1. California, North Carolina, Kansas, New Hampshire, West Virginia
Aired: Apr 21, 2007The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 and subsequent major tremors along the S...
The States
Season 1 Episode 8: Virginia, Ohio, Idaho, Alabama, North Dakota
Virginia was not only the home of the first permanent British colony; it was the birthplace of eight presidents of the United States. "The Gravity Grand Prix" has been an annual event in Akron, Ohio, since the 1930s and today draws 500 young entrants from around the nation. The discovery of gold, then lead, copper, zinc and silver, has made Idaho one of the richest mineral producing states in the nation. Poor hill farmers in Winston County rarely owned slaves and when Alabama secede...
