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This challenge is to have a DYK article written by two or more collaborators for every state in the United States.
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Alabama
Alaska St. Michael's Cathedral (Sitka, Alaska) Brooks Mountain Pinguk River ... that St. Michael's Cathedral (pictured) in Sitka, Alaska was burglarized by Major General Jefferson C. Davis in 1867?Brooks Mountain Alaska contains deposits of zeunerite ?tributary of the Pinguk River Brooks Mountain , the highest mountain in the York Mountains range?
Arkansas
Arizona
California Fremont Hotel, Los Angeles , Thomas Pascoe 1920s in Los Angeles ... that the Fremont Hotel Thomas Pascoe Charlie Chaplin 's debut film, Making a Living 1920s Los Angeles Philharmonic began its summer series at the Hollywood Bowl (pictured) ?
Colorado Mount Elbert ... that to ensure Mount Elbert (pictured) remained the highest of the Rockies , its supporters tore the top off another mountain ?
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois Chicago in 1930 ... that when the Merchandise Mart opened in Chicago in 1930
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Massachusetts
Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana Petroleum County ... that the Rokel River (pictured) , which extends over an area of 2,950 square kilometres (1,140 sq mi), became a Ramsar wetland site of importance in 1999?
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma Black Mesa ... that Black Mesa Oklahoma ?
Oregon Siskiyou Pass , Siskiyou Summit ... that the historic Siskiyou Pass Siskiyou Summit Interstate 5 ?
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
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