SOUTH DAKOTA

SD

"THE ARTESIAN/BLIZZARD/COYOTE/SUNSHINE STATE/LAND OF PLENTY"
'Under God, The People Rule'
'Great Faces, Great Places'

CAPITAL: Pierre
ADMITTED TO UNION: November 2, 1889 - 40th State
FLOWER: Pasque (May Day Flower)
TREE: Black Hills Spruce
BIRD: Chinese Ring-necked Pheasant
INSECT: Honeybee (Apis Mellifers L.)
ANIMAL: Coyote
FISH: Walleye
FOSSIL: Triceratops (A Horned Dinosaur)
MINERAL: Rose Quartz
GEMSTONE: Fairburn Agate
JEWELRY: Black Hills Gold
GREETING: "How Cola!" (Hello Friend)
SONG: "Hail! South Dakota!"
REGION: Midwestern State

TENNESSEE

TN

"THE BIG BEND/LION'S DEN/HOG AND HOMINY/VOLUNTEER STATE/MOTHER OF SOUTHWESTERN STATESMEN"
'Agriculture and Commerce'

CAPITAL: Nashville
ADMITTED TO UNION: June 1, 1796 - 16th State
CULTIVATED FLOWER: Iris (genus Iridaceae)
TREE: Tulip Poplar (Liriodendron Tulipifera)
BIRD: Mockingbird (genus Mimus polyglottos)
WILDFLOWER: Passion Flower (Maypop, Wild Apricot, Ocoee) {genus Passiflora}
ROCKS: Limestone (Tennessee Marble), and Agate (cryptocrystalline quartz)
ANIMAL: Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
AMPHIBIAN: Tennessee Cave Salamander
REPTILE: Box Turtle
BUTTERFLY: Zebra Swallowtail
GAME BIRD: Bobwhite Quail
COMERCIAL FISH: Channel Catfish
GAME FISH: Largemouth Bass
AGRICULTURAL INSECT: Honeybee
INSECTS: Firefly and Ladybug
GEM: Tennessee River Pearl
FINE ART Porcelain Painting
FOLK DANCE: Square Dance
LANGUAGE: English
POEM: "Oh Tennessee, My Tennessee" (by William Lawrence)
RAILROAD MUSEUM: Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Hamilton County
SONGS: "My Homeland, Tennessee";
"When it's Iris Time in Tennessee";
"My Tennessee";
"Tennessee Waltz";
"Tennessee";
"Rocky Top"
REGION: Southern State

TEXAS

TX

"THE LONE STAR/BEEF/BANNER STATE"
'Friendship'

CAPITAL: Austin
ADMITTED TO UNION: December 29, 1845 - 28th State
FLOWER: Bluebonnet (Buffalo Clover, Wolf Flower, el Conejo){Lupinustexems}
FLOWER SONG: "Bluebonnets"
TREE: Pecan
BIRD: Mockingbird (mimus polyglottos)
GEMSTONE: Blue Topaz
INSECT: Monarch butterfly
STONE: Petrified Palmwood
PLAYS: "The Lone Star," "Texas," "Beyond the Sundown," "Fandangle"
SONG: "TEXAS, OUR TEXAS"

UTAH

UT

"THE BEEHIVE/DESERET/MORMON/SAINT/SALT LAKE STATE/LAND OF THE SAINTS"
'Industry'

CAPITAL: Salt Lake City
ADMITTED TO UNION: January 4, 1896 - 45th State
FLOWER: Sego Lilly
TREE: Blue Spruce
BIRD: Seagull
GEM: Topaz
ANIMAL: Elk
FISH: Rainbow Trout
INSECT: Honeybee
EMBLEM: Beehive
SONG: "Utah, We Love Thee"
REGION: Rocky Mountain State

VERMONT

VT

"THE GREEN MOUNTAIN STATE"
'Freedom and Unity'

