The tallest trees east of the Mississippi are just 20 miles outside of Columbia in Congaree National Park. Congaree has more than two dozen "champion trees," or trees that are the largest of their species. It is also home to a unique species of fireflies. The synchronous species of firef...
averaging $3.11/g today, according to GasBuddy's survey of 494 stations in Wyoming. Prices in Wyoming are 8.4 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 38.4 cents per gallon lower than a year ago.
People have been coming to Oklahoma to find bargains since before it was a state.Oklahomaearned its nickname—the Sooner State—during the Land Rush of 1889. That is when President Benjamin Harrison opened unassigned lands to settlers, who scrambled to get here sooner than the next guy. Today,...
The Sooner State’s nickname comes from the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889, when the territory was opened to settlers with the firing of a starting gun. But some settlers jumped the gun, earning the Sooner moniker, and also helping popularize the expression “jumped the gun.” Today,Oklahomaprope...
Serving metropolitan Atlanta, Clayton State University’s main campus is on a peaceful 192 acre tract of land. Surrounded by five lakes the picturesque campus is in the town of Marrow. Established in 1969 CSU’s first name was Clayton Junior College. It wasn’t until 1986 that it became the...