Cool facts about where you live

[TK Poultry]

I live in Greencastle, Indiana home to Depauw University and John Dillinger robbed the bank on our town square. We also recieved the Green Community Award in Indiana 3 years in a row....I use to live in Putnamville, Indiana (5 minutes away) and Abraham Lincoln had family there and frequented Putnamville quite regularly on his way to Washington from Illinois and vice versa. Also US Hwy 40 runs through Putnamville and that highway has alot of historical significance.

 

[dawnrae]

Bloomberg’s Businessweek named my town the best place to raise kids in New York State!!!

http://images.businessweek.com/slideshows/20101214/the-best-places-to-raise-your-kids-2011/slides/33

YAY West Seneca!!!!

 

[Kaitie09]

I live in Glen Rock, PA. Founded in 1838 by Charles Heathcote, Mark Radcliffe and George Shaw who immigrated from England. The town was an important telegraph station during the Gettysburg War. The town is famous for the Glen Rock Carolers, a group of 50 men who sing every Christmas Eve. The tradition was started in 1848, and has never missed a year. The carolers start in the square at midnight on Christmas, and then go around the town. People open their doors for them and the followers, and everyone is served hot chocolate all night long. The carolers sing traditional songs from England, and end up back at the square at dawn. There is also a star that was erected on the hill when electricity first came to the town and it glows every Christmas

 

[turney31]

We are famous for Dogwood trees and Steam trains. Oh and we have 5 state prisons. Parts of the movie Rough Riders was filmed here. The Wranglers and horses and mules lived at the Bunkhouse I work at, while filming. Tom Berenger and Sam Elliot were there. Before my time though,

The guestbook says they are coming back.

Sam is on my list, .

I don't think Dhs Barbie twins will show up though.....He's bummed!

 

[kuntrygirl]

Quote:
WOW about the lowest cancer rate IN THE NATION.

Have they done studies to determine how you all have the lowest cancer rate in the NATION? I would love to read any information. That is amazing. It's something right that you all are doing in Arizona and I wanna know about it. Let me know if you have any info. Thanks for posting that.

 

[coldupnorth]

Wrenshall is near Lake Superior. Pop 333 Became a town out of many brickyard companies that settled here in the late 1800s. Temperature in Spring and Fall can many times be 30 degrees cooler than the next town over (5 miles) because of cold wind coming up the St. Louis River Valley from Lake Superior. One of the largest railroad trestle bridges is out our backyard.

 

[stanglover2001]

Well, I live near Oak Ridge (or some people think of it as the Secret City) but am 5 minutes or less from the K-25 plant, 10 minutes from the other plants and buildings where they enriched Uranium... YAY! NOT!

Umm... You have to take your deer you hunt and have it checked for radiation (only 5 or so reported cases of deadly amounts I think)... can't fish out of certain areas because they've been found to have certain amounts of radiation... In the area there has been atleast one car related accident related to deer for every day in the year, not the same year but geez that's alot for one area!

There is a plus... I'm upstream from the plants... WOOHOO!!!

I don't mind living here, I wish I didn't live so close to the plants but I just think I'll hunt in a far away county

 

[benjoycei]

I live in Monkey Junction, NC. There used to be a gas station here that had monkeys.

 

[weimarmama]

I live in Elba, AL "Small town, Big heart". Elba spelled backwards is Able, which is one of our town's mottos. http://www.elbaalabama.net/

Our town originated in the 1830s & was called Bridgeville. In 1850, the name was changed to Bentonville to honor, Col. Thomas Hart Benton, a Missouri senator who had served in Alabama. A drawing was held in 1851 to rename the town, & citizens wrote down suggestions on paper & put them in a hat. John Simmons had been reading a biography of Napoleon, so his suggestion was "Elba", & that was the one that was chosen.

We're the city of flowing wells. Elba is located beside the Pea River, & has flooded numerous times. In fact, almost every generation has a flood story. Three of those have been during my life, 1990, 1994, & 1998. 1990 was the worst of all of Elba's floods. The town was almost destroyed, & was under water for 4 days. Our house had 6 feet of water in it. After the water receded the schools were unusable, so the school board put mobile homes on land across from the airport & that's where we went to school until the 1992-1993 school year (which is when the new schools were finally completed). The '90 flood:

"Big Jim" Folsom, a former governor of Alabama was from Elba. Alberta Martin (she was one of the last surviving Civil War widows) lived in Elba for the latter years of her life. Her son, William Oren Martin, lived a couple of houses behind us. I remember, when we were growing up, my cousin & I would visit him almost everyday in the summer just to hear his stories.

 

[NYRIR]

Petersburgh is 41.6 square miles/elevation is 1443 (in town( we are at 1500 feet) population is 1626/Petersburgh has a PO ,a Library and Town office and an Antique shop.We do have one pizza place as well....and they deliver 7 miles from the restaurant ...we are almost exactly 7 miles away

Petersburgh has no school or convenience store..that's the next town over.
Petersburgh scores higher than average for air quality

Average commute to work is 33.8 minutes