Happy New Years day
State Parks
the race is on
potpourri
It comes in bottles
100

1877:
She is proclaimed Empress of India

Queen Victoria


100

Head to the 55,000-acre Missouri lake named for this president to see the dam & the state park named for him

Truman


100

A literal landmark race took place in November 1905, when a man named Forestier was the first to make it up 729 steps of this

the Eiffel Tower

100

This actress is behind a line of hair care products called Blake Brown

Blake Lively


100

Hunt's classic tomato & Portland Organic

ketchup


200

1962:
This U.S. Navy special forces unit is established

the SEALs


200

Arkansas' Crater of these State Park gave up "Uncle Sam", later cut up & sold for $150,000 in 1971 dollars

Diamonds


200

Daily double Talk about a dynasty--the New York Yacht Club won this race 24 straight times from 1870 to 1980

the America's Cup


200

A brand of jeans & a Jeep model both have this name that can also refer to someone who saddles horses


Wrangler


300

1927:
This football game is broadcast coast to coast on radio for the first time

the Rose Bowl


 

300

This Delaware nickname precedes Heritage Park, an urban "park without boundaries"

the First State


300

Tokyo, Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago & New York are the 6 "major" these races; men's winning times are just over 2 hours

marathons


400

1660: Recording that his wife burned her hand preparing a meal & other events of that day, this man makes his first diary entry

Samuel) Pepys


400

Experience more than a "Trace" of some big bass fishin' in the park named for Mississippi pol Bob M. Dearing 10 miles north of this city

Natchez


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