The States(2007)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2007-04-21
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 0.0
Votes: 0
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 10
The States is a 2007 American documentary television series about the history of each state in the United States of America, narrated by Edward Herrmann. The show documents each of the 50 states in the union. The show begins with an introduction to the five states to be documented within the episode. Each state's segment begins with the narrator giving a clue as to what that state might be, and then revealing the answer. There is then a billboard that pops up showing the state nickname, motto, population, population ranking within the union, date the state entered the union, and state flag. During interviews with historians or notable people from a state, the state's quarter is shown. Since the series was produced in 2007, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, Alaska, and Hawaii are shown with their flags. Those quarters were released in 2008 The show then highlights the history of the state itself, including notable events that have happened there, and highlights other noteworthy things in that state. In 2010 a sister presentation and then series, How the States Got Their Shapes was aired.
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Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 10E01
California, North Carolina, Kansas, New Hampshire, West Virginia
Air Date: 2007-04-21
The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 and subsequent major tremors along the San Andreas Fault prompted California sci...
E02
Texas, Massachusetts, Arkansas, Iowa, Delaware
Air Date: 2007-04-28
Another history lesson filled with surprising facts, figures and stories from five American states. Texas hit the jac...
E03
New York, Louisiana, Oregon, New Mexico, Vermont
Air Date: N/A
Travel back to the origins of New York City at New Amsterdam, the 16th century Dutch merchant colony. Discover how Fr...
E04
New Jersey, Arizona, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Alaska
Air Date: 2007-05-12
Crossing the icy Delaware River on Christmas night, 1776, allowed George Washington to surprise the British at Trento...
E05
Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Hawaii, South Carolina, Montana
Air Date: 2007-05-19
Ground Hog Day in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, dates back to 1886 and an ancient European holiday called Candlemass Da...
E06
Florida, Indiana, Washington, Utah, Rhode Island
Air Date: N/A
Hurricanes, lightning and alligator-filled swamps made Florida an unwelcome candidate for statehood, yet it continues...
E07
Illinois, Connecticut, Nevada, Mississippi, Wyoming
Air Date: 2007-06-02
The Cahokia civilization thrived in the region known today as Illinois, from 700 to 1400 AD, but when the culture mys...
E08
Virginia, Ohio, Idaho, Alabama, North Dakota
Air Date: N/A
Virginia was not only the home of the first permanent British colony; it was the birthplace of eight presidents of th...
E09
Michigan, Tennessee, Maine, Missouri, South Dakota
Air Date: 2007-06-16
Michigan's logging industry helped build fortunes, but over-harvesting also threatened the environment. Davy Crocket,...
E10
Georgia, Colorado, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Maryland/DC
Air Date: 2007-06-23
Stone Mountain, Georgia, a monument to three heroes of the Confederacy, dwarfs Mt. Rushmore. The Denver Mint in Color...
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