The Great Lake Region

The Great Lake Region includes states along the lakes of Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior. It's again an importatnt tourist destination because of the Niagara Falls. Tourists can admire the American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls on the American side and Horseshoe Falls on the Canadian side. One of the biggest cities in this area is Chicago. In the past it was famous for its slaughter houses. The slaughter houses aren't there any longer but Chicago remained the center of food industry. Wrigley's headquarters is there, McDonald's has its Hamburger University there - people who want to run McDonald's restaurant must attend this course. Michigan grows a lot of grain so it's home of cereal manufacturers, including Kellog's. Chicago is also hub of American transport, its O'Hare airport is the busies one in the world. Many ethnic minorities live in Chicago. More than 50% of population is black and it's the largest Polish city after Warsaw. It's also the place where the Czech minority lives. The name of the Czech neighborhood is Berwyn. We can see there sculptures of famous Czechs, e.g. KH Borovsky in front of the Planetarium or TGM in front of the University of Chicago, where he partly taught. Chicago has beautiful skyline, certainly because of skyscrapers such as Sears Tower of John Hangcock tower.
Detroit, another city in Michigan, is also called Motortown or Motown because it's the center of automobile industry. It was founded by Monsieur Cadillac and it's the seat of Chrysler, General Motors and Ford.
Wisconsin is specialized in dairy production. That's why the people of Wisconsin are sometimes called cowheads or cheeseheads.
The Great Plains are called the Breadbasket of the Nation because huge amount of wheat, oats and soy beans is produced right here. In the past, a part of the Plains was known as the Dust Bowl. In 1929, stock market crashed and prices dropped. Moreover, rain stopped and and great dust storms blew the fertile soil away. Many farmers, known as Oakies, lost their livelihoods and had to move away (mainly to California) and start new life.
The Mountain states are Colorado, Montana , Wyoming. The main source of income, esp. in Colorado, is mining. Oil, coal and gas are mined there. Colorado is the only mining state in this region. Montana and Wyoming have the highest concentration of gas stations in the USA. The agriculture of M and W is based on sheep and cattle raising. Colorado is also a popular ski resort. Denver, Colorado, is called the Mile High City because it is in a high elevation.
The Northwest includes the states of Oregon and Washington. The backbone of the region is the Cascade mountain range running from north to south. It includes several snowcapped mountains which are dormant volcanoes.One of them, Mount St. Helen, erupted in 1980 and saused total destruction up to 20 miles away.
Seattle, Washington state, is surrounded by Puget Sound and Lake Washington. Its architecture is built on water and many people must take a boat to get to work. As a result, there's no air pollution. Olympic Mts. NP.
The Oregon coast is wild and beautiful, with fiords and inlets, and it resembles the coast in Norway. People can watch there gray whales migrating from north to south. People of Oregon want to protect the coast from visitors and started an anti-tourist campaign. They try to persuade them to relax somewhere else.
Alaska