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Notes From the SoutheastWritten by Justin Williams

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Table of ContentsThe Sunshine State................................................... 2All That Jazz ................................................................... 4Sweet Home Alabama.............................................. 6Mighty Mississippi ..................................................... 8Life’s a Peach ............................................................ 10Walking in Memphis ............................................... 13The Bluegrass State .............................................. 16The Carolinas ............................................................. 19Southern Exposure ................................................. 21Glossary ....................................................................... 23Index ............................................................................... 24

Mercer-Williams House MuseumSavannah, Georgia

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Alabama

Tennessee

Kentucky

WestVirginia

Virginia

NorthCarolina

SouthCarolina

Georgia

Mississippi

Florida

Louisiana

The Southeast

St. Augustine

Savannah

New River Gorge

LouisvilleLexington

New Orleans

The Everglades

Mobile

Montgomery

Atlanta

Tuscaloosa

Memphis

Vicksburg

Nashville

Outer Banks

DuckNags Head

Cape HatterasAsheville

Charleston

Monticello

Mt. VernonWilliamsburg

Norfolk

Birmingham

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About This BlogHey, y’all! That’s how we say “welcome” in the Southeast, where I live. My name is Justin, and in this blog I am going to tell you about some of the wonderful things I’ve seen while traveling with my parents around

the Southeast. The Southeast includes Florida, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. Join me as we explore our southeastern states!

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The Sunshine State Sunday, May 27, 2012

Florida is a land of beaches and swamps, culture and history. It’s the peninsula at the southeastern tip of the United States. If you look at the photo at the right, you can see how close Florida is to Cuba and the Caribbean and understand why they influence the state.

Many people from Cuba, Puerto Rico, Central America, and South America live in Florida, so the music you hear in places like Miami has a Latin flavor. I even learned how to salsa while I was there. During the day, I relaxed on the beach because Miami is hot!

St. Augustine, Florida, is the oldest city in America. I didn’t realize that Florida was home to so much of our country’s history. We visited the Castillo de San Marcos, the oldest fort in the United States.

The Caribbean

Cuba

This aerial nighttime photo shows how close Florida is to Cuba and the Caribbean.

Castillo de San Marcos Alligator looking at you

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We also went to Everglades National Park in Florida. People go there to camp, hike, canoe, and explore. I was most excited to see some wildlife. The park is home to more than fourteen endangered species!

People call the Everglades the “River of Grass,” but I call the part that we visited a swamp. There are eight other habitats within the park, and maybe we’ll get back to explore them one day. You want to know the coolest part? We went canoeing in Nine Mile Pond. While we paddled, I kept a lookout for eyes popping out of the water. Sure enough, I saw some! There were alligator eyes looking right back at me. So cool.

If you ever go to Florida, be sure to get a glass of orange juice for breakfast. Tons of oranges are grown in Florida and sold around the country. Florida oranges make delicious juice!

Does anyone have any favorite Florida hotspots?

1 COMMENT:Julia | Tuesday, June 5, 2012We went to the Florida Keys for vacation. We visited Ernest Hemingway’s house. He’s a famous author who lived in the Keys and wrote about the waters off Florida in The Old Man and the Sea.

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Endangered Species in the Everglades

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All That JazzSaturday, August 25, 2012

Bienvenue! Did you know that France used to own Louisiana? When Thomas Jefferson was president,

the United States bought the Louisiana Territory from France.

Louisiana is full of Cajun and Creole culture. You can see French and

Spanish influences in the architecture and food and hear it in the language. Check out my dictionary of words that I learned in Louisiana. Most of them have to do with the great food there.

Louisiana sits on the Gulf of Mexico, so many people work on the water. The Mississippi River empties into the Gulf in southern Louisiana. So while we were there, we ate a lot of seafood! I couldn’t bring myself to eat alligator after visiting the Everglades, but restaurants serve it. I stuck to po’boys, jambalaya, and crawfish. Louisiana produces the most crawfish in the country!

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andouille: Spicy sausage used in Cajun food.

beignet: Square doughnuts covered in powdered sugar.

bon appetit: Enjoy your food.

cayenne: Hot pepper.

etouffee: A type of tomato sauce used on seafood, such as crawfish.

po’ boy: Submarine sandwich made with different types of meat or seafood.

