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Just for fun. - Tid bits about where you live.


PrairieMom wrote: We have done this before, but its been a while. the where do you live post prompted me. laugh.gif So, what is interesting about where you live?

I live in the largest Ctiy of the state.
http://www.siouxfalls.org/

My state has Mt Rushmore, but it is clear on the other side, 6 hours away.
http://www.blackhillsbadlands.com/home/thi...PPCShoulder2008

My state is home to Wall Drug the biggest tourist trap ever, it has billboards posted for it pretty much everywhere.
http://www.walldrug.com/

My state is home to the worlds only corn Palace.
http://www.cornpalace.com/newpages/palace.html

My state is where Ma, Pa, Carry, Grace and Mary Ingalls from the little house on the prairie books and TV show are buried.
http://discoverlaura.org/surveyorshouse.html

TheOaf66 replied: Well State Wise

We are of course Home to the Packers

Have the Bohemia Resort and the famous show down with John Dillinger and the FBI

More times then not whenever Wisconsin is mentioned in a movie or TV show it is some sort of punishment or wasteland. Examples:

Dogma--"Were they sent to hell?, Worse. Wisconsin. For the entire span of human history.

family guy--Lois, everyone has their sanctuary. The Catholics have churches, fat people have Wisconsin, and I have the Pawtucket Brewery. Now, now help me drink these beers.

NewRadio--You're not in Wisconsin, Dave. The big story isn't about a cow wandering into the town square.



My hometown:

Home of the Worlds Largest Talking Cow and Largest Block of Cheese

moped replied: Calgary Stampede!!!!!

Home of the 88 winter olympics

I will think of some more

Kaitlin'smom replied: OHIO

The first ambulance service was established in Cincinnati in 1865.

Cleveland boasts America's first traffic light. It began on Aug. 5, 1914.

Ermal Fraze invented the pop-top can in Kettering.

James J. Ritty, of Dayton, invented the cash register in 1879 to stop his patrons from pilfering house profits.

"Hang On Sloopy" is the official state rock song.

Cincinnati Reds were the first professional baseball team.

The Y Bridge in Zanesville was first built in 1814 to span the confluence of the Licking and Muskingum Rivers. The current bridge is the fifth construction at the same location. "Ripley's Believe It or Not" proclaimed it the only bridge in the world which you can cross and still be on the same side of the river.

Akron was the first city to use police cars.

Cincinnati had the first professional city fire department.

Akron is the rubber capital of the world.

The American Federation of Labor was founded in Columbus.

Ohio senator John Glenn became the oldest man to venture into outer space.
On February 20, 1962 he was the first American to orbit the earth. In October of 1998 at age 77 he returned to the space program and traveled back into space.

Cleveland is home to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Ohio is the leading producer of greenhouse and nursery plants.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame is located in Canton.

Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon. He was from Wapakoneta.

The Wright Brothers are acknowledged as inventors of the first airplane they were from Dayton.

The popular television sit-com, "The Drew Cary Show" is set in Cleveland.

East Liverpool was the beginning point of the United States Public Land Survey. The location was the area from which a rectangular-grid land survey system was established under the Ordinance of 1785. The survey provided for administration and subdivision of land in the Old Northwest Territory. The Ordinance stipulated that all public lands were to be divided into townships six miles square.

Seven United States presidents were born in Ohio. They are: Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, William H. Taft, and Warren G. Harding.

Some well-known personalities were born in Ohio. Among them Steven Spielberg, Paul Newman, Annie Oakley, Arsenio Hall and Clark Gable.

The first full time automobile service station was opened in 1899 in Ohio.

In 1852 Ohio was the first state to enact laws protecting working women.

Ohio gave America its first hot dog in 1900. Harry M. Stevens created the popular dining dog.

Ohio became the 17th state on March 1, 1803.

East 105th Street and Euclid Avenue in Cleveland was the site of the first pedestrian button for the control of a traffic light. The boy chosen for the 1948 newsreel to demonstrate its operation was Louis Spronze.

Ohio has an area of 116,103 sq miles. It ranks 34th in state size.

Columbus is the state capital and Ohio's largest city.

