Things your hometown is famous for . . . .

[mamaboyd]

Peterborough, Ontario: lead singer of the metal band Skid Row from the 90's~ Sebastien Bach, the tallest liftlocks in the world~ Peterborough LiftLocks, about 25 minutes away from Petrborough in the town of Norwood~ The band Three Days Grace.

 

[countyroad1330]

Chickasha: known for the purple-themed high school mascot 'The Fightin Chicks'

And the sherriff being caught gambling illegaly with coworkers...

 

[love-my-wolves]

DeLand is famous for Skydiving. The skydive capital of the world (at least they try to tell us that)
http://www.skydivedeland.com/

 

[GwenFarms]

My little town is famous for...your gonna love this...wait for it...

The Chicken Strut...no kidding. Is our festival and is taking place this weekend. Tonight is the first night of the carnival. We are also in the Guiness Book of World Records for being the only town that you have to cross the same river three times coming and going, or something along those lines. We are called the island town because we have a river that splits and joins on the other side.

Yep, don't look for me over the weekend I'll be doing The Chicken Strut.

 

[rooster-red]

Lithia Springs GA. is famous for its mineral water.

Our well is tapped into this same aquifer.

http://www.lithiaspringswater.com/id42.htm

 

[tammy j]

Carthage Missouri, I was born and raised here( yeah I know, no big deal) but it gets alot better...
Marlin Perkins, you know the guy who did the "Mutual of Omaha's wild kingdom" back in the 70's,
astronaut Dr Janet Kavandi(sp),
our beautiful courthouse, reminds me of a big castle, made of locally mined Carthage Marble
Rt 66 comes thru town, and our very own 66 drive in,
Belle Starr, civil war era outlaw
and we are also known as the first battle of the Civil War,( yes I know I was always taught about the battle of Ft Sumpter, but that was BEFORE Lincoln signed the declaration of war on July 4, 1861. Battle of Carthage occured on July 5,1861.) A series of 5 squirmishes in one day, we actually have markers where each of the "battles" took place. ( Can anyone tell I enjoy history?) Ok before I make anyone mad, I am not choosing sides on this almost 150 yr old issue.
We also have Precious Moments,
artists Lowell Davis and his Red Oak 2/ Foxfire Farm, Bob Tommey, April Davis Leiter, and Midwest Gathering of the Artists, which is held in Sept of each year.
On a bad note... after the Ok City bombing when everyone was looking for the 2 "John Does", they were found at my in-laws motel. My husband made national news when he was interviewed, one of his students was stationed in Pearl Harbor and was very surprised to find his martial arts instructor on the news.
Just up the road about 10 miles is Jasper Mo, this was the town that was portrayed in "Roadhouse", yes there was actually supposed to be a real rough -housing bar in Jasper.
Carthage is also home to several Victorian houses. These were built during the mining days in the late 1800's. Joplin, Webb City, Carterville and Oronogo Mo were home to the lead and zinc mines, and the poor miners. The rich mine owners did not want their families to associate with these lower class citizens, so they moved to Carthage to raise their families. What snobs! My family were miners, and mining engineers, who came originally from Hardy Co WV.
For sports we always have our football competition. Carthage vs Webb City. We were so thrilled when we beat them this year,after 20 years or so. Webb City has a really good team and has taken several state championships.
In October we have our Maple Leaf Festival. We have our big band competition on the 3rd Sat of Oct with the parade right before.
We do have our problems with drugs, meth is really bad.
All in all we are not a bad town to live in, but 11,000 people is just way too big for me. I would love to live in a much smaller place. Come and visit us.

 

[melleo]

St. Paris Ohio
Home of the Dancing Band of Graham Falcons!!!!!
Known for being the Pony Wagon Town
The best wrestling team in Ohio (that's what we say!!)
Melia

 

[TundraChick]

well we have both good and bad I guess


Ft. Ashby- Washington slept at the Ft here

Lynndie England- the Abu Grad prison scandel

 

[S n M Poultry]

i live right next to San Bernardino,CA. San Bernardino,CA is home to the very first Mc Donalds ever. ohh and route 66. Colton,CA is less than 5 minuts from my house and wyatt erp is buried there(dont know if it is true, my uncle might have lied to me)

 

[Acre of Blessings]

Well...............

, Our local fire department has a fall festival every year and they sell beef stew for $5 a quart and I've never been

. The city to the west of us Martinsville, VA is famous (I guess

) for the NASCAR race that comes into town twice a year. And the town east of us (South Boston) is where the NASCAR's famous Burton boys are from. So take it for what it's worth I'll probably never go to the festival at the fire department or a NASCAR race either.