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  • Seeds of a Nation - Colorado

    Tamra B. Orr

    Hardcover (KidHaven Press, May 30, 2003)
    Now you can find out all about the many things Colorado's beautiful mountains have witnessed as the unexplored territory slowly grew to be a bustling state. The history of this state will fasciante you--and make you want to pack your bags and hit the road to see it all for yourself.
    T

  • Seeds of a Nation - Kansas

    Patricia D Netzley

    Library Binding (KidHaven Press, Nov. 8, 2002)
    Kansas Territory played an important part in both the Westward Migration and the battle between pro- and anti-slavery forces prior to the Civil War. This book explores these and other aspects of Kansas's history as it traces the development of the territory from the time it was first occupied by Plains Indians until it achieved statehood in January 1861.
    U

  • Seeds of a Nation - Arizona

    Pierre Levy, Deanne Durrett

    Library Binding (KidHaven Press, May 30, 2003)
    Arizona became the 48th State in 1912. It is the land of rugged mountains, desert valleys, and the Grand Canyon. This beautiful scenery provided the backdrop for many western movies based on Arizona's frontier days. The state's early history is rich with real locations and real names that made Hollywood westerns exciting such as OK Corral, Tombstone, Doc Holiday, Wyatt Earp, Chochise and Geronimo. Today, however, the wild west has been tamed and replaced with grazing cattle, cotton fields, Citrus groves, and tourism. (20020301)
    U

  • Seeds of a Nation - New Jersey

    Teresa L. Hyman

    Library Binding (KidHaven Press, July 3, 2003)
    From the beautiful Kittatinny Mountains to the rivers that form its borders, New Jersey is a state bathed in beauty and grounded in history. This book examines the beginnings of The Garden State and its unique journey from English colony to third state in the United States of America. (20020301)
    T

  • Florida

    Elizabeth Weiss Vollstadt

    Library Binding (Kidhaven, Dec. 1, 2001)
    Discusses Florida's early history beginning with the arrival of Native Americans, through the era of Spanish exploration and European settlement, to secession during the Civil War.
    Q

  • Seeds of a Nation - Georgia

    Vyvyan Lynn

    Library Binding (KidHaven Press, May 26, 2003)
    Georgia, land of mountains, rolling hills, pine forests, and golden isles became a state on January 2, 1788. The "Empire State of the South" was the first southern state and the fourth state in the nation to sign the Constitution. This volume chronicles Georgia's first citizens, European explorers, colonization, and statehood.
    R

  • Seeds of a Nation - New York

    Stuart A Kallen

    Hardcover (KidHaven Press, Oct. 3, 2001)
    Even before it became a state in 1788, New York was a multicultural region populated by Native Americans, Africans, Dutch, Germans, English, and others. New York examines the colony's long, exciting history from the Iroquois through the Revolutionary War and statehood.
    Q

  • Seeds of a Nation - Indiana

    Stuart A Kallen

    Hardcover (KidHaven Press, Oct. 3, 2001)
    The Hoosier state was once part of the vast Northwest Territory inhabited by the Miami and other native tribes. With the coming of the French and English fur traders the region was changed forever. Indiana explores the history of the state from its indigenous origins to the beginning of statehood in 1816.
    R

  • Seeds of a Nation - Washington

    Stuart A. Kallen

    Library Binding (KidHaven Press, May 30, 2003)
    Washington state has a long and engrossing history peopled by Native American whale hunters, European sea captains, and explorers of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Kidhaven's Washington explores the natural beauty and eventful history of the Evergreen State before it was admitted to the Union in 1889.
    X

  • Oklahoma

    Deanne Durrett

    Library Binding (Kidhaven, Jan. 1, 2003)
    Traces the history of Oklahoma, focusing on the ancient Clovis culture, nomadic Wichita tribes, European exploration, the creation of Indian Territory, white settlement during the Boomer Movement, and statehood in 1907.
    Z

  • Seeds of a Nation - Pennsylvania

    Margaret Coull Phillips

    Library Binding (KidHaven Press, Jan. 13, 2003)
    This is the story of the early history of Pennsylvania and its role in the formation of our nation. Its focus is on Pennsylvania's very early inhabitants, William Penn and his Charter, and the beginnings of statehood.
    R

  • Seeds of a Nation - Massachusetts

    Don Nardo

    Library Binding (KidHaven Press, April 18, 2003)
    One of the most historic states in the Union, Massachusetts was the site of some of the earliest European colonies in North America, as well as the opening battles of the American Revolution. This informative volume examines the Native American tribes who originally inhabited the area, the coming of the whites, and the major events leading to statehood in 1788. (20020301)
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