Random U.S. Fact Week 4

The first two navel orange trees in the U.S. were from Brazil and planted in Riverside, California,  in about 1874. Virtually all navel oranges grown in the U.S. are offspring from these trees. One of the original trees was replanted by Teddy Roosevelt in 1903 but died. The other is still alive today in a park in Riverside!

Why did I chose this fact? Because I've seen this tree. When I was younger. I think. My memory of a four year old is foggy but I've been TOLD that I've seen this tree. And who am I to doubt my parents?

Random U.S. Fact Week 3

US Highway 550, near Durango and Silverton, Colorado, is called the Million Dollar Highway because it was paved with low grade gold ore in the road bed! Although there is dispute to this, on of the more popular "legends" is that it was paved over 1 million dollars (in the 1920s) worth of gold ore.

I chose this because as a kid when my dad told me this, I always thought that if worse came to worse we could just head over to Highway 550 with a jackhammer and strike it rich!

Random U.S. Fact Week 2

The California grizzly bear is the state's official animal. In 1953, when it was named, it had already become extinct. The last California grizzly to have been seen was killed in 1922.

Random U.S. Fact Week 1

I have decided to do little random facts on The United States because, I feel, they are nice bits of information not everyone knows. So for my first week:

Ronald Wilson Reagan was the oldest person elected President at the age of 69 but he died the oldest President ever elected at 93.

I chose this fact because Reagan was an actor prior to being President or even Governor of California. I recently watched one of his films that is very hard to come by because he was playing "second fiddle" to a monkey. The movie's name is "Bedtime for Bonzo."