Illinois:
One of the great industrial and agricultural states and home to
one of the world's largest urban centers, Illinois is located in the
Midwestern section of the United States on Lake Michigan. To the east
is Indiana, to the north Wisconsin, to the southeast the Ohio River,
and to the west the Mississippi River. Learn
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Indiana:
Indiana is located in the heart of America's Midwest, in the Ohio
River Valley and the basin of the Great Lakes. It is bordered on the
north by Michigan and Lake Michigan, on the east by Ohio, to the west
Illinois, and on the south by the Ohio River. Today Indiana is called
The Hoosier State and its people are known as Hoosiers, although no
one knows why. Learn more...
Kentucky:
Kentucky is thoroughbred horses, bourbon, tobacco, covered bridges,
and bluegrass music. And much more. Kentucky is blessed with some of
the nation's most enduring natural beauties--gently rolling hills, grassy
pastures, giant lakes, mountain retreats, wild life sanctuaries, and
49 of America's finest state parks, including Lake Cumberland, Natural
Bridge, and Pine Mountain, plus recreational opportunities that range
from golf, horseback riding, fishing, and boating to nature walks, bird
watching, cave explorations, and rafting. Learn
more...
Michigan:
This Midwestern state is named for the lake the Algonquian Indians
called Michiguma, their term for "big water." Michigan is formed by
two peninsulas, Upper and Lower, which are separated by the Straits
of Mackinac. The state is bordered by Ohio and Indiana on the south,
Wisconsin to the southeast of the Upper Peninsula, Lake Michigan on
the west, Canada to the north, and on the east by Lakes Huron, Saint
Clair, and Erie, and by the Detroit and Saint Clair rivers, all of which
separated Michigan from Canada. Learn more...
- Grand
Rapids: Michigan’s second largest city, Grand Rapids is
in the west central section of the state just twenty-five miles east
of Lake Michigan. Learn more...
- Grand
Rapids Economy
Ohio:
The land where once America's west began, Ohio is today a state of sprawling
cities, expanding industries, and major transportation systems located
at the heart of the great markets of the East and Midwest. Ohio is an
Iroquois word meaning "something big," which was the way the
Iroquois described its namesake the Ohio River. Learn
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Wisconsin: Scenic Wisconsin is
located near the headwaters of North America's great inland waterways,
the Mississippi and St. Lawrence rivers. The state is bordered on the
north by Lake Superior, on the northeast by Michigan, to the east by
Lake Michigan, the south by Illinois, and along the western border by
the Mississippi, separating Wisconsin from Iowa and Minnesota. As a
leading state in the production of milk and cheese, Wisconsin is known
as America's Dairyland. Learn More...