CAPITAL: Montpelier
ADMITTED TO UNION: March 4, 1791 - 14th State
FLOWER: Red Clover
TREE: Sugar Maple
BIRD: Hermit Thrush
ANIMAL: Morgan Horse
INSECT: Honeybee
BEVERAGE: Milk
SOIL: Tunbridge Soil Series
SONG: "Hail, Vermont!"
REGION: New England State

VIRGINIA

VA

"THE ANCIENT DOMINION/CAVALIER/OLD DOMINION STATE/MOTHER OF PRESIDENTS/MOTHER OF STATESMEN/MOTHER OF STATES"
'Sic Semper Tyranis'
('Thus Ever to Tyrants')

CAPITAL: Richmond
ADMITTED TO UNION: June 25, 1788 -10th State
FLOWER: Flowering (American) Dogwood
TREE: American Dogwood Tree
BIRD: Cardinal
DOG: American Foxhound
SHELL: Oyster Shell
BEVERAGE: Milk
SONG: "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny"
REGION: Southern State

WASHINGTON

WA

"THE EVERGREEN/CHINOOK STATE"
'Alki'
'By and By'

CAPITAL: Olympia
ADMITTED TO UNION: November 11, 1889 - 42nd State
FLOWER: Coast Rhododendron
TREE: Western Hemlock
BIRD: Willow Goldfinch
INSECT: Green Darner Dragon Fly (Mosquito Fly)
FISH: Steelhead Trout
GEM: Petrified Wood
GRASS: Bluebunch Wheatgrass
DANCE: Square Dance
FRUIT: Apple
SHIP: "President Washington"
FOLK SONG: "Roll On, Columbia, Roll On"
SONG: "Washington, My Home"
REGION: Pacific Coast State

WEST VIRGINIA

WV

"THE MOUNTAIN/PANHANDLE STATE/SWITZERLAND OF AMERICA"
'Montani Semper Liberi'
('Mountaineers are Always Freemen')

CAPITAL: Charleston
ADMITED TO UNION: June 20, 1863 - 35th State
FLOWER: Rhododendron (Big Laurel) (Rhodendendron maximum)
TREE: Sugar Maple (Acer saccarum)
BIRD: Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
ANIMAL: Black Bear (Ursus Americanus)
FISH: Brook Trout
BUTTERFLY: Monarch Butterfly
FRUIT: Apple
SONGS: "West Virginia My Home Swee t Home," "This is My West Virginia," "The West Virginia Hills"
REGION: Southern State

WISCONSIN

WI

"THE BADGER/COPPER STATE/AMERICA'S DAIRYLAND"
'Forward'

CAPITAL: Madison
ADMITTED TO UNION: May 29, 1848 - 30th State
FLOWER: Wood Violet
TREE: Sugar Maple
BIRD: Robin
MINERAL: Galena
ROCK: Red Granite
ANIMAL: Badger
DOMESTIC ANIMAL: Dairy Cow
WILD ANIMAL: White-tailed Deer
FISH: Muskellunge
INSECT: Honeybee
SOIL: Antigo Silt Loan
SYMBOL OF PEACE: Mourning Dove
SONG: "On, Wisconsin!"
REGION: Midwestern State

  WYOMING

WY

"THE EQUALITY/BIG WYOMING/COWBOY/SAGEBRUSH STATE/WONDERLAND OF AMERICA"
'Equal Rights'

CAPITAL: Cheyenne
ADMITTED TO UNION: July 10, 1890 - 44th State
FLOWER: Indian Paintbrush (castilleja linariaefolia)
TREE: Cottonwood (Populus sargentii)
BIRD: Meadowlark (Sturnella Neglecta)
MAMMAL: Bison (Bison bison)
GEMSTONE: Jade (Nephrite)
FISH: Cutthroat Trout (Salmo clarki)
REPTILE: Horned Toad (Douglassi brevirostre)
FOSSIL: Knightia
DINOSAUR: Triceratops
SONG: "Wyoming"
REGION: Rocky Mountain State