State Quarters
New Jersey
"crossroads of the revolution"- washington crosses the delaware river border
Wyoming
"equality state"- first state to let women vote + bronco riding
New Mexico
Zia sun- native american symbol
Ohio
astronaut and biplane - birthplace of flight
Montana
bison skull + "Big Sky Country"
Wisconsin
cheese- cheese state
California
condor- state bird
Arkansas
diamond- diamond state
Missouri
gateway arch- was the "gateway to the west"
North Dakota
grazing bison - Roosevelt national park has wild bison in it
Alaska
grizzly bear- native wildlife
Tennessee
guitar- musical culture + trumpet (confusing)
Kentucky
horses- racehorse traditions
Hawaii
king- history as a monarchy
Maine
lighthouse- many lighthouses to protect sailors from the rocky beaches
Texas
lone star- previously an independent republic
Mississippi
magnolia state- state flower
Vermont
maple tree- maple syrup state
Massachusetts
minutemen- a militia in the Revolutionary War
South Carolina
palmetto- state tree from Fort Sumter
Georgia
peach- peach state
North Carolina
plane- first in flight
Colorado
rocky mountains
Rhode Island
sailboats- sailing culture
Iowa
schoolhouse- education state
Oklahoma
scissored tail fly catcher- state bird
Maryland
statehouse- historical buliding
Kansas
sunflower- state flower + yet another bison
Louisiana
trumpet- jazz culture + pelican + large land purchase
Nebraska
wagon- settling the west
Connecticut
white oak- state tree
Nevada
wild mustangs- wild horse state
Oregon
Crater Lake- US natural wonder
Utah
Crossroads of the West- first major railroads connecting (spike)
Virginia
Discovery, Susan Constant and Godspeed- ships that brought colonists to Jamestowne
Idaho
Esto Perpetua- Let it be perpetual - not to mention crazy large bird
Indiana
Formula 1 car + "Crossroads of America"
Arizona
Grand Canyon- Grand Canyon state
Michigan
Great Lakes
Alabama
Helen Keller- homeland
Pennsylvania
Keystone State- provided northern industry and southern agriculture
Minnesota
Land of 10,000 Lakes
Illinois
Land of Lincoln- homeland
South Dakota
Mount Rushmore- Prez Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, and Lincoln
Florida
NASA- space center
West Virginia
New River Gorge Bridge
New Hampshire
Old Man of the Mountain- mountain that looks like a man's face
New York
Statue of Liberty
Washington
The Evergreen State- lush forestland
Delaware
The First State- first state to ratify the Constitution