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Crawfish boil is a delicacy in Louisiana. Satellite view of the Mississippi River delta

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We liked crawfish so much that we thought we’d try catching them. We took a small boat out on a bayou. It reminded me of the Everglades, so I was on the lookout for alligators. We dropped baskets into the black water one day and came back the next to see what we caught. Our basket was full of crawfish. They looked like tiny lobsters!

One of my favorite parts of our trip was going to New Orleans to see my uncle’s band play in a parade. Their style of music, called Dixieland jazz, is big in New Orleans. It made me want to jump in the parade and march along! They were influenced by Louis Armstrong, a famous trumpeter. I loved it so much that now I’m taking trumpet lessons. One day maybe I’ll play at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

Did I leave anything out?

2 COMMENTSSteven | Sunday, August 26, 2012I’ve been to Louisiana and I noticed that a lot of the signs are written in English and French. Some of the people I met spoke French too. My dad said it’s because of Louisiana’s French heritage. Also, a lot of French-speaking people came from Canada to Louisiana. I bet they liked the winters better in Louisiana!

Wendy | Saturday, December 8, 2012The capital of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, is fun. My grandmother moved there after her house flooded during Hurricane Katrina.

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Louis Armstrong, famous jazz trumpeter

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Sweet Home Alabama Monday, September 17, 2012

We went to Tuscaloosa for a football game at the University of Alabama. Football is a really big deal in Alabama. Their team is called the Crimson Tide, so there were people wearing red and stickers that said “Roll Tide” everywhere! You might think that football is all there is to do in Alabama, but it isn’t.

One thing you can do is visit the U.S.S. Alabama, a huge World War II battleship, in Mobile. Mobile is a big port on the Gulf of Mexico.

While in Alabama, I found myself imagining what it would be like to live long before Europeans ever came to America. Many Native American tribes lived in Alabama and other areas in the Southeast. I like to explore their history. We visited the Oakville Indian Mounds where some tribes lived and hunted. It was pretty cool to see petroglyphs carved into rocks that told stories left by the Native Americans. I bought an arrowhead at the gift shop.

Alabama is also home to a Civil War trail because some of the battles of the Civil War were fought in Alabama. In fact, the Confederate States of America began in Alabama, and that government’s version of the White House is still there. We also went to a Civil War reenactment. Men dress up in Civil War uniforms and act out the different battles. Many Confederate soldiers are buried in Alabama. Even though they lost the war, you can still learn their history.

Civil War reenactment

Montgomery

Mobile

Selma

Ebeneezer ChurchColumbus

Birmingham

Day’s Gap

Decatur

Sand Mountain

Ft. Blakely

Atlanta

Civil War Trail in Alabama

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We also saw some historic plantation houses.

Back then, you were either family of the plantation owner and lived in the house, or you worked as a slave on the cotton farm. Plantation life was very different for owners and slaves. Slaves were mistreated.

African Americans continued to struggle for civil rights long after slavery ended. The most famous woman in the civil rights movement, Rosa Parks, lived in Montgomery, Alabama. Back then, African Americans were supposed to give up their bus seats for white people. One day, Rosa refused to move, and that action started the Montgomery Bus Boycott, an important part of the civil rights movement.

I liked learning about those times, but I definitely would not have wanted to live in Alabama back then. Today I’m happy to be wearing my red jersey and yelling “Roll Tide, Roll!”

1 COMMENTJax | Wednesday, September 19, 2012Another famous lady lived in Alabama—Helen Keller. We just read a book about her in school. She was deaf and blind, but she had a teacher named Annie Sullivan who taught her to communicate.

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Plantation house

Rosa Parks

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Mighty MississippiSaturday, October 20, 2012

Mississippi is tucked right between Louisiana and Alabama and sits on the Gulf Coast. The state’s name comes from Native American words meaning great river. That makes sense because the Mississippi River flows right along the entire border of the state and into the Gulf. Some people visit the Mississippi River for agritourism. Check out the page I made on that.

There’s no better way to see the river than on a riverboat! A riverboat is big and is propelled by a paddlewheel on the back.

You also see pontoon boats, canoes, kayaks, and people water skiing on the river. Mississippi is definitely made for water activities.

On one of the stops on our riverboat cruise, we went catfishing in a channel. My dad caught a catfish. Take a look at the photo. Can you tell why it’s called a catfish? Look at those whiskers!

Riverboat with paddlewheel cruising on the Mississippi River.

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Vicksburg

Jackson

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Take a cruise and catch some shrimp or catfish.

