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State-by-State
ATLAS
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State-by-State
ATLAS
Justine Ciovacco, Kathleen A. Feeley,
and Kristen Behrens
DK PUBLISHING, INC.
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CONTENTS
LONDON, NEW YORK, MUNICH, THE UNITED STATES 6
MELBOURNE, AND DELHI
Managing Editor Beth Sutinis
Art Editor Megan Clayton
Editorial Assistant Madeline Farbman THE NORTHEAST STATES 8
Publisher Chuck Lang
Creative Director Tina Vaughan
Editorial Director Valerie Buckingham Maine 10
Production Chris Avgherinos New Hampshire 12
MEDIA PROJECTS INC. Vermont 14
Executive Editor Carter Smith Massachusetts 16
Project Editor Kristen Behrens
Designer Laura Smyth Connecticut 18
Photo Researcher Kristen Behrens Rhode Island 20
Assistant Photo Researcher James Burmester
Photo Research Assistants Katie Briggs and Céline Geiger New York 22
New Jersey 24
First American Edition 2002
2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1 Pennsylvania 26
Published in the United States by DK Publishing, Inc. Delaware 28
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in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, THE SOUTHEAST STATES 32
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Kentucky 38
Library of Congres Cataloging-in-Publication Data Tennessee 40
Ciovacco, Justine. North Carolina 42
State-by-state atlas / by Justine Ciovacco, Kathleen A. Feeley, and Kristen Behrens.— 1st American ed.
p. cm. South Carolina 44
Includes index.
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1S.BUNn i0t-e7d8 S9t4a-t9es2—57G-1eography—Juvenile literature. 2. United States—Maps for children. 3. U.S. states— Arkansas 46
Juvenile literature. [1. United States—Geography. 2. United States—Maps. 3.Atlases.] I. Feeley, Kathleen,
1968- II. Behrens, Kristen. III.Title. Mississippi 48
E161.3.C56 2002 Alabama 50
912.73—dc21
2002154881 Georgia 52
Louisiana 54
Florida 56
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THE MIDWEST STATES 58 THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN STATES 98
Minnesota 60 Wisconsin 62 Idaho 100
Montana 102
Michigan 64 Iowa 66
Wyoming 104
Illinois 68 Indiana 70
Utah 106
Ohio 72 Missouri 74
Colorado 108
Pronghorn
THE PACIFIC STATES 110
Wheat field
THE PLAINS STATES 76
North Dakota 78
South Dakota 80
Nebraska 82
Kansas 84
Oklahoma 86
Wagon train
Willa Cather
Alaska 112 Washington 114
Oregon 116 California 118
Hawaii 120
THE SOUTHWEST
STATES 88
WASHINGTON, D.C. AND OUTLYING
REGIONS 122
Nevada 90
Arizona 92
Puerto Rico, the U.S.
New Mexico 94
Virgin Islands, Guam, and
Texas 96
American Samoa 124
Index 126
Saguaro
cactus
Gila monster
George Washington
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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
orth America was inhabited for as many as 15,000
Nyears before Europeans arrived.The first
permanent European settlement
was established in Florida in 1565.
211 years of colonization followed, until the United
States was established in 1776. Since then, the nation WASHINGTON
has grown from 13 states to 50 and spread across the
continent.The United States came to symbolize MONTANA
political, economic, and religious freedom for
OREGON
immigrants who arrived from every corner of
the world.Today, with a population exceeding IDAHO
288 million, the U.S. is an international power, WYOMING
leading the world in food production,
technological innovation, and more.
NEVADA
UTAH
ALASKA CALIFORNIA COLORADO
HAWAII
ARIZONA
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FOroSmE MwaITteEr fNalAlsT tIoO gNrAovLe sP AofR gKiant sequoia trees to the flower-filled MNEXEIWCO
fields of the Tuolumne meadows, the 761,236 acres (308,072
hectares) of this national park were saved from development
primarily through the efforts of environmentalist John Muir, the
founder of the Sierra Club.The landscape was formed
millions of years ago when glaciers created the
path in which the Merced River flows.
