the
Mississippi River
• 1674 Daniel Greysolon
Seiur Duluth claimed
most of Minnesota for
France.
By: Kyra Hull
Map of Wisconsin
By Emily Greiwe
Wisconsin
• The state capital of
Wisconsin is Madison.
• Wisconsin is in the
Western Great Lakes.
• A place you can visit
in Wisconsin is
Wisconsin is known for their cheese
Apostle Islands
National Lake Shore.
• Wisconsin is also
known for their
cheese.
Apostle Islands
Ohio
• Capital: Columbus
• Region: Eastern
Great Lakes
Region: Eastern Great Lakes
By: Landyn Mann
Some buildings in Columbus which
is the capital and the largest city of Ohio.
By: Rileigh Dickson
Missouri
• State Capital:
Jefferson City
• Region: South
Central
Two Important Things :
Gateway Arch
Ozark Mountains
Gateway Arch
Ozark Mountains
North Dakota
• State capital is
Bismarck.
• In the Great Plains
regions.
• One place to see is
the Red River.
• Another place to
see is the
Theodore
By: Louis Moore
South Dakota
Capital- Pierre
Region- Great Plains
Two places you
should visit in South
Dakota:
Mount Rushmore
and Custer State Park
By Krista Bauer
Nebraska
• State capital is Lincoln,
Nebraska.
•Nebraska is in the Great
Plains regions.
•One man-made landmark to
visit in Nebraska is
Carhenge.
•One natural feature in
Nebraska to visit is Chimney
Rock.
By Kyle Bumbala
Iowa
Capital: Des Moines
Region: Western Great
Lakes
Trivia Fact
Iowa is the 29th
American State
Dylan Cain
The Southwest States
The Southwest region
are the states of
Arizona, New Mexico,
Texas, and
Oklahoma.
Arizona
• The capital of Arizona
is Phoenix.
• Arizona is in the
West region.
• The two most
important things
about Arizona is the
Grand Canyon and
Tombstone.
By Kyle Bumbala
By Trenton Brogan
Nevada
• The capital of Nevada
is Carson City.
• Its location is in The
West.
• The Hoover Dam is in
Nevada.
• Also if your visiting I
would go to lake
Tahoe.
Hoover Dam
Nevada map
Lake Tahoe
Utah
• The state capital is
Salt Lake City.
• Region: West
• You would want to
see:
• The Great Salt Lake
• Bryce Canyon
National Park.
Bryce Canyon
Texas
• The capital of Texas
is Austin.
• Texas is in the
Southwest region.
• The two most
important things in
Texas is the Alamo
and Big Bend
National Park.
By Chase Hogg
Texas
Alamo
Big Bend National
Park
Oklahoma
• The capital of Oklahoma
is Oklahoma City.
• The two most important
things about Oklahoma is
Woodlark Ranch,
museum and Wildlife
Preserve, and the
Chickasaw Recreation
Area.
• This states region is
located in the South
Central.
By Chase Hogg
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
The West States
The western states
are California, Utah,
Nevada, Oregon,
Washington,
Wyoming, Colorado,
Montana, Idaho,
Alaska, and Hawaii.
California
• The capital is
Sacramento.
• The region it is located in
is The Pacific.
• A place to visit is
Yosemite National Park.
• You would also like to go
to Hollywood.
By Allie Reisman
Map of California
Yosemite National
Park
• The state capitol
is Denver.
• Region: The
Southwest
• You would want
to see:
• Rocky Mountain
National Park
• Mesa Verde
National Park
Colorado
Mesa Verde National Park
Rocky
Mountains
New Mexico
• The capital of New
Mexico is Santa Fe.
• New Mexico is in the
Southwest region.
• The two most important
things about New Mexico
is El Camino Real and
the Aztec Ruins National
Monument.
By Kyle Bumbala
Montana
• Capital: Helena
• Region: The Great
Plains
Two Most
Important Things:
• You can take part in
wagon trains.