Visit dairy farms that sell the best ice cream you’ve ever tasted. You can wash it down with a glass of fresh milk and see the cow it came from.

Explore different types of trees.

Visit farms to pick local crops such as blueberries. In fall, run through a corn maze!

What is agritourism?

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There was a battle in Mississippi during the American Civil War called the Siege of Vicksburg. It’s when the Union tried to gain control of the Mississippi River from the Confederates. The Union troops blocked supplies from coming into the city for six weeks until the people were so hungry that they surrendered. You can visit the battlefield today and picture how close the Union and Confederate troops were to each other during the battle.

Does anybody else know fun stuff about Mississippi?

1 COMMENTMariah | Tuesday, October 30, 2012The Natchez Trace Trail runs through Mississippi. It used to be a trade route for the Natchez Indians. Today you can walk the trails.

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Union General Logan’s division took up quarters in trenches in front of Shirley’s House, also known as the White House, during the Siege of Vicksburg, 1863.

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Life’s a Peach Sunday, April 7, 2013

Ah, Georgia! The peach state is one of my favorites in the Southeast! Georgia grows the best peaches, so it’s the official fruit of the state.

If you want to see a completely unique city, visit Savannah with its waterfront and seaport along the Savannah River. The town is also full of historic architecture and landscaped squares where you can sit on a bench and enjoy a glass of sweet tea while you imagine antebellum

times. You’re sure to feel the Southern charm in Savannah.

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Juliette Gordon Lowbirthplace

Mercer-Williams HouseMuseum

St. John the BaptistCathedral

Architecture of Savannah

Forsyth Park in Savannah

Atlanta

Savannah

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Aerial view of the squares of Savannah

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From Savannah, you can head northwest to Atlanta to explore civil rights history. Atlanta was the home to the great Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He was a very important leader in the civil rights movement—in the South and nationwide. You should hear his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. Dr. King wanted equality for all people in the country. If you visit the King Center in Atlanta, you can learn about his life, his dream, and his influence on the United States.

Atlanta’s population and businesses have been steadily growing. New skyscrapers keep changing the skyline. Atlanta is home to many finance companies, and it hosted the 1996 Olympics at Centennial Park.

Atlanta skyline

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. giving his “I Have a Dream” speech during the March on Washington in Washington, DC, on August 28, 1963.

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If you want to be outdoors in Georgia, you can hike the end of the Appalachian Trail. It runs all the way from Maine to the Chattahoochee National Forest in Georgia, winding through the mountains. There are cabins you can stay in that overlook beautiful mountain waterfalls.

2 COMMENTSAudrey | Sunday, April 7, 2013Juliette Low, the founder of the Girl Scouts, was born in Savannah!

Jeff | Monday, April 29, 2013Did you know that both Coca-Cola™ and Pepsi™ started in Atlanta?

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Waterfalls on the Appalachian Trail in Georgia

A trail marker celebrates the portion of the Appalachian Trail that extends into Georgia.

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Walking in MemphisSaturday, June 8, 2013

The Southeast is famous for its music. Nashville, Tennessee is the country-music capital of the world. You can visit the Ryman Auditorium and go to the Grand Ole Opry, a famous weekly music show. Dozens of leading country music stars have stood on that stage, including Dolly Parton, Garth Brooks, Carrie Underwood, and Rascal Flatts. Anywhere you go in Nashville, you can hear the sounds of honky-tonks floating through the air.

Nashville is famous for country music, but Memphis calls itself both Home of the Blues and the Birthplace of Rock and Roll. Elvis Presley, the King of Rock and Roll, lived in Memphis. We visited Graceland, where he lived and is buried. We walked down Beale Street and toured the W.C. Handy house. He was a famous blues musician.

The Great Smoky Mountains in Appalachia are a great place to visit—just look out for black bears! They live in the Smokies and are like mascots of the mountain range. They’re not the only animal there, though. You could also see foxes, elk, otters, and many different types of snakes and birds. While we were

there, we went tubing in Little River. We sat in tubes and floated down a calm part of the river. There is also whitewater rafting, which involves dangerous rapids, so I’ll do that when I’m older.

Great Smoky MountainsNational Park

Knoxville

Nashville

Memphis

GatlinburgPigeon Forge

Blue Ridge Mountains

Tennessee

Ryman Auditorium

W.C. Handy house on Beale Street

In 1970, President Richard Nixon met Elvis Presley, the king of rock and roll, in the White House.

