NEW HAMPSHIRE

Mount Washington Cog railway is the world's first mountain-climbing cog railway. It's also the second steepest rack railway in the world.

New Hampshire was the first state to declare independence from England in 1775.

It was also home to the first alarm clock, invented in 1787, and the first women's strike in the United States, in 1828.

The purple lilac is the state flower of New Hampshire. It was chosen to symbolize the hardy character of the state's residents.

New Hampshire is known as the Granite State because of its many granite formations and quarries.

New Hampshire is known as the Mother of Rivers because many of the rivers in New England originate in its mountains.

New Hampshire is known as the White Mountain State because of the White Mountain Range.

New Hampshire is known as the Switzerland of America because of its beautiful mountain scenery.