Episodes

10 episodes in this season

California, North Carolina, Kansas, New Hampshire, West Virginia

60 min

Texas, Massachusetts, Arkansas, Iowa, Delaware

60 min

New York, Louisiana, Oregon, New Mexico, Vermont

60 min

New Jersey, Arizona, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Alaska

60 min

Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Hawaii, South Carolina, Montana

60 min

Florida, Indiana, Washington, Utah, Rhode Island

60 min

Illinois, Connecticut, Nevada, Mississippi, Wyoming

60 min

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Virginia, Ohio, Idaho, Alabama, North Dakota

60 min

Michigan, Tennessee, Maine, Missouri, South Dakota

60 min

E10

Georgia, Colorado, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Maryland/DC

60 min

The States

TV Series

20071h

Documentary

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Virginia, Ohio, Idaho, Alabama, North Dakota

Season 1 · Episode 8

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 seceded from the Union in 1861, Winston County tried to secede from Alabama. Teddy Roosevelt, America's first conservation president, learned valuable lessons about preserving nature while on his North Dakota ranch.

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The States

TV Series

20071h

Documentary

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Virginia, Ohio, Idaho, Alabama, North Dakota

Season 1 · Episode 8

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