SOUTHWEST STYLE
The Spanish, and later
the Mexicans, once
held the southwestern
regions of what would
become the United
States.Today the flavor of
Latin culture is still
present in open-air
markets such as this one in
San Antonio. Many of the
place names in this region
can trace their names to
Spanish roots, as can many
of the people.Thirty-two
percent of Texas’s
population, for example,
claims Latino heritage.
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GOLDEN CORN
Corn is among the United
States’ top crops, generating
millions of dollars in revenue
each year. Much of that corn
is grown in the country’s
center, with Iowa leading in
corn production. Corn is
used as feed for livestock, but
it is also processed into meal,
oil, and other products that
are shipped throughout the NEW ENGLAND REGATTA
country, and the world. The Head of the Charles regatta, held in Boston,
Massachusetts each year, is just one of New
England’s events that link the bustling present
to the historic past. Boston is a city loaded
with colonial history; it was central
to the nation’s birth during the NEW
Lake Superior
American Revolution. HAMPSHIRE MAINE
NORTH
DAKOTA VERMONT
MINNESOTA
Lake Huron
WISCONSIN
SOUTH
MASSACHUSETTS
DAKOTA NEW YORK
MICHIGAN
RHODE
ISLAND
IOWA PENNSYLVANIA CONNECTICUT
NEBRASKA
NEW JERSEY
OHIO
ILLINOIS
DELAWARE
INDIANA
MARYLAND
WEST
BIG APPLES
VIRGINIA WASHINGTON,
KANSAS MISSOURI VIRGINIA D.C. New York City is called
the “Big Apple,” but not because
KENTUCKY New York state is a top apple producer—
although it is. In the 1920s and 1930s,
NORTH
apple was jazz musicians’ slang for city—
CAROLINA
and the biggest apple was NYC.
TENNESSEE
OKLAHOMA
ARKANSAS SOUTH
CAROLINA
ALABAMA
GEORGIA
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LIBERTY BELL
Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love, was
also central to the United States’ birth in
1776.Among the important historic sites are
Benjamin Franklin’s home; Independence
Hall, where the Declaration of Independence
was signed; and, of course, the Liberty Bell.
THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA
The Mississippi River takes a roughly 2,300-mile (3,701-
km) journey from its source in Minnesota to the
Mississippi Delta in Louisiana.Today, as when René-
Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle journeyed up the river
in 1682, the mighty waterway is a “river road” that
reaches from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico.
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THE NORTHEAST STATES
lthough Spanish expeditions reached the Northeast’s coastline in the
A1500s, English, Dutch, and French explorers claimed the region.At
that point,American Indians had been living there for as long as 10,000
years. Nine of the 11 Northeast states—Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New
Hampshire, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware,
and Maryland—were among the 13
original British colonies.This The Statue of Liberty, a 305-foot-high
(93 m) statue, was a gift from the French
region was also a center for gaso vseyrmnmboeln ot.f Dwedlcicoamteed t oin im18m8i6g,r aitn sttsa fnrodms
patriot protest in the years apreoduensdta tl,h “eT hweo rNlde. wT hCeo ploosesums ”o bny itEsmma
Lazarus, reads, in part, “Send these, the
leading up to the American
MAINE hlaommpe bleessi,d te mthpee gsto-tldoestn t od omoer!,” I lift my
Revolution.
VERMONT
夝Augusta
Montpelier 夝
NEW Later, the Northeast was the U.S. Industrial
HAMPSHIRE Revolution’s birthplace.The port cities of Boston, New
NEW YORK Con夝cord York, and Baltimore have long made the region a
Albany 夝 MASS. 夝Boston center for commerce and trade.These cities have also
served as gateways for immigrants who continue to
CO
夝NN. 夝 Providence contribute to a diverse population and culture.
PENNSYLVANIA Hartford RISHLAONDDE Outside the region’s urban centers is rural land
dotted with apple orchards and dairy farms.The
Atlantic Coast’s rich fishing grounds continue to fuel
Harrisburg 夝 夝Trenton the region’s economy while the area’s natural beauty,
NEW JERSEY rich history, and vibrant cities draw visitors year round.
