During the 19th century, the New Hampshire economy was dominated by the textile and shoe industries. By the early 20th century, the Amoskeag Mill in Manchester was the largest textile mill in the world.
With the Fourth of July passed, we move into deep summer! Also, we are more than halfway through our States of Modern blocks. This week we go to Nebraska! For Quilters, Nebraska is all about the International Quilt Study Center and Museum in Lincoln. Home to the largest publicly held quilt collection in the world, […]
Montana: Big Sky Country! Wide open spaces filled with ranches, farms and national parks! From Yellowstone to Little Bighorn Battlefield NAtional Monument, Montana is a spectacular place to visit and a lovely place to live.
Missouri: Home of Mark Twain, Harry Truman and… The ice cream cone! As the story goes, it was at the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904 that the ice cream cone was invented. An ice cream vendor ran out of cups and, thinking quickly, asked a waffle vendor to help by rolling up waffles to […]
Ahh… Mississippi… Home of gracious Southern Hospitality, lovely Magnolia Trees and… Celebrated in the oldest spelling song in the nation. I can not type the name Mississippi without singing the letters in my mind!
Minnesota: Land of 10,000 Lakes is familiar to many of us as the home of Mary Richards in the Mary Tyler Moore Show. That show took place in the Twin Cities: Minneapolis and Saint Paul. But there is so much more to this beautiful state! That nickname of Land of 10,000 Lakes is no joke. […]
Interesting… Wikipedia points out that Michigan is the only state to consist of two peninsulas. The Lower Peninsula, to which the name Michigan was originally applied, is often noted to be shaped like a mitten. The Upper Peninsula (often referred to as “the U.P.”) is separated from the Lower Peninsula by the Straits of Mackinac, […]
The Massachusetts flag has the elegant state seal on the field of white. For a modern take, I interpreted the flag in a minimalist design.
As a young girl of ten, I was told the romantic story of Black-eyed Susan (The Maryland State Flower). While I’ve long forgotten the details, I’ve always remembered to dramatic, romantic essence of the tale. My Maryland research brought it back to me… (All hail the internet!)
Maine, The Pine Tree State, is our northernmost state on the Atlantic seaboard. With the motto, “Dirigo” which means “I Lead” it isn’t surprisiong that the North Star is included on the Maine State seal and its flag.
