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	Wisconsin.gov - - State Symbols (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		State Rock: Red Granite Chosen for its economic importance in the state in 1971, the speckled igneous rock is composed of quartz and feldspar.
		State Insect: Honeybee (Apis mellifera) The state recognized the sweet contributions of the honeybee as it buzzed from blossom to blossom in 1977.
		State Grain: Corn (Zea mays) Used for everything from livestock feed, to ethanol fuel, to the cornerstone of a delectable summer barbecue, corn was made the official state grain in 1989 to bring attention to its many uses.
	www.wisconsin.gov /state/core/wisconsin_state_symbols.html (638 words)

	Georgia Secretary of State \| State Fossil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		In 1976, the shark tooth was designated the official state fossil.
		Probably one of the most sought-after fossils by amateur collectors, the shark tooth is a relatively common fossil in the Georgia coastal plain.
		Fossilized shark teeth are found in a range of colors--from the more common fls and grays to whites, browns, blues and reddish browns.
	www.sos.state.ga.us /state_capitol/education_corner/state_fossil.html (69 words)

	Capitol Classroom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		State Bird: In 1950, the General Assembly chose the northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) as the state bird because of its bright plumage and cheerful song.
		State Boat: In 1988, the Chesapeake Bay deadrise was adopted as the official boat of the Commonwealth.
		State Insect: In 1991, the tiger swallowtail butterfly (Papilio glaucus linne) was adopted as the state insect.
	legis.state.va.us /CapitolClassroom/9-12/9-12Emblems.htm (1449 words)

	Ohio state fossil
		Ohio State University geologists unearthed the fossil remains of a...
		In 1985, Ohio¡¯s state fossil became the isotelus, commonly known as the trilobite.
		Fossil Cockroach Scientists at Ohio State University discovered a 3.5-inch-long, 300 million-year-old fossil cockroach in a coal mine in northeastern Ohio.
	www.goldcheese.com /ohio+state+fossil.html (988 words)

	Encyclopedia: State fossil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		A U.S. state is any one of the 50 states (four of them use the term commonwealth) which have membership in the federation known as the United States of America (USA or U.S.).
		FOSSIL stands for Fido Opus Seadog Standard Interface Layer and was made by a group of Fidonet sysops to make their software work on different machines.
		Alabama is a state located in the southern United States; the population of Alabama is 4,447,100 as of 2000.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/State-fossil (4526 words)

	Official State of Alabama Fossil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Fossil remains of this gigantic whale were first found in Clarke County about 1833; bones were later discovered in Choctaw and Washington Counties.
		Fossil remains of the Basilosaurus cetoides may not be removed from the state without prior written approval of the governor.
		The ancient whale fossil is most abundant in Alabama and many zeuglodon skeletons have been found here.
	www.archives.state.al.us /emblems/st_fosil.html (207 words)

	Pennsylvania Geological Survey: The State Fossil
		The firefly, for example is the state insect, milk is the state beverage, and the restored replica of Admiral Perry's famous flagship, the brig Niagara, is the official flagship of Pennsylvania.
		Complete fossil specimens are rare because the animals were composed of rigid outer skeletal segments joined by flexible organic connections that decayed on the death of the animal.
		This common abundance of trilobite parts in the fossil record, in fact, was enhanced by the fact that the animals grew by casting off their outer skeleton in a series of molt stages.
	www.dcnr.state.pa.us /topogeo/collecting/state_fossil.aspx (606 words)

	NYS DOS, Kids' Room, Facts About NY with pictures
		It was adopted as the State beverage in 1981.
		The ladybug was adopted as the State insect in 1989.
		The bluebird was adopted as the State bird in 1970.
	www.dos.state.ny.us /kidsroom/nysfacts/stfacts.html (471 words)

	CIS: State Symbols
		In the era leading to 1780, when the state Constitution was ratified, a popular term for a whole body of people constituting a nation or state was the word "Commonwealth." This term was the preferred usage of some political writers.
		The State Seal, adopted by Governor John Hancock and the Council on December 13, 1780 and made official by the General Court on June 4, 1885, is circular and bears a representation of the arms of the Commonwealth encircled with the words, "Sigillum Reipublicae Massachusettensis" (Seal of the Republic of Massachusetts).
		The State Flag is white, bearing on both sides a representation of the coat of arms like the state seal (except that the five-pointed star is white instead of silver).
	www.sec.state.ma.us /cis/cismaf/mf1a.htm (2114 words)