• Glacier National Park
is located here.
Michaela Myers
Glacier National Park
Wyoming
• The capital of Wyoming is
Cheyenne.
Wyoming
•
The two most important
things about Wyoming
are the Yellowstone
National Park, the other
important thing is the
Buffalo Bill Historical
Center.
• This states region is
located in the Great
Plains.
Washington
• The state capitol
is Olympia.
• Region: The
Northwest
• You would want
to see:
• Olympia National
Park
• Mount Rainier
National Park
Seattle
By Trenton Brogan
Oregon
Map of
Oregon
• The capital of Oregon
is Salem.
• Its in the region know
as the Northwest.
• Two places to go
there are Crater Lake
National Park and
Mount Hood.
Mount hood
Crater Lake
Map of
Idaho
By Emily Greiwe
Idaho
• The capital of Idaho is
Boise.
• Idaho is located in the
Northwest Region.
• Craters of the Moon
National Monument is in
Idaho.
• If you ever go to Idaho
you can visit the
Shoshone Falls.
Shoshone Falls
Craters of the Moon National Monument
Alaska
• Capital: Juneau
• Region: Northwest
Region: Northwest
Mount McKinley
Totem Pole
By: Justin Linkmeyer
By: Rileigh Dickson
Hawaii
• State Capital:
Honolulu
• Region: The Pacific
Two Important Things:
Hawaii Volcanoes
National Park
Haleakala National Park
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Halekala National Park
Rivers
There are 6 main river
drainages in the
United States.
Ohio River
Location: Southern Indiana
Illinois, and Ohio and
Northern Kentucky and
West Virginia.
Dylan Cain
Snake River
• Rises in Wyoming and
near the Continental
Divide in Yellowstone
National Park.
• It is the chief branch of
the Columbia River.
• 125 miles long
• Used by pioneers while
traveling the Oregon Trail.
Shoshone Falls
By Allie Reisman
Mississippi
River
• Called Old Man River
• Rushes out of Lake
Itasca in
Northwestern
Minnesota
Columbia River
• Located in
Washington, Oregon,
and Canada.
• Flows 1,996 km total
• Second longest river
in the Western
Hemisphere.
• Flows into the Pacific
Ocean
Michaela Myers
Columbia River
Rio Grande River
• The Rio Grande is
the 3rd largest river.
It is about 1,885
miles long.
• Rio Grande is
Spanish for Great
River.
By: Kyra Hull
Colorado
River
• The Colorado River
rises in the Rocky
Mountains and flows
into Utah and down
into Arizona until it
gets to the Gulf of
California.
• It flows through and
has carved out the
Grand Canyon.
Missouri
River
• It is the 2nd longest
river in the United
States.
• It runs through Red
Rock Creek in Rocky
Mountains into the
Southwestern
Montana.
Mountain Ranges
• There are three main
mountain ranges in
the United States.
• They include the
Rocky Mountains, the
Appalachian
Mountains, and the
Sierra Nevada.
Rocky Mountains
The Rocky Mountains are run
through many parts of the U.S.
and Canada The states the
Rocky Mountains are in include
Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah,
Colorado, New Mexico,
Washington, and Alaska. In
Canada the Rockies go through
Alberta and British Columbia.
The Rocky Mountains are the
biggest mountain range in North
America.
By Krista Bauer
Appalachian Mountains
The Appalachian Mountains are
mainly in the United States. The
Appalachian Mountains are in
Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee,
South Carolina, North Carolina,
Virginia, Maryland,
Pennsylvania, Vermont, New
Jersey, New York, New
Hampshire, Maine, and
Massachusetts. This mountain
range is the second biggest in
North America.
By Krista Bauer
Sierra Nevada Mountains
The Sierra Nevada is a
huge mountain range in
California. It is about 400
miles long. Its width is
somewhere between 40
and 70 miles. This
mountain range has
many peaks that rise
more than 14,000 feet
high.
By Sydney Meyer