50% of the United States population lives within a 500 mile radius of Columbus.

Dresden is the home of the world's largest basket. It is located at Basket Village USA.

Fostoria is the only city to be situated in three counties (Seneca, Hancock & Wood).

Ohio's state flag is a pennant design. It is the only state flag of that design in the United States.

Ohio University was founded in 1804 at Athens and is recognized as the first university in Ohio and in the Northwest Territory.

Oberlin College was founded in 1833.It was the first interracial and coeducational college in the United States.

The Glacial Grooves on the north side of Kelleys Island are the largest easily accessible such grooves in the world. They were scoured into solid limestone bedrock about 18,000 years ago by the great ice sheet that covered part of North America.

Marietta was Ohio's first permanent settlement. Founded in 1788 by General Rufus Putnam and named in honor of Marie Antoinette, then queen of France.

Chillicothe was Ohio's first capital city.

Cleveland became the world's first city to be lighted electrically in 1879.

Ohio is known as the Buckeye State.

Thomas A. Edison from Milan developed the incandescent light bulb, phonograph, and early motion picture camera.

John Lambert of Ohio City made America's first automobile in 1891.

Charles Kettering of Loundonville invented the automobile self-starter in 1911.

Charles Goodyear of Akron developed the process of vulcanizing rubber in 1839.

Roy J. Plunkett of New Carlisle invented Teflon in 1938.


W.F. Semple of Mount Vernon patented chewing gum in 1869.

John Mercer Langston is believed to have been the first African American elected to public office. He was elected clerk of Brownhelm in 1854.

Long jumper DeHart Hubbard was the first African American to earn an Olympic Gold Medal. The award occurred during the 1924 Olympics games held in Paris. He set the record for long jumping.

Jesse Owens grew up in Cleveland. He won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.

Paul Laurence Dunbar of Dayton is known as the poet laureate of African Americans.

Kaitlin'smom replied: oh something more on the personal side

my ancesters founded Gebheartville, which was later re-named Miamisburg. There is a book about them and I am in it.

cameragirl21 replied: Let's see...here in Flori-duh, people can't vote, as evidenced by the 2000 election in which we essentially held the entire nation hostage, lol.
We are home to Disney World and Busch Gardens.
Also home to the Everglades, where I hike fairly regularly. Our fauna includes Florida panthers, key deer (they are the size of labradors and yes, I've seen plenty of them), wild boars, brown bears, wild rabbits, lots of peacocks, and of course there's the marine life--dolphins, sharks, and whatnot.
We have the nicest weather in the US...I'm running my AC today. biggrin.gif
This is one of the hottest tourist spots in the US, also we have South Beach...the Riviera of the US.
Life here is a permanent vacation cool.gif except you do have to work.
The Seminole Hard Rock Casino is here--that's where Anna Nicole Smith died.
I know there's more but that's all I can think of now.
Oh yeah, the song "Margaritaville" is a reference to Key West, where Jimmy Buffet has a restaurant by the same name.
On a clear clear day, you can see Cuba from Key West.
We get lots of hurricanes.
I think that's it for now....
Oh yeah, I LOVE my state!

lisar replied: Well mine is

FLORIDA

My home town

home of the Jacksonville Jaguars (not that they are any good)
Jacksonville is the largest city in area in the united states
we are rated #6 in the "Hottest cities in America"
Jacksonville ranked 11th in Inc. magazine's list of "Best Cities for Doing Business" for 2006
We have a Carnival Cruise ship port here
When first completed in 1989 the Dame Point Bridge became the longest cable-stayed span in the United States, the longest concrete span of its type in the Western Hemisphere, and the third longest cable-stayed bridge in the world(I hate this bridge it is sooooo scary)