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Another mountain range in eastern Tennessee is the Blue Ridge Mountains. They got their name because they actually look blue! The Appalachian Trail runs through the range, and so does the Blue Ridge Parkway. You can follow the parkway to many other towns in Tennessee, including Gatlinburg, Knoxville, and Pigeon Forge which is home to Dollywood, Dolly Parton’s theme park. Check out all the crafts made by local people living along the way.

Another famous person from Tennessee was Sequoyah. He was part of the Cherokee tribe, and he developed an alphabet for his people to learn to read and write in their language. You can visit his birthplace in the state today.

The blue view of the Blue Ridge Mountains

Sequoyah developed an alphabet in the Cherokee language.

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Cherokee live in many different states, but most of them moved to Oklahoma in the 1800s during the Trail of Tears.

The Trail of Tears was when Indians from the eastern part of the country were forced to move to a reservation in Oklahoma. Some of the Cherokee tried to stay in their homes in the mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina. But the government forced them to move. It was winter, and many Cherokee died along the journey.

1 COMMENTCamron | Sunday, June 9, 2013Did you know giant Sequoia trees in California are named for Sequoyah?

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Map of the Trail of Tears

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The Bluegrass StateSunday, July 14, 2013

Before we left for Kentucky, I read about it online. Kentucky is called the Bluegrass State and is where Abraham Lincoln was born. He taught himself to read in a little cabin that is still there today. Lexington, Kentucky, is known as the Horse Capital of the World. The Kentucky Derby, a famous horse race, is held every year at Churchill Downs in Louisville. Eastern Kentucky is in the Appalachian Mountains, and has beautiful hills and hollows.

Horse racing is a big sport in Kentucky.

Abraham Lincoln lived in this log cabin at Knob Creek.

Kentucky

Frankfort

Louisville LexingtonRed River Gorge Bridge

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park

Mammoth CaveNational Park

Big South Fork River and Recreation Area

Cumberland Gap National Historical Park

National Parks in Kentucky

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We love camping, so we decided to visit Red River Gorge in the Appalachian region of Kentucky. We camped near the natural bridge, which is a bridge that was naturally formed by rock. We also went zip lining through the forest. What a rush! We started at the top of the canopy, and we flew down through the trees. We also stopped to watch some climbers scaling the rocks of the gorge. I’ll be back one day to try that.

Finally, we stopped for lunch at Cumberland Falls, called Niagara of the South. It’s a wide waterfall that flows into a gorge. As we ate, we watched some rafters launch their boats into the river.

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Cumberland Falls, nicknamed the Niagara of the South

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Red River Gorge isn’t the only natural place to explore in Kentucky. There’s also Mammoth Cave, the world’s longest cave! You can tour the inside and see evidence of the Native Americans who lived there thousands of years ago.

Just one last thing. Bluegrass! It’s the music you hear the whole time you’re in Kentucky! It’s like fast country music with banjos. We heard it most at the barbecue joints where we ate. I’m not surprised that Kentucky is called the Bluegrass State, but they could also call it the Barbecue State!

1 COMMENTWyatt | Thursday, July 18, 2013Did you learn anything about Daniel Boone while you were there? He explored and settled in Kentucky. There are a lot of folk tales about him, but some of the adventures are true! Natural Bridge State park and Cumberland Falls are both in the Daniel Boone National Forest.

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Mammoth Cave

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The CarolinasWednesday, September 18, 2013

You can’t go to North Carolina and not visit the Outer Banks. You can visit a lot of different beaches, such as Duck, Nags Head, and Cape Hatteras. You might see lighthouses to explore or wild ponies roaming around. My favorite activity was following the trail of Blackbeard the pirate! The wreck of his ship, Queen Anne’s Revenge, is still off the coast of North Carolina.

North Carolina wasn’t only home to pirates—some famous pilots lived there too! The Wright brothers flew the very first plane on the beaches of North Carolina in 1903. You can see a model of their plane today at the Wright Brothers Visitor Center.

North Carolina is also home to the Research Triangle, where many companies do advanced science. The location brought jobs to North Carolina and boosted the economy. Companies in the Research Triangle make innovations in technology, green living, engineering, and communications.