MARYLAND
Annapolis 夝 夝Dover CLIMATE
DELAWARE The region has warm, humid summers and cold, snowy
winters. From north to south, there is a wide variation
Autumn in the Northeast in weather. Maine receives as much as 90 inches (229
brings brilliantly colored cm) of snowfall each year, with an average winter
foliage in the countryside,
which draws many visitors temperature of 22°F (-6°C), while eastern Maryland
rtoa ntghes r eagnido nri’vs emr voaulnletaysin. has a humid subtropical climate and receives relatively
little snowfall—its winter temperature average is 35°F
(2°C). Coastal regions are also subject to hurricanes and
storms called nor’easters, which can cause floods and
blizzards.The Adirondack Mountains in New York and
the Green Mountains in Vermont are among the
Northeast’s many mountain ranges. Here weather
conditions tend to be colder and windier with peaks
that are snow-covered even in early summer.
KEY DATES
Pilgrims land at Plymouth A major act of colonial Delaware is the first state of
1620 Rock and establish the first 1772 defiance against Great 1787 the original 13 to ratify the
permanent settlement by white Britain takes place in Rhode Island, new U. S. Constitution. Rhode
people in the Northeast. where colonists sink the Gaspee, a Island is the last to do so, in 1790.
British customs ship.
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LANDSCAPE
Glaciers shaped the Northeast’s landscape as far south
as Long Island, New York, creating mountain chains
and river valleys.The region’s highest peak, Mt.
Washington, lies in New Hampshire. Forests cover
much of the land; more than 60 percent of
Connecticut is forested, making it an ideal
location to enjoy the Winslow Homer’s painting
Maine Fisherman captures the
Northeast’s fall foliage.
travails of the commercial
fishermen who have worked
The region’s
the waters of the North Atlantic
Atlantic coastline is since colonial times.
also a source of
work and play.The
long shoreline changes
New England
from the steep rock cliffs lobster Jersey and Pennsylvania.The Northeast is rich in
of Maine to the sandy historic attractions: the Statue of Liberty welcomes
beaches of the coastal plain, visitors to New York Harbor, and Independence
stretching south to New Jersey and Hall, in Philadelphia, is where the Declaration of
Delaware.The 130-mile (209-km) New Independence and the U.S. Constitution were drafted.
Jersey coast is a popular destination for a day at Meanwhile, New England is a region within a
the beach.The Jersey shore also features the boardwalk region—the states of Connecticut, Maine,
of Atlantic City and the bright lights of that city’s Massachusetts, New
gambling casinos. Commercial fishermen navigate the Hampshire, Rhode Island,
coastal waters of Maine, Massachusetts, and Delaware, and Vermont share the
catching lobster in the waters of New England and “Yankee” spirit.
crab to the south in the Chesapeake Bay.
ECONOMY
Seaports, always essential
to the economy of the
Northeast, have thrived
through the years because
of trade, shipbuilding, and
fishing. Maryland’s
Chesapeake Bay provides
much of the nation’s blue
crab harvest, while lobster
is an important catch in New York City, an international center of
finance, commerce, and culture, is the
Philadelphia’s Independence Hall is one of many historic sites in the Northeast from the New England. Publishing, nation’s largest city with a population
Revolutionary period. The hall is part of a national park site that also houses the Liberty Bell. insurance, and finance of more than eight million.
companies are found in the Northeast’s major cities.A
LIFESTYLE wide variety of agricultural goods are produced, too,
The Northeast includes the hustle and bustle of New including ice cream from Vermont’s dairy products.
York City as well as the natural beauty of the Massachusetts’s Cape Cod and the Civil War battlefield
Appalachian Mountains. City dwellers can escape to at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, are just a two of the
the Delaware Water Gap, which extends from New attractions that bring tourist revenue.
Francis Scott Key writes The Battle of Gettysburg The New York Stock Terrorists attack New York
1812 1863 1929 2001
the nation’s anthem after in Pennsylvania is a key Exchange crashes, ending a City and Washington,
observing the British attack on victory for the Union.The war period of growth and prosperity and D.C., on September 11, killing more
Fort McHenry, Maryland, during ends following the South’s ushering in the Great Depression. than 3,000 people. New York City’s
the War of 1812. surrender in 1865. World Trade Center towers collapse.
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