The whole state:
Theme parks, all of the disney parks and hotels, universal studios, etc....
we have Cape Canaveral is America's launch pad for space flights
A museum in Sanibel owns 2 million shells and claims to be the world's only museum devoted solely to mollusks
The Benwood, on French Reef in the Florida Keys, is known as one of the most dived shipwrecks in the world
Niceville is home to the famous Boggy Bayou Mullet Festival celebrated the third weekend in October.
The United States city with the highest rate of lightning strikes per capita is Clearwater


~~~Gatorade was named for the University of Florida Gators where the drink was first developed~~~
Miami installed the first bank automated teller machine especially for rollerbladers
Nearly 80 percent of the states intake of sweet Atlantic white shrimp is harvested in Amelia Island waters. Two million pounds of shrimp are delivered to Fernandina docks annually
Ocala national forest
Osceola national forest
Saint Augustine is the oldest European settlement in North America

AlexsPajamaMama replied: Maine

Eastport is the most eastern city in the United States. The city is considered the first place in the United States to receive the rays of the morning sun.

Maine is the only state in the United States whose name has one syllable.

Maine is the only state that shares its border with only one other state.

Approximately 40 million pounds (nearly 90 percent) of the nation's lobster supply is caught off the coast of Maine.

Maine produces 99% of all the blueberries in the country making it the single largest producer of blueberries in the United States.

Mount Katahdin is the state's highest point at 5,268 feet above sea level.

Togus was the first Veteran's Hospital in the United States. The facility was founded in 1866.

An unsuccessful attempt at establishing a permanent English settlement in the New World was at the location now known as Popham Beach. Sir George Popham led the expedition in 1607.

90% of the country's toothpick supply is produced in Maine.

Portland is the birthplace of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Author Steven King is a resident of Bangor.

Former President George Bush has a summer home in Kennebunkport.

Freeport is the home to the L.L. Bean Company.

The skating scene in the movie "The Preacher's Wife" was filmed in Deering Oaks Park in Portland.

The chickadee is the official state bird.


Maddie&EthansMom replied: Texas::

Texas is the only state to have the flags of 6 different nations fly over it. They are: Spain, France, Mexico, Republic of Texas, Confederate States, and the United States.

The Alamo is located in San Antonio. It is where Texas defenders fell to Mexican General Santa Anna and the phrase Remember the Alamo originated. The Alamo is considered the cradle of Texas liberty and the state's most popular historic site.

Austin is considered the live music capital of the world.

Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. The Dublin Dr Pepper, 85 miles west of Waco, still uses pure imperial cane sugar in its product. There is no period after the Dr in Dr Pepper.

El Paso is closer to Needles, California than it is to Dallas.


Kaitlin'smom replied:
wacko.gif my old boss used to LOVE to remind me of that all the time, he has family in Waco

Maddie&EthansMom replied:
Waco is one of my favorite towns. biggrin.gif

Kaitlin'smom replied:
he seems to love it as well, they are going to spend about 2 months down there I am not sure if they have left or not, I said to his wife its all in prep in moving down there and she says never, but I have a feeling they might end up down there.

A&A'smommy replied: My state is the "Heart of the Dixie"

It also introduced the western world to Mardi Gras

Heather Whitestone was the first Miss America chosen with a disability, in 1995 she is from my state

The rocket that first took humans to the moon was designed in Huntsville, Alabama

The lady that invented wind shield wipers is from alabama tongue.gif

A&A'smommy replied: ok here is a little bit of interesting information about MY town

Its the City Of the People, it was founded by a group of Bonapartists who feared their lives after the fall of Napoleon Bonaparte. Anyways they came to the US and founded the Vine and Olive commnunity (the original name of my town) on the "White Bluffs" (I will have to show you some pictures its gorgeous).

Also its the ONLY town in the US with its name and EVERYONE pronounces it wrong tongue.gif

Danalana replied: Alabama introduced the Mardi Gras to the western world. The celebration is held on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Lent begins.

Alabama workers built the first rocket to put humans on the moon.

