
Three seminal events relating to the history of America took place over two centuries in a coastal section of Virginia near the Chesapeake Bay and the James River.
The Western United States is an incredibly diverse section of the country. Its geography includes soaring snowcapped mountains, desert terrain, beautiful beaches, and towering forests.
When James Oglethorpe founded the colony of Georgia in 1733 for the British crown, he carefully selected an elevated location along the river to build a city.
Mount Washington, located in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, is the highest peak in the northeastern United States at 6,288 feet.