In 1787 Delaware became the 1st state in the Union; in 1860 this became the 1st state to secede
In 1952 this territory adopted its own constitution & became a commonwealth
In 1926 Lindbergh had to parachute out of planes 4 times while employed to do this
This New Deal agency was symbolized by a blue eagle & used the motto, "We do our part"
Under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico relinquished all claims to this state above the Rio Grande
This company was founded in 1852 to provide banking & mail delivery to the gold camps of California
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 repealed this compromise of 1820
In 1859 this vein of silver was discovered on the eastern slope of Mount Davidson in Nevada
This 1777 document said, "The stile of this confederacy shall be 'The United States of America'"
This statue got a new torch in 1986; the old one was 100 years old