The world's first Electric Trolley System was introduced in Montgomery in 1886.

Alabama is the only state with all major natural resources needed to make iron and steel. It is also the largest supplier of cast-iron and steel pipe products.

Montgomery is the capital and the birthplace of the Confederate States of America.

The town of Enterprise houses the Boll Weevil Monument to acknowledge the role this destructive insect played in encouraging farmers to grow crops other than cotton.

Baseball player Henry Louis (Hank) Aaron was born in Mobile in 1934.

Boxer Joe Louis was born in Lexington in 1914. He died in 1981.

"Alabama" is the official state song.

Baseball player Willie Howard Mays was born in Westfield in 1931.

Huntsville is known as the rocket capital of the World.

The musical singing group Alabama has a Fan Club and Museum in Fort Payne.

In 1902 Dr. Luther Leonidas Hill performed the first open heart surgery in the Western Hemisphere by suturing a stab wound in a young boy's heart. The surgery occurred in Montgomery.

In 1995 Heather Whitestone serves as first Miss America chosen with a disability.

The word Alabama means tribal town in the Creek Indian language.

The United States Army Chemical Corps Museum in Fort McClellan contains over 4000 chemical warfare artifacts.

Hitler's typewriter survived from his mountain retreat and is exhibited at the Hall of History in Bessemer.

The Monarch butterfly (Danaus pleipuss) is the state's official insect.

The star blue quartz is the state's official gemstone.

The Florence Renaissance Faire is the Alabama's official fair.

The pecan is the Alabama's official nut.

People from Alabama are called Alabamians.

On January 11, 1861 Alabama becomes the fourth state to secede from the Union.

On January 28, 1846 Montgomery was selected as capital of Alabama.

Singer and entertainer Nathaniel Adams (Nat King) Cole was known as the man with the velvet voice. He was born in Montgomery in 1919 and died in 1965.

The Birmingham Airport opened in 1931. At the time of the opening a Birmingham to Los Angeles flight took 19 hours.

Audemus jura nostra defendere is the official state motto. Translated it means "we dare defend our rights."

At the Battle of Mobile Bay Admiral David Farragut issued his famous command, "darn the torpedoes, full speed ahead." The event occurred on August 5, 1864.

There's also a song about Alabama...
"In Bimingham, they love the gov'nor, ooo ooo oooo..." (maybe you've heard of it wink.gif )

My3LilMonkeys replied: Pennsylvania:

Hershey's chocolate is made here (in Hershey, of course)

The first computer was built in Philadelphia

The first oil well was drilled in Titusville, PA

The famous Philly cheesesteaks are from PA

Dunder-Mifflin, the fictitious company in the TV show 'The Office' is based in Scranton, PA (which is about a half hour from where I live)

We have both a Dallas and a Beaumont, and both of ours were here before the ones in Texas tongue.gif but are also much smaller.

We have the Little League world series here in Williamsport every year, and the Little League hall of fame is there as well

Punxatawney Phil (the Groundhog Day groundhog) lives in Punxatawney, PA

There are 2 counties in PA that have NO traffic lights at all in them

The first nuclear accident in the US was located in Three Mile Island, PA

HuskerMom replied: Nebraska


Elephant Hall, in a museum in Lincoln, has the biggest collection of elephant skeletons in the world. The biggest mammoth fossils ever discovered were found in Lincoln County (my county!).

Kool-Aid was invented by Edwin Perkins in 1927 in Hastings. He changed his soft drink syrup, Fruit Smack, into a powder to make it easier to ship.

The Niobrara is one of the top canoeing rivers in the country. It has more than 90 waterfalls.

The Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha has the world's biggest indoor rain forest exhibit.

Johnny Carson grew up in Norfolk.

The Union Pacific's Bailey Yards, in North Platte, is the largest rail classification complex in the world. (Where Dh works)

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln weight room is the largest in the country. It covers three-fourths of an acre

Nebraska averages 39 tornadoes a year.

Just north of Alliance, Nebraska there is a place called Carhenge that replicates the historic English Stonehenge with 38 old automobiles placed to assume the same proportions.

The Ole’s bar/restaurant in Paxton boasts a 1,300 pound polar bear. (It's pretty neat. It's right by the front door so that's the first thing people see. They also have a moose, elephant and giraffe heads. And lots of other animals.)

Serial killer, Charles Starkweather was from Nebraska and is buried at Lincoln's Wyuka Cemetery

