The Digital Philatelist

Nebraska is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Nebraska was admitted into the United States in 1867, two years after the end of the American Civil War. The Nebraska Legislature is unlike any other American legislature in that it is unicameral, and its members are elected…

Minnesota is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. It is known as the “Land of 10,000 Lakes”. Its official motto is L’Étoile du Nord, French for “The Star of the North”. Minnesota has been inhabited by various indigenous peoples since the Woodland period of the 11th century BCE.…

Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes and upper Midwestern United States. Its name comes from the Ojibwe word meaning “large water” or “large lake”. The area was first occupied by a succession of Native American tribes over thousands of years. Inhabited by Natives, Métis, and French explorers in…

Tennessee, officially the State of Tennessee, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is rooted in the Watauga Association, a 1772 frontier pact generally regarded as the first constitutional government west of the Appalachian Mountains. The state’s name is derived from “Tanasi”, a Cherokee town…

Alabama is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Originally home to many native tribes, present-day Alabama was a Spanish territory beginning in the sixteenth century until the French acquired it in the early eighteenth century, founding Mobile in 1702. The British won the territory in 1763 until…

Mississippi is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. On December 10, 1817, Mississippi became the 20th state admitted to the Union. By 1860, Mississippi was the nation’s top cotton-producing state and slaves accounted for 55% of the state population. Mississippi declared its secession from the Union on…

Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Humans have inhabited the land now known as Missouri for at least 12,000 years. The Mississippian culture built cities and mounds, before declining in the 14th century. When European explorers arrived in the 17th century, they encountered the Osage…