Did you know..........

---The Starbucks coffee chain was named for Starbuck, Ahab's first mate on the Pequod. The Pequod was the whaling ship based on Nantucket Island in the book, "Moby-Dick".

---The Mississippi River which is up to 4 miles wide in some sections, is less than 10 ft. deep mostly.

---Our nation's capital was first in New York City. Before ending up in Washington, D.C., the capital was also located in Philadelphia, PA, Annapolis, MD, Trenton, NJ, and Princeton, NJ.

---There were twelve US Presidents to hold the rank of General, George Washington being the first.

---George Washington being too modest to accept the name of our nation's capital, called it Federal City.