1. By Garret Harvey

2.  Capital City: Denver
 Constitution: 38th State
 Economy: Agriculture: Cattle, wheat, dairy products,
corn, hay.
 Industry: Scientific instruments, food processing,
transportation equipment, machinery, chemical products,
gold and other mining, tourism.
 Bird: Lark Bunting

3.  Capital City: Salt Lake City
 Constitution: 45th State
 Agriculture: Cattle, dairy products, hay, turkeys.
 Industry: Machinery, aerospace, mining, food
processing, electric equipment, tourism.
 Nickname: The Beehive State

4.  Capital City: Topeka
 Admission to Statehood: January 29, 1861
 Constitution: 34th State
 Agriculture: Cattle, wheat, sorghum, soybeans, hogs,
corn.
 Industry: Transportation equipment, food processing,
printing and publishing, chemical products,
machinery, apparel, petroleum, mining.

5.  Capital City: Santa Fe
 Admission to Statehood: January 6, 1912
 Constitution: 47th State
 Agriculture: Cattle, dairy products, hay, nursery
stock, chilies.
 Industry: Electric equipment, petroleum and coal
products, food processing, printing and publishing,
stone, glass, and clay products, tourism.

6.  Capital City: Hartford
 Bird: Robin
 Agriculture: Nursery stock, eggs, dairy products,
cattle.
 Industry: Transportation equipment, machinery,
electric equipment, fabricated metal products,
chemical products, scientific instruments.
 Highest Point: Mt. Frissell; 2,380 feet, 36th

7.  Capital City: Bismarck
 Admission to Statehood: November 2,1889
 Constitution: 39th State
 Origin of state's name: Dakota is the Sioux Indian
word for "friend“
 Lowest Point: Red River; 750 feet, 45th

8.  Capital City: Lincoln
 Constitution: 37th State
 Agriculture: Cattle, corn, hogs, soybeans, wheat,
sorghum.
 Industry: Food processing, machinery, electric
equipment, printing and publishing.
 Highest Point: Panorama Point; 5,424 feet, 20th

9.  Admission to Statehood: November 2, 1889
 Capital City: Pierre
 Constitution: 40th State
 Agriculture: Cattle, hogs, wheat, soybeans, milk, corn.
 Industry: Food processing, machinery, lumber and
wood products, tourism.

10.  Capital City: Olympia
 Admission to Statehood: November 11, 1889
 Constitution: 42nd State
 Agriculture: Seafood, dairy products, apples, cattle,
wheat, potatoes, nursery stock.
 Industry: Aerospace, software development, food
processing, paper products, lumber and wood
products, chemical products, tourism.

11.  Capital City: Cheyenne
 Admission to Statehood: July 10, 1890
 Area Code: 307
 Constitution: 44th State
 Economy: Agriculture: Cattle, sugar beets, sheep, hay,
wheat.
 Industry: Mining, chemical products, lumber and wood
products, printing and publishing, machinery, tourism.