The States
The States takes a detailed look at what makes each of the 50 states special. Each episode features five states each and has interviews with native celebrities talking about their home state.
- 2007-2007
- 1 season
- H-TV
- Documentary
The States takes a detailed look at what makes each of the 50 states special. Each episode features five states each and has interviews with native celebrities talking about their home state.
Season 1 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 2007
Episode 1
California, North Carolina, Kansas, New Hampshire, West Virginia
Thu, Jan 25, 2007
The discovery of gold at California's Sutter's Mill in 1848; North Carolina's tobacco fields; Wichita, Kan.; open rebellion in America's Revolutionary War; the Battle of Blair Mountain in West Virginia.
Episode 2
Texas, Massachusetts, Arkansas, Iowa, Delaware
Sat, Apr 28, 2007
The discovery of oil at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas; Puritans escape religious persecution in Massachusetts; nine black high-school students try to enroll at Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas.
Episode 3
New York, Louisiana, Oregon, New Mexico, Vermont
Sat, May 5, 2007
The origins of New York City at New Amsterdam; the origins of the Cajun culture; the Oregon Trail; William "Billy the Kid" Bonney; Ben and Jerry's ice cream.
Episode 4
New Jersey, Arizona, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Alaska
Sat, May 12, 2007
George Washington crosses the Delaware River; the Grand Canyon; the Kentucky Derby; the Oklahoma Territory; the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
Episode 5
Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Hawaii, South Carolina, Montana
Sat, May 19, 2007
Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney, Pa.; Garrison Keillor and his "A Prairie Home Companion" radio program; the Confederate sub H.L. Hunley; Little Bighorn.
Episode 6
Florida, Indiana, Washington, Utah, Rhode Island
Sat, May 26, 2007
Millionaire industrialist Henry Flagler; the Indy 500; Mount St. Helens; the Bonneville Salt Flats; Roger Williams.
Episode 7
Illinois, Connecticut, Nevada, Mississippi, Wyoming
Sat, Jun 2, 2007
The Cahokian civilization; Connecticut's shipbuilders shift from sails to steam to diesel power; the 1859 discovery of the Comstock lode; the blues; Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Episode 8
Virginia, Ohio, Idaho, Alabama, North Dakota
Sat, Jun 9, 2007
Jamestown; the Gravity Grand Prix; potatoes; Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus; Teddy Roosevelt's North Dakota ranch.
Episode 9
Michigan, Tennessee, Maine, Missouri, South Dakota
Sat, Jun 16, 2007
Michigan's logging industry; Davy Crockett; lobster; the gateway to the West; the discovery of gold in the Black Hills in the 1870s.
Episode 10
Georgia, Colorado, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Maryland/DC
Sat, Jun 23, 2007
Stone Mountain; Deer Trail, Colo.; America's dairy land; the Homestead Act of 1862 brings settlers to Nebraska's plains; Francis Scott Key.