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POATES CO., N.Y.
We have a great quantity of lumber, stone, coal and iron for making our comfortable homes. In what [p101] part of the country is each of these products obtained? Why? Right in our own United States is found nearly everything that is necessary to make us comfortable and happy.
COTTON FIELD.
We have hundreds of towns with homes, factories, schools, hospitals and churches. Over every public building floats our beautiful flag, the Stars and Stripes.
Our laws are made in the capital, which is named Washington, after George Washington, our first president. Find Washington on the map. How long would it take to go to Washington from our home? [p102] It is a beautiful city. The Capitol building is one of the finest in the world. The President of the United States lives in the White House.
Alaska, in the north-west, and the island of Porto Rico, in the south-east, belong to the United States. We own other islands in other parts of the world.
