California is a state in the western United States, located on the Pacific coast. Its state capital is Sacramento.

Rhode Island is a state in the New England region in the northeastern United States. Its state capital is Providence.

Rhode Island is a state in the New England region in the northeastern United States. Its state capital is Providence.

Maryland is a state on the Atlantic coast in the northeast of the United States. Its state capital is Annapolis, but its largest city is Baltimore. It was one of the original thirteen American colonies.

Virginia is a state located on the Atlantic coast in the east of the United States. Its state capital is Richmond.

Pennsylvania is a state in the northeast of the United States. Its state capital is Harrisburg. It was founded in 1681 by William Penn.

Meaning “place of a little water,” Meekatharra is a town in the state of Western Australia.

Queensland is a state in northeastern Australia. Its state capital is Brisbane. It was originally part of the British Colony of New South Wales, but it became a separate colony, named in honour of Queen Victoria, in 1859.

 The 1865 completion of a northern line from Cockermouth (Wordsworth's birthplace) to Penrith (where the young Dorothy lived for a time after the death of their mother) stimulated speculation about, and efforts to, extend rails across the central Lake District.  These included speculation about an extension to Ambleside in 1875 (opposed by Ruskin) and the effort to connect the northern line to Buttermere in 1883 (opposed by Rawnsley).