Oh yeah and we have a little football team named the Huskers that I'm pretty fond of. tongue.gif

Kentuckychick replied: Well... Lets see...

I live in Kentucky

- Home to the world famous Kentucky Fried Chicken tongue.gif

- Home of the second oldest tourist attraction in the United States (Mammoth Cave)

- Is the birthplace for both Abraham Lincoln (the President of the Union) and Jefferson Davis (the President of the Confederacy)

- Home of the worldest largest fireworks display (Thunder over Louisville -- which kicks off the Derby Festivities every year)

- The best selling car in America (Toyota Camry) is manufactured in Kentucky - so is the Chevy Corvette

- Home of the world famous Kentucky Derby

- The birthplace of the song "Happy Birthday to You"

- the home of and the only place where post-it-notes are manufactured

- More than half of all Americans killed in the War of 1812 were Kentuckians

- More than $6 billion worth of gold is held in vaults beneath Fort Knox -- the largest amount of gold stored anywhere in the world.

More specifically I'm from Lexington,

- Which is the horse capital of the world
- Will be home to the 2010 World Equestrian Games
- Is constantly in a battle with Louisville for being the largest city in the Bluegrass
- Is the home of Keeneland Racetrack - a famous horse track
- Is home to the beautiful Lexington Cemetary (the burial spot of Henry Clay)
- Is home to the Rolex Kentucky 3 day Event -- one of the top 5 annual equestrian eventing competions in the world


And I'm sure there's more... but I can't think of any at this point... lol

CantWait replied: RUSSIA: since that's where I am right now

Largest country in the world, in area, actually name is the Russian Federation

There are 221 museums, 2,000 libraries, more than 80 theaters, 100 concert organizations, 45 galleries, 62 cinemas and 80 club establishments of culture in St Petersburg. (The arts here are BIG)

Ladoga Lake of Russia claims the distinction of being the largest lake in Europe. It spreads over 18 400 sq km and is around 51 m deep.

There are 17 million people in Moscow alone, with 10 million of them using the METRO daily. You wouldn't think it from the 10 million that seem to be on the roads.

The alphabet used in Russia is called Cyrillic

Yesterday, still today for some of you (January 7th) is Christmas here. It's the Russia Orthadox Christmas, the 25 of December is also celebrated by some.

It is a criminal offense to drive around in a dirty car in Russia (is that why the police are always pulling people over)

Russian card decks only have 36 cards (I haven't seen one yet)

stella6979 replied: Michigan!

Detroit is known as the car capital of the world.

Although Michigan is often called "the wolverine state" there are no longer any wolverines in Michigan.

Michigan ranks first in state boat registrations.

The Mackinac Bridge is one of the longest suspension bridges in the world.

The Kellogg company has made Battle Creek the cereal capital of the world.

The Detroit zoo was the first zoo in America to feature cageless, open-exhibits.

Michigan has the longest freshwater shoreline in the world.

Michigan has 116 lighthouses.

The first auto traffic tunnel built between two nations was the mile-long Detroit-Windsor tunnel under the Detroit River.

In 1879 Detroit telephone customers were the first in the nation to be assigned phone numbers to facilitate handling calls.

And this list would not be complete without mentioning that the Detroit Lions made history this year as the first NFL team ever to lose every single game during the football season. rolling_smile.gif

msoulz replied:
LOL Shelly!

I too am from Michigan, near Detroit.

PrairieMom replied:
that place is AWESOME! the number one place with in 4 hours of me to visit on a cold winter day. thumb.gif I had no idea it was the worlds largest tho.

CantWait replied:
ohmy.gif ohmy.gif NO WAY, I don't believe you!!!!!

Mommy2BAK replied: Arkansas - The Natural State

home of:
Wal-Mart
Tyson Chicken

redchief replied: Being from Southern NJ, we understand why it's called the Garden State. I'll let someone else bash NJ as a whole, because, frankly I can't stand the northern part of the state either. I wish NY would just up and annex it for pete's sake.

My home town has the last natural sand dunes on the Atlantic Coast (that is, not "engineered"). At least it will remain that way until the all of the judges are corrupted and allow potato chip magnates to tear the rest of them down.

In September, an extremely rare True's Beaked whale beached itself in Avalon; the first time an adult male of the species ever did such a thing. Unfortunately the animal died, but its skeleton and vital organs were taken to the Smithsonian for study.

