2 - State: The flags of 6 nations have flown over our state; home of Jane Long, Mother of our state; our governor has a very political family; our next door neighbors
to the east are pretty "spacey;" City/town: the two time WWBA World Champs call our neighboring city home; the Brazos River meanders through our town; 29.9N. [PROGRAM FOR R AS ANSWER]
3 - State: yellow and red flag with a zia, representing the sun, on it; state bird is roadrunner; Rio Grande runs north to south through our state; site of the first atomic bomb test explosion; Billy the Kid was killed by Pat Garrett in our state in 1881. [PROGRAM FOR F AS ANSWER]
4 - We are a small town of 865 people located at 33.35N97.69W in Wise County. We are 210 miles from our state capital which is Austin.
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5 - State: the Centennial State; Will Hobbs, author of Bearstone and Beardance, lives on the other side of our state; City/town: is on the Mountain Branch of the Santa Fe Trail; Boggsville, a historical site, is near town; the largest town near both the Arkansas and the Purgatory Rivers. [PROGRAM FOR L AS ANSWER]
6 - We are an industrial city that makes such items as aircraft parts and furniture in the southwest part of our state. We are located between the San Gabriel Mountains and the Pacific seacoast. We were home to at least two villages of Gabrielino Indians. Over time, Spanish ranches gave way to dairies and vegetable and fruit farms. By the 1900s, our development took over the area. If you know about Los Angeles, you know where we are.
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7 - We are a town in Vermilion Parish with deep Cajun roots. We grow and produce rice, cotton, and sugar. We are located in the southern part of our state which borders the Gulf of Mexico. [PROGRAM FOR A AS ANSWER]
8 - A city close to us is: at the junction of 3 important rivers in the southwestern part the state; the first "Gateway to the West" and "Steel Capital" of the world; in an area rich in coal and oil deposits; an inland port; the site of Fort Pitt (1758); Jonas Salk's polio vaccine created here; the home of Three Rivers Stadium; winner of 4 Super Bowl championships; Mario Lemieux is one of our hockey heroes. [PROGRAM FOR X AS ANSWER]
9 - City: Home of the "Miraculous Staircase," the only existing winding staircase without supports located in the Loretto Chapel; the oldest continuously occupied city in the United States; the capitol of our state [PROGRAM FOR N AS ANSWER]
10 - State: the Huskies play ball in our state; Town: Near Nathan Hale's home; famous for our texiles; our town has the same name as its river; 41N [PROGRAM FOR Z2 AS ANSWER]
11 - State - flower is the Bluebonnet; City - 30 miles from Palo Duro Canyon State Park; at an intersection of two major trunk lines for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad; birthplace of Van Cliburn a famous pianist. [Program answer as M]
12 - We are located at the far end of Hood Canal which is a long narrow inlet of salt water beginning at the junction of the Juan de Fuca and Georgia straits near Port Townsend and extending south along the eastern edge of the Olympic Peninsula Region. Our area is a recreational tourist area. Our state is in the northwest portion of the United States.
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13 - We are a small hamlet located in the Empire State. Walt Whitman taught school here briefly in the winter of 1836-37. People from our town include Geraldo Rivera, Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Billy Koch, and Jonathan Reese, a star lacrosse player in the NCAA. [PROGRAM FOR W AS ANSWER]
14 - Come to our Fiddler's Jamboree each Fourth of July weekend in DeKalb County. Visit Center Hill Lake, one of the South's most popular recreational lakes for houseboaters, waterskiers, and fishermen to relax.
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15 - We are located in the eastern time zone in Nassau County at 40.8N73.5W on Long Island. [PROGRAM FOR J AS ANSWER]
16 - City: located 3 hours southeast of our state capital; near the Hiwassee and Ocoee Rivers. The Ocoee River was home to the '96 Olympic White Water sporting events. State: College stadium with the second largest seating capacity. [PROGRAM FOR E AS ANSWER]
17 - State: leading soybean and bauxite producer; home of a US president; "Land of Opportunity;" statehood on June 15, 1836; 2.3 million people; City: annual "Toad Suck Festival;" 35N [PROGRAM FOR C AS ANSWER]
18 - Our city: is located 10 miles west on I70 from St. Fidelis Church which was named the "Cathedral of the Plains" by William Jennings Bryant; was named for a former fort located along the Smoky Hill Trail. The fort was originally called Fort Fletcher, but the name was changed in 1866. is the site of an opening scene in "Dances With Wolves" which features the fort after which our town was named; is home of the original Boot Hill; is the town where Buffalo Bill Cody lived during the time he hunted buffalo for the Union Pacific Railroad; is the home of a university whose men's basketball team won
the NCAA Division II National Championship in 1996. Former Senator Bob Dole was born in a town 25 miles east of our city. State: home to the museum honoring our 34th President; home to Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz." [PROGRAM FOR K AS ANSWER]
19 - Founded in 1777 and currently the third largest city in our state, we are located in the northern part of this Pacific coast state. [PROGRAM FOR S AS ANSWER]
20 - State: home of first kindergarten in the country; top producers of cheese and cranberries; celebrating sesquicentennial this year; football team went to the last two Super Bowls; bordered by a Great Lake on east and Mississippi River on west. City: known for its many springs; 43 N latitude [PROGRAM FOR H AS ANSWER]
21 - Located at the mouth of the Cape Fear River, the Intracoastal Waterway and the Atlantic Ocean, our city has long served as a protection harbor for sea-going craft. We have a bustling harbor area. Stede Bonnet, the Gentleman Pirate, lived in our area. [PROGRAM FOR O AS ANSWER]
22 - Located in the northern part of our state, our city is east of Ottawa. You will find grain and livestock farms. [PROGRAM FOR U AS ANSWER]
23 - Located ENE of Sumter, we are a manufacturing as well as transportation and trade center. We are located in the eastern part of our state. [PROGRAM FOR I AS ANSWER]
24 - Bounded by Oregon and Idaho, our state is the Silver State. [PROGRAM FOR Q AS ANSWER]
25 - Home of the Tombigbee River, our state's highest point is Cheaha Mt. Our city area is rich in coal, iron, and cotton. [PROGRAM FOR Y AS ANSWER]
26 - Visit the Civil War's Fort Davidson Battlefield in the Ozarks. The first ironworks in our state and west of the Mississippi River was erected along Stout's Creek near Lake Killarney. The area's most unusual recreation site, Elephant Rocks State Park has red and pink boulders, at least 1.2 billion years old, standing end-to-end on top of a mountain like a parade of red circus elephants. The largest of these is 27-ft tall, 35-ft long, 17-ft wide and weighs 680 tons.
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27 - State: Home of the Mall of America; the farthest inland ocean port in the U.S. is found here; transparent tape was invented here! Our average temperature in January is 8 degrees fahrenheit. [PROGRAM FOR Z AS ANSWER]
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