In Texas
Texas was the next to last state to reenter the union of the United States of American after the end of the War Between the States or the Civil War. That occurred on March 30, 1870. The last was Georgia a few months later on July 15, 1870. Over its history Texas has been part [...]
The Maryland Colony
The history of the Maryland Colony began with a failed attempt by George Calvert, the First Lord Baltimore, in Newfoundland. Calvert had been the Secretary of State under King James I and he had requested a chance to build a colony in the New World. The “Province of Avalon” began settlement in 1623 and by [...]
The State of Maine
On March 15, 1820 the State of Maine was admitted to the union of the United States as its 23rd State. The first European settlement in Maine was in 1604 by a French party that included Samuel de Champlain. The first English settlement in Maine was established by the Plymouth Company at Popham in 1607. [...]
Maryland
Maryland formally recognizes March 25th, as the day of its founding. It was on that day in 1634 that the first settlers sent by Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Lord Baltimore established the first settlement in land chartered to the Calvert’s. Mathias de Sousa listed in records as a Mulatto was of probable African and Portuguese descent. [...]
James Cook’s Sandwich Island
On January 18, 1778 Captain James Cook discovered an island chain in the Pacific Ocean. He named the islands the Sandwich Island to honor John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, who was one of his sponsors. Today these islands are known as the State of Hawaii. In James Cook’s log is an entry describing the [...]
The Eleven States of the United States
It was on July 26, 1788 that New York became the eleventh state to ratify the Constitution of the United States. The Constitution’s Seventh Article stated that “The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same.” The ninth to ratify [...]
State of California
On September 9, 1850 California became the 31st state of the United States of America. It was admitted as a Free State. The name California is believed to derived from a paradise ruled by Queen Califia. The Myth of Califia was first recorded in 1510. It it thought that this myth helped to fuel the [...]
State of Minnesota
Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the 32nd state on May 11, 1858. he name comes from the Dakota language. The word Mnisota can be translated into sky-tinted water, and so named the Minnesota River. The State took its name from the river. [...]
Partriots’ Day
April 19, 1775 has been determined to be the first battle of the American Revolution. It was on that day that the Battles of Lexington and Concord, near Boston were fought. The first shots were fired shortly after first light. This day is observed in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the State of Maine, which [...]
Juan Ponce de León
April 2nd is a holiday in Florida because on April 2, 1513, Palm Sunday, the explorer Juan Ponce de León first landed on the Florida Peninsula at a location near present day St. Augustine. It’s believed that this was the first time that an European had stepped onto the peninsula. Ponce de León named it [...]
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