	The Symbols of Washington State
		Washington was nicknamed "The Evergreen State" by C.T. Conover, pioneer Seattle realtor and historian, for its abundant evergreen forests.
		State Representative George Adams of Mason County pleaded with the Legislature to adopt the western hemlock.
		The steelhead trout was adopted by the Legislature as a state symbol in 1969.
	www.leg.wa.gov /legis/symbols/symbols.htm (2239 words)

	State Symbols
		In 1799, the General Assembly authorized the official Pennsylvania State Flag, a banner fringed in gold with the Coat of Arms embroidered on a field of blue.
		The State Steam Locomotive is on display in railroad museums in Altoona and Strasburg.
		The official state song of the Commonwealth was written and composed by Eddie Khoury and Ronnie Bonner and is the official song for all public purposes.
	www.legis.state.pa.us /WU01/VC/visitor_info/hello_pennsylvania/symbols.htm (1130 words)

	State Fossil Highlights! (Geobopological Survey) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Fossil corals are symbols of Michigan (Petoskey stone), West Virginia (lithostrotionella), and Florida (agatized coral).
		Besides their state fossils, Alabama and Vermont adopted marble, which is made of marine invertebrate fossils, as their state rock.
		Vermont’s state fossil is a beluga whale that lived towards the end of the Ice Age, between 10,000 and 12,500 years ago.
	www.geobop.com /symbols/Fossils/3.htm (1075 words)

	Maine State Fossil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Maine's state fossil, the early land plant Pertica quadrifaria, may be one of the most unique and localized of all the state fossils.
		Millions of years before the state adopted the motto "I lead," this plant led its lineage to colonize an alien land.
		Trimerophytes as a group are though to have given rise to all the subsequent groups of terrestrial plants except for the lycopods (clubmosses).
	www.statefossils.com /me/me.html (209 words)

	Wisconsin State Fossil, Mineral, and Rock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Flourishing in the warm, shallow salt waters of the prehistoric seas that periodically covered Wisconsin territory hundreds of millions of years ago, this extinct marine arthropod crawled its way into the state record in 1985 as the state fossil.
		The Wisconsin state rock is red granite, an igneous rock composed of quartz (white-light gray mineral) and feldspar (pinkish mineral).
		It is mined in several sections of the state and was selected as the state rock in 1971 for its economic importance.
	www.geology.wisc.edu /~geolib/state.html (161 words)

	.: Corvallis Gazette-Times :. Archives
		DeTorrice said Oregon is the only Western state in the Lower 48 without a state fossil, and he thinks it's about time to fix that.
		When its fossil remains were first identified in Japan in the 1920s, the tree was believed to have been extinct for at least 3 million years.
		Fossils of the dawn redwood are among the most common plant fossils in the state and are found west and east of the Cascades.
	www.gazettetimes.com /articles/2005/02/21/news/oregon/monore03.txt (441 words)

	Mississippi History in the Mississippi Encyclopedia of Missississippi and Mississippi History State of Mississippi
		Mississippi is a southern state of the United States.
		Mississippi was the 20th state admitted to the Union, on December 10, 1817.
		Legislative authority resides in the state legislature, composed of the Senate and House of Representatives.
	adsecurity.users.50megs.com /arkapedia/pedia/Mississippi (1545 words)

	State fossil -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		State (The remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil) fossils tend to be quite dramatic.
		(A state in the western United States) Nevada recalls its days as beachfront property with a Triassic (Any of several marine reptiles of the Mesozoic having a body like a porpoise with dorsal and tail fins and paddle-shaped limbs) Ichthyosaur, Shonisaurus popularis.
		(A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies) Pennsylvania and (A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region) Ohio are both represented by (An extinct arthropod that was abundant in Palaeozoic times; had an exoskeleton divided into three parts) trilobites.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/st/state_fossil.htm (2070 words)

	Nevada Division of State Parks - Berlin Ichthyosaur State Park
		Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park was first established in 1957 to protect and display North America's most abundant concentration and largest known Ichthyosaur fossils.
		Of all the Ichthyosaurs discovered, the ichthyosaurs at Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park (dubbed Shonisaurus popularis after the Shoshone mountain range in which they occur), are among the largest specimens known reaching fifty feet in length.
		The fossilized remains of these Ichthyosaurs were discovered by Dr. Simeon Muller in 1928 in a naturally eroded area of what is now the park.
	parks.nv.gov /bi.htm (1347 words)