Charleston

Columbus

Ft. Sumter

Duck

Asheville

Nags Head

Cape Hatteras

Raleigh

North Carolina and South Carolina

Wild ponies of North Carolina Model of the Wright Brothers’ first flight

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In western North Carolina is Asheville, in the Blue Ridge Mountains. It has a giant house called the Biltmore that is supposed to look like a European palace. Lots of people like to hike in the mountains around the estate.

In Charleston, South Carolina, you can visit Fort Sumter, where the first shots of the Civil War were fired. Charleston is a beautiful old city with lots of history. It has cobblestone streets and many horsecarts, so when you cross the street, watch where you are walking! Charleston is a port on the Atlantic Ocean, and it has great seafood.

1 COMMENTIsaac | Monday, September 23, 2013Did you know that the Carolinas were one colony until 1710? First it was named Carolus, then Carolina, and then split into North and South.

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The Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina

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Southern ExposureThursday, November 7, 2013

Virginia and West Virginia are the northernmost states in the Southeast region. Eight U.S. presidents were born in Virginia. You can still see George Washington’s and Thomas Jefferson’s homes there. With its stately columns, Jefferson’s home, Monticello, is famous for its architecture and gardens. You can tour the house and the plantation and imagine the Revolutionary War times. Mount Vernon, Washington’s home, is on the Potomac River. It is not as big or grand, but Washington owned a lot of land and a lot of slaves. They were all freed when he died, though. You can learn a lot about Washington and Jefferson by visiting their homes.

Williamsburg is a reconstruction of a colonial town. While we were in Williamsburg, we saw a reenactment of the Revolutionary War. The entire town takes part in the reenactment, and you can talk to shopkeepers, politicians, and slaves from the time period. It really helped me understand that era better.

Norfolk has one of America’s biggest Navy ports. You can go on a boat to see all the aircraft carriers, submarines, and other ships. Nearby, you can visit Jamestown, where the first settlers of America lived, and Yorktown, where the Revolutionary War was won!

WestVirginia

Virginia

Snowshoe Mountain

Canaan Valley

New River Gorge

CharlestonMonticello

(Jefferson’s home)

Mt. Vernon(Washington’s home)

Williamsburg

Norfolk

Richmond

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Colonial Lady

In colonial Williamsburg, women wore long gowns with hoop skirts and petticoats. They often had lace aprons.

Colonial Gentleman

Men wore three-cornered felt hats. They wore knee-length coats, breeches that reached the knee, with stockings to cover the rest of the legs. They often walked with canes.

Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s home near Charlottesville, Virgina

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Virginia is also home to Skyline Drive, a scenic ride along the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It’s pretty cool to see bears, deer, and all kinds of smaller critters crossing the road.

West Virginia is great for outdoor activities too. It’s covered in mountains. West Virginia gets snow in winter, and it can be great for skiing and snowboarding. You can even go snow tubing at places like Snowshoe Mountain and Canaan Valley. All of this makes West Virginia unique in the Southeast.

New River Gorge is home to some of the best fall colors around that you can see from the highest bridge for cars in the United States.

You can walk on a catwalk underneath the bridge to get a spectacular view of the gorge. The tall bridge even shuts down to traffic once a year so daredevils can bungee jump and parachute toward the river 876 feet below! Tourists come from all over to see this. I think it’s crazy!

West Virginia also has a long history of coal mining and is still known as coal country.

2 COMMENTSMariah | Thursday, November 7, 2013You should also try to visit Harpers Ferry, WV. It’s great for hiking and history.

Camron | Monday, November 18, 2013Did you know that West Virginia used to be part of Virginia? During the Civil War, people in West Virginia wanted to stay with the Union, while the rest of Virginia went with the Confederates, so they split into two states.

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Parachuting off the New River Gorge Bridge

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Glossaryadvanced: On the forefront.

agritourism: Industry based on people touring agricultural centers such as farms.

antebellum: Before the Civil War.

arrowhead: Pointed tip of an arrow carved from stone.

bayou: Marsh.

canopy: Treetop level of a forest.

channel: Narrow waterway.

civil rights: Rights that all citizens of a country should have.

colonial: Period in American history before the Revolutionary War.

crawfish: Small shellfish that looks like a lobster.

crest: Highest part of a hill or mountain.

developed: Established.

endangered: Almost extinct.

evidence: Clues.

expedition: Trip for exploring.

finance: Having to do with money.

fort: Building used during war.

gorge: Valley, canyon.

heritage: Traditions and customs from older generations.

hollows: Small valleys.

influence: Impact.

innovations: Inventions, improvements.

landscaped: Maintained, gardened.

mistreated: Abused.

peninsula: A body of land surrounded by water on three sides.

petroglyphs: Drawings on rock.

plantation: Farm, manor.

propelled: Drove, pushed.

reenactment: Acting out a historical event.

reservation: Land set aside for Native Americans.

seaport: Harbor.

siege: A blockade of an area, such as a fort or city, to get it to surrender.

settled: Established.

skyline: A city’s horizon.

stately: Noble.

territory: Area.

unique: Special.

