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New Mexico comes alive in these fascinating stories about events that helped make New Mexico what it is today. From the life and times of Folsom Man (9,000 BC) to the Great Prison Riot of Santa Fe County (1980 AD), It Happened in New Mexico tells the stories of intriguing people and events from the history of one of America's most captivating states. Find out how Pancho Villa's deadly raid on Columbus in March 1916 led to a $130 millionunsuccessfulmission to hunt down America's arch enemy. Go back to July 16, 1945, when a busload of spectators pulled up to a scenic overlook to witness the explosion of the world's first atomic bomb. Find out how Smokey the Bear began life as an imaginary symbol and ended up as the nation's most beloved cub. Did the U.S. Army steal Doc Noss's gold? Join the military cavalcade to Victorio Peak in 1977 and decide for yourself.

From the first ships to arrive in San Diego harbor to the fires of Malibu, thirty events that shaped the history of Southern California.

From the French and Indian War to the exposure of Maple Corner, thirty-two events that shaped the Green Mountain State

From the earliest climb up towering Longs Peak by John Wesley Powell to the task of building Trail Ridge Road, the highest paved highway in the world, It Happened in Rocky Mountain National Park includes twenty-five events that have shaped , one of the most popular national parks in the country.

From sunken ships to devastating hurricanes, It Happened in the Florida Keys contains twenty riveting stories of historical events in America's watery south.

Alaska is the Great Land! The history of the state is as grand as Denali. This book includes thirty true stories including Russian exploration, the Klondike Gold Rush adventure, World War II Japanese occupation, the destructive 1964 Eauthquake, and other events that helped shape this great state.

General Sherman marched across it, John Muir walked across it, FDR soaked in its hot springs, and Hank Aaron hit an important home run out of one of its ballparks. Some of the most captivating episodes in Georgia history come to life in this entertaining and informative collection.

Oregon is a place with a colorful past filled with lumberjacks, sea captains, and trappers. With an easy-to-read style that's entertaining and informative, It Happened in Oregon offers readers a behind-the-scenes look at some of the most intriguing episodes in Beaver State history.

This collection of thirty fascinating stories reveals events that helped make New Jersey what it is today. Authors Fran Capo writes with a comedic yet dramatic flair and an easy to read style that will entertain readers as they learn more about the colorful, and sometimes wacky history of the Garden State

This guide is a collection of thirty fascinating events that helped make Pennsylvania what it is today. From the witches of PA to the Expedition that changed the world, authors Fran Capo and Scott Bruce write with a comedic yet dramatic flair and an easy to read style that will entertain readers as they learn more about the colorful, and sometimes wacky history of Pennsylvania.

A fascinating collection of thirty compelling stories about events that shaped the Mount Rushmore State, It Happened in South Dakota describes everything from Lewis and Clark raising an American flag on the Missouri to the continuing creation of a monument to Crazy Horse.

It Happened in the Great Smokies includes 31 fascinating stories about events and 10 biographies of people that shaped this famous national park in the states of North Carolina and Tennessee.

Thirty-five episodes from the history of the Buckeye State, including memorable events such as the Kent State Riots, but also featuring lesser-known tales.

From a bizarre French and Indian War battle to the state''s first impeachment trial, It Happened in New Hampshire looks at intriguing people and episodes from the history of the Granite State.┬╖Relive the humorous, not-so-adventurous "camping" trip by a group of America''s most famous industrial titans in 1919, whose necessities included a personal chef and an electric generator.┬╖Find out how one woman''s kind act toward a young Native American years later spared her and her children from certain death during a ruthless revenge attack on settlers in a Dover garrison.┬╖Learn how concern to protect the White Mountains from environmental degradation contributed to the establishment of national forests across the United States.┬╖Discover how a fearless force of thirty soldiers refused surrender and sucessfully held off an army of 700 French militia and Indian allies at a remote outpost.┬╖Read about how two colonial governors-who, coincidentally, were close relatives-shocked their citizens with nearly equally scandalous, completely unexpected marriages.

This book offers an inside look at over 30 interesting and unusual episodes that shaped the history of the Great Lakes State.

From the organization of the first Arbor Day to the invention of Kool-Aid, It Happened in Nebraska features thirty-six events from the history of the Cornhusker State.

This book offers an inside look at over 30 interesting and unusual episodes that shaped the history of the Sooner State. Read all about the Trail of Tears in Tahlequah. Find out why George W. McLaurin was denied admission to the University of Oklahoma in 1950. Try to solve the mystery of Karen Silkwood's suspicious death in 1974.

It Happened in Iowa takes readers on a rollicking, behind-the-scenes look at some of the most fascinating characters and well-known and little-known tales from this Midwestern state's storied past. Included here are more than 30 interesting and unusual episodes that shaped the history of the Hawkeye State.

It Happened in Missouri takes readers on a rollicking, behind-the-scenes look at some of the characters and episodes from the Show Me State's storied past. Including both famous tales, and famous names--and little-known heroes, heroines, and happenings.

It Happened in Mississippi takes readers on a rollicking, behind-the-scenes look at some of the characters and episodes from the Magnolia State's storied past. Including both famous tales, and famous names--and little-known heroes, heroines, and happenings.

It Happened in Glacier National Park takes readers on a rollicking, behind-the-scenes look at some of the characters and episodes from the Park's storied past. Including both famous tales, and famous names--and little-known heroes, heroines, and happenings.

It Happened in West Virginia takes readers on a rollicking, behind-the-scenes look at some of the characters and episodes from the Mountain State's storied past. Including both famous tales, and famous names--and little-known heroes, heroines, and happenings.

From the story of Rhode Island's first colonist (who contrary to your elementary-school history book wasn't Roger Williams) to the revolutionary precursors to the Boston Tea Party to the wedding of Jack and Jackie Kennedy, It Happened in Rhode Island captures some the great events in American History and the history of the small, but fascinating, Ocean State.

It Happened in Maine takes readers on a rollicking, behind-the-scenes look at some of the characters and episodes from the Pine Tree State's storied past. Including both famous tales, and famous names--and little-known heroes, heroines, and happenings.

This book offers an inside look at over 30 interesting and unusual episodes that shaped the history of Yellowstone Park. Read about the making of "Wonderland" over 600,000 years ago. Try to piece together the Great Stagecoach Robbery of 1908. Discover why fishing at Fishing Bridge has been banned since 1973.

This book offers an inside look at over 30 interesting and unusual episodes that shaped the history of the Volunteer State. Read about the infamous Scopes "Monkey" Trial in 1925. Find out about Tennessee's reaction to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis. Discover how the Grand Ole Opry came to be the musical powerhouse that it is today.

This book offers an inside look at over 30 interesting and unusual episodes that shaped the history of Atlanta.