	Oregon Blue Book State Symbols
		Declared state fish by the 1961 Legislature, the Chinook Salmon is found from southern California to the Canadian Arctic.
		Below the shield, which is part of the state seal, is written "1859" the year of Oregon's admission to the union as the 33rd state.
		The state seal consists of an escutcheon, or shield, supported by 33 stars and divided by an ordinary, or ribbon, with the inscription "The Union".
	bluebook.state.or.us /kids/symbols/symbols.htm (1495 words)

	Secretary of State Kid's Page
		Its fossilized remains were discovered in 1968 in the rocks of the Trout Valley Formation in Baxter State Park near Mount Katahdin.
		Based on the type of rock it is found in today and the other fossils associated with it, Pertica quadrifaria grew in a brackish or freshwater marsh near an active volcano.
		It is also a rare fossil; well-preserved remains of Pertica are found at only three other places in the world besides Maine.
	www.state.me.us /sos/kids/allabout/symbols/fossil.htm (240 words)

	Kentucky State Fossil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		With the ubiquity of brachiopod species found in the Paleozoic sediments of the state, it would be difficult to decide which was the most common or important.
		This is known because a few brachiopods survive in the deep oceans today, although their numbers and diversity were decimated in the great extinction at the end of the Paleozoic.
		After lobbying by students and teachers at a Louisville middle school, the Kentucky State Legislature designated the brachiopod the state fossil on July 15, 1986 with the passage of Act 488, Section 1.
	www.statefossils.com /ky/ky.html (208 words)

	IDSOS State Emblems
		The Mountain Bluebird (Sialia arctcia) was adopted as the state bird for Idaho by the legislature in 1931.
		The Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) was adopted as the state insect by the state legislature in 1992.
		The Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) was adopted as the state raptor for Idaho by the legislature in 2004.
	www.idsos.state.id.us /elect/emblem.htm (1587 words)

	Missouri State Fossil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		This type of stalked echinoderm, known as a "sea lily," was a common inhabitant of the shallow sea that encroached on Missouri during the Pennsylvanian Period, around 290 million years ago.
		In crinoids, the small ossicles usually disarticulate when the animal dies, and complete fossils are rare, whereas the ossicles themselves are abundant and widely collected.
		High in Lee's Summit proposed the crinoid as the state fossil, and the legislature passed Act 10.090 on June 16, 1989, officially honoring Delocrinus missouriensis.
	www.statefossils.com /mo/mo.html (195 words)

	Colorado Department of Personnel & Administration (DPA) Division of Information Technologies (DoIT)
		The state flag was adopted on June 5, 1911 by an act of the General Assembly.
		The circular Seal of the State of Colorado is an adaptation of the Territorial Seal which was adopted by the First Territorial Assembly on November 6, 1861.
		The aquamarine was adopted as the official state gemstone on April 30, 1971, by an act of the General Assembly.
	www.colorado.gov /dpa/doit/archives/history/symbemb.htm (3093 words)

	EEK! - Wisconsin's State Fossil
		The Wisconsin Geological Society proposed a state fossil in 1985 to encourage interest in our geological heritage.
		The three-lobed creature had a tough, furrowed exoskeleton that was shed as the animal grew and molted.
		This fossil put up a good fight against the mastodon, a large prehistoric, elephant-like creature for first place in the history books.
	www.dnr.state.wi.us /org/caer/ce/eek/nature/state/fossil.htm (107 words)

	Official State Dinosaurs - Dinosaur Interplanetary Gazette
		Whale (unoffically a fossilized skeleton at University of Vermont Perkins Geology Museum) Charlotte, The Vermont Whale (beluga whale), Delphinapterus leucas, Pleistocene
		Although not listed as an "official fossil", this fossil is listed as the state's "official gem" because the petrified wood is often cut and polished for jewelry.
		The provincial fossil is Petrified Wood and the official gemstone is ammolite (the gemstone made from the shell of ammonites).
	www.dinosaur.org /statedino.htm (789 words)

	Pennsylvania Geological Survey: Swatara Gap fossils
		Long known by fossil collectors as a place where exquisite Late Ordovician trilobites and the rare starfish Protasterina could be found, Swatara Gap was visited frequently by fossil enthusiasts.
		Fossil seekers, some a little too zealous, removed so much material that the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) had to declare the site off-limits in 1990.
		If you visit Swatara State Park and the fossil pit, please be considerate of others who will visit after you.
	www.dcnr.state.pa.us /topogeo/collecting/swataragap.aspx (480 words)

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