BUSS Round 1 - Connecticut BEATS New Mexico

[ironman]

Connecticut


Capital City: Hartford
State Bird: Robin
Famous Nutmeggers
P.T. Barnum, Showman
Samuel Colt, Inventor
Charles Goodyear, Inventor
Annie Leibovitz, Photographer
Ethan Allen, American Revolutionary Soldier
Katharine Hepburn, Actress

Quick Facts
- The first telephone book ever issued contained only fifty names. The New Haven District Telephone Company published it in New Haven in February 1878.

- The USS Nautilus - the world's first nuclear powered submarine was built in Groton in 1954.

- Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).

- In 1705, copper was discovered in Simsbury. Later, the copper mine became the infamous New-Gate Prison of the Revolutionary War. Doctor Samuel Higley of Simsbury started the first copper coinage in America in 1737.

- The Scoville Memorial Library is the United States oldest public library. The library collection began in 1771, when Richard Smith, owner of a local blast furnace, used community contributions to buy 200 books in London. Patrons could borrow and return books on the third Monday of every third month. Fees were collected for damages, the most common being "greasing" by wax dripped from the candles by which the patrons read.

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New Mexico


Capital City: Santa Fe
State Bird: Roadrunner
Famous New Mexicans
John Denver, Singer
Neil Patrick Harris, Doogie
Ralph Kiner, Baseball Player
John Madden, Football Sportscaster
Demi Moore, Actress

Quick Facts
- Santa Fe is the highest capital city in the United States at 7,000 feet above sea level.

- The province that was once Spanish New Mexico included all of present day New Mexico, most of Colorado and Arizona, and slices of Utah, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Wyoming. The Original American Territory of New Mexico that congress created in 1850 included all of New Mexico and Arizona plus parts of Colorado, Nevada, and Utah. The boundaries of present day New Mexico were drawn by congress in 1863 but New Mexico didn't become a state until 1912.

- Each October Albuquerque hosts the world's largest international hot air balloon fiesta.

- Las Cruces makes the world's largest enchilada the first weekend in October at the "Whole Enchilada Fiesta".

- Lakes and Rivers make up only .002% of the state's total surface area. The lowest water-to-land ratio of all 50 states. Most of New Mexico's lakes are man-made reservoirs. A dam on the Rio Grande formed the Elephant Butte Reservoir, the state's largest lake.

[logan]

guess it's the doogie factor for me

[chadlincoln]

Huskies all the way.

[Coppermine]

Connecticut now has the highest state median income in the country. That's probably because a lot of the hoity toity of New York City reside in beautiful New England Connecticut.

Connecticut is famous for it's great shopping and has almost as many malls as New Jersey. In fact, Conn. is a lot like New Jersey except it's clean. Also, no sales tax. Money.

New Mexico is a fine state, but for my money, I'd take Conn. any day.

[Coppermine]

- In 1705, copper was discovered in Simsbury. Later, the copper mine became the infamous New-Gate Prison of the Revolutionary War. Doctor Samuel Higley of Simsbury started the first copper coinage in America in 1737.

Holy crap! And that too! Yeah Copper Mines!

[Madison]

Went with Con. simply because New Mexico is such an unoriginal name.

[ironman]

Homer: Hmm..There's a NEW Mexico.

[Coppermine]

Went with Con. simply because New Mexico is such an unoriginal name.

If we're going to have a state called New Mexico than Mexico the country should be FORCED to rename themselves OLD Mexico.

Because in New Mexico, you CAN drink the water.

[Shadow of the Sun*]

I just can't bring myslef to vote for New Mexico. Connecticut gets my vote by default.

[acsguitar]

Well I have friends in CT and New Mexico is dry and hot and only has like one good ski mountain...

I'll go CT