We have a Wawa. Wawa is kind of like 7-11 on goose.

Our "Exit #" (the Parkway exit that many NJ towns use to locate themselves) is #13.

The next Garden State Parkway exit to our south is a traffic light (Exit 11). Exits 10 and 9 are also traffic lights. They are the only traffic lights on the highway. The intersections are deadly.

In 2002, Governor McGreevey broke his leg on the beach in Cape May. His wife was rushed to his side from Trenton. Care to guess what he was up to?

Speaking of Cape May - it's the oldest seashore resort in the country, a large portion of the city is on the National Historic Register.

Southern NJ is the world's leader in blueberry production. It is first or second in cranberry production depending upon who you listen to.

Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City houses the world's largest pipe organ.

NJ is the only state in which all of its counties are classified as metropolitan areas. I only say this because I don't think they bothered to look at Cape May, Cumberland and Salem counties when they made that assessment. tongue.gif

Atlantic City has the longest boardwalk in the world. Ours might be the shortest. biggrin.gif

The honeybee is the state insect... No wonder it's endangered.

Modern paleontology began in Atlantic County.

Jackie012007 replied: New York

I live in the county with the highest sales tax in the ENTIRE COUNTRY until Chicago surpassed us in April 08

I live in that big part that no one ever seems to remember - UPSTATE!

I am related to the Loomis Gang, a famous band of thieves who hid their booty (never to be found) in the nine mile Swap. They are my great great cousins and my great grandpa used to tell us stories about them, it was neat. I am also related to the poet Ezra Pound through the Loomis family.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loomis_Gang

Woodstock was held in Bethel, NY

Chittenango, NY was home of L. Frank Baum, the dude who wrote The Wizard of Oz. Its about 25 minutes from my home town. Its super cheesy there.

My home town is home to the worlds smallest church. Its in the middle of a pond and its 3.5' by 6'

The catskills in NY are "home" to the legend of rip van winkle

Sleepy Hollow is also located in NY, home to the german folklore of the headless horseman - both were written by washington irving

NY was the first state to require cars to display license plates



BAC'sMom replied: Aransas County "The Charm of the Texas Coast!" is a coastal community of approximately 8000 citizens.It is a popular tourist destination for its beach, ski basin, and sport fishing. Tourism, fishing and shrimping are the town's major economic factors. It also has been an Art Colony since the late 1800's, with over 300 artists living here today.

Jesus Bautista Moroles, 2007 Texas Visual Artist of the Year, and one of the most recognized visionary sculptors in the world, has his foundry in Rockport.

During Texas' battle for independence from Mexico, General Santa Anna's brother-in-law sailed into Aransas Bay with munitions and supplies for the famous battle of the Alamo. Zachary Taylor camped in Rockport with young officer Ulysses S. Grant on their way to fight in the brief Mexican-American War. And, the first American flag to fly over Texas was raised at the southern tip of Aransas' San Jose Island.

Large windswept live oaks are a dominating feature of the area and the The "Big Tree" named State Champion Coastal Live Oak (Quercus virginiana) in 1969, is thought to be one of the largest in the nation. Estimated to be over 1000 years old, the "Big Tree" has a circumference of 35 feet, is 44 feet in height and has a crown spread of 90 feet.

Hometown of Dat Nguyen- Cotton Bowl - Defensive Player of the Game (1998), Lombardi Award - Outstanding College Lineman (1998) and former Dallas Cowboy Player.

Approximately 500 bird species have been recorded in the area, including the endangered whooping cranes which spend each winter in the coastal marshes of nearby Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. From November to March over 265 Whooping Cranes call the Aransas Wildlife Refuge home. This Aransas-Wood Buffalo flock is the world’s only wild migrating flock of Whooping Cranes.

More than 10,000 people known as Winter Texans find refuge in Aransas County from the Midwest and Northeastern region of the United States.

Home of the Hummer/Bird Celebration, Rockport Art Festival, Rockport Seafair and Fulton Oysterfest

Rockport beachfront park has won awards for "The Nation's Cleanest Beach"

While the second smallest county in the state, Aransas County has one of the fastest growing populations in Texas, and it ranks 5th for Texas' fastest growing Agurbs.


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