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indexAlabama .............................. 1, 6Appalachia ............................. 13Appalachian Mountains ..... 13, 16Appalachian Trail .................... 12Armstrong, Louis ...................... 5Asheville .......................... 19, 20Atlanta ............................ 11, 12Atlantic Ocean ........................ 20Baton Rouge ............................ 5Beale Street ........................... 13Blue Ridge Mountains . 14, 20, 22Biltmore................................. 20Birmingham ............................. 7Boone, Daniel ........................ 18Brooks, Garth ......................... 13Canaan Valley ........................ 22Cape Hatteras ........................ 19Castillo de San Marcos ............. 2Charleston ................. 19, 20, 21Chattahoochee

National Forest .................... 12Cherokee ......................... 14, 15Churchill Downs...................... 16Civil War ...............6, 7, 9, 20, 22Columbus .............................. 19Confederate States of America .. 6Cuba ....................................... 2Cumberland Falls .................... 17Daniel Boone National Forest .. 18Dollywood .............................. 14Duck ..................................... 19Everglades National

Park Florida ........................... 3

Florida ................................. 1, 2Florida Keys ............................. 3Fort Sumter ...................... 19, 20France ..................................... 4Gatlinburg .............................. 14Georgia.............................. 1, 10Graceland .............................. 13Grand Ole Opry ....................... 13Great Smokey Mountains ........ 13Gulf Coast ............................... 8Gulf of Mexico .......................... 4Handy, W.C. ............................ 13Harpers Ferry ......................... 22Hemingway, Earnest .................. 3Jamestown ............................ 21Jefferson, Thomas .............. 4, 21Keller, Helen............................. 7Kentucky ............................ 1, 16Kentucky Derby ....................... 16King Center ............................ 11King, Jr., Dr. Martin Luther ....... 11Knoxville ................................ 14Lexington ............................... 16Lincoln, Abraham .................... 16Little River ............................. 13Louisiana ............................. 1, 4Louisiana Territory ................... 4Louisville ............................... 16Low, Juliette ........................... 12Mammoth Cave ...................... 18Memphis ............................... 13Miami ...................................... 2Mississippi .......................... 1, 8

Mississippi River .................. 4, 8Mobile ..................................... 6Montgomery Bus Boycott ........... 7Monticello .............................. 21Mount Vernon ......................... 21Nags Head ............................. 19Nashville ............................... 13Natchez Trace Trail .................... 9Natural bridge ........................ 17New Orleans ............................ 5New Orleans Jazz and

Heritage Festival .................... 5New River Gorge ............... 21, 22Nine Mile Pond ......................... 3Norfolk .................................. 21North Carolina .............. 1, 15, 19Oakville Indian Mounds ............ 6Outer Banks ........................... 19Parks, Rosa ............................. 7Parton, Dolly .......................... 13Pigeon Forge .................... 13, 14Potomac River ........................ 21Presley, Elvis .......................... 13Queen Anne’s Revenge ............ 19Rascal Flatts .......................... 13Red River Gorge ..................... 17Research Triangle ................... 19Revolutionary War ................... 21Ryman Auditorium................... 13Savannah ........................ 10, 12Sequoyah ............................... 14Siege of Vicksburg .................... 9Skyline Drive .......................... 22

Snowshoe Mountain ............... 21South America .......................... 2Southeast .......................... 1, 13South Carolina ................... 1, 19St. Augustine ........................... 2Sullivan, Annie ......................... 7Tennessee ......................... 1, 13Tuscaloosa............................... 6Trail of Tears .......................... 15Underwood, Carrie .................. 13University of Alabama ............... 6U.S. Navy ............................... 21U.S.S. Alabama ........................ 6Virginia .............................. 1, 21Washington, George ................ 21West Virginia ................ 1, 21, 22Williamsburg .......................... 21Wright brothers ...................... 19Wright Brothers Visitor Center .. 19Yorktown ................................ 21

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