Ten Places Where America Changed

Jan 17th, 2008 by Chuck Simmins

Posted in American History, History, Lists of Tens, Original writing

  1. Saratoga Springs, New York: The battle in which Benedict Arnold saved the United States.
  2. Coloma, California: The site of the discovery of gold in California.
  3. Titusville, Pennsylvania: Oil, black gold, Texas tea. First commercial oil well.
  4. Auburn, Massachusetts: The flight of the first liquid fueled rocket.
  5. Ticonderoga, New York: The capture of this fort and the movement of its cannon to Washington’s army provided a vital weapon to a newborn military and forced the British evacuation of Boston.
  6. Dayton, Ohio: Where the Wright Brothers did their planning, initial experimentation and development of a flying machine.
  7. Alamogordo, New Mexico: Site of the first test of the atom bomb.
  8. Albuquerque, New Mexico: First commercially available personal computer, the Altair.
  9. Tuskegee, Alabama: Home of the Tuskegee Institute, a black teachers’ college, first headed by Booker T. Washington and where George Washington Carver did his research in agriculture.
  10. New York, New York: On September 11, 2001.

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