stole this idea from another forum, Post pictures of things your hometown is known for

[charlie and algernon]

Martin Guitars


Henry Repeating Rifles


Andretti Racing family

[JTG of the PRB]

1. My town is known for a few things...

The Flatirons:



The University of Colorado:



The Pearl Street Mall:



The Fox Theatre:

[Roon]

13. I went to visit my boyfriend in boulder last week

Haven't been there in YEARS and it was nice to be back. If I can find a doctor there I may live there permanently!

[Hand]

30. Not to mention...

[Hawkeye-X]

95. You forgot to show University Hills - where the pot dealers hang out...

:evilgrin:

(I know Fox Theatre is at University....)

[SoxFan]

2. Manch Vegas

I own a jersey just like Happy's, by the way...

[Tommy_Carcetti]

78. Flanny's from your town?

Cool.

[SoxFan]

91. Yep!

He pitched for Manchester Memorial High School and for Sweeney Post; Legion ball is big in Manchester, with three posts fielding good teams.

[Ptah]

3. The view to the west.

The view to the west at sundown:

[phusion]

39. Somewhere north of Yuma?

[Ptah]

40. Montana

[bertha katzenengel]

88. Big Sky

:hi:

[Ptah]

99. The last best place!

:hi: :hug:

[Danger Mouse]

4. Okay, here goes.

This is what my home town is known for:
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[GCP]

5. ROFL, ditto here!

[charlie and algernon]

9. doesn't have to be stuff known nationally

what are the local landmarks?

[Danger Mouse]

12. ...cows. corn. a pathetic excuse for a tiny mountain.

i hate this town.

[greendog]

6. Location. Location. Location.

[Aristus]

7. The Meeker Mansion and the Puyallup Fair:

[Rhythm]

8. Morgantown WV (my 'hometown' for the last 6 years)

[Hawkeye-X]

96. Sorry about the loss - but your kicker SUCKS

[Rhythm]

107. McAfee just had a flub...

He's actually a hell of a kicker, and should he score 33 more points this season (extra-points and field goals), he'll be the most prolific scorer in WVU history. He's already 5th.

Even NFL kickers miss one now and again...

[Xipe Totec]

10. Birthplace of Dim son's dad

:blush:



:cry:

[Mutley]

11. My old hometown.

My new hometown


:P

and

[Arkansas Granny]

14. My town is not famous for much.

Judge Parker's gallows



And his courtroom



Wortz Biscuit Company



Fort Smith Historical Site



UA Fort Smith Bell Tower



Miss Laura's Social Club - a local bordello transformed into the Fort Smith Visitors Center

[SoxFan]

25. Ft. Smith!

One of my best friends from law school is from Ft. Smith, as is her husband. They're living in Germany now (he's a Lt. Colonel in the Army).

[medicswife]

15. Chief Joseph, and crazy beautiful mountain wilderness

[charlie and algernon]

16. wow, stunning pictures!

[medicswife]

18. I really miss it there, but we couldn't make ends meet.....

*sigh* Which is what led to my husband joining the Army. Someday we'll go back.

[AlCzervik]

17. The only recorded proof of the Mafia's existence is from an FBI tape of a Mafia induction ceremony

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medford,_Massachusetts

jinge bells was written in Meford, Mike Bloomberg was born there and Amerlia Earhart lived in Medford and "The black Dahila" did as well.

[begin_within]

19. ok

[KitchenWitch]

83. Where is your favorite Mexican place there?

We love the Old Town Mexican Cafe!

[quip]

20. You are from Nazareth? Nice post, Jesus

:P

(Martin Guitar fan and owner) :hi:

[charlie and algernon]

24. haha, just because I was born in Bethlehem and grew up in Nazareth,

doesn't make me Jesus. :P

[quip]

28. That's a hoot!

My advice: don't move to Jerusalem! :P :hi:

[WinkyDink]

56. But I'll bet you've been on the Road to Emmaus!

[charlie and algernon]

77. I have indeed, and I have seen the star of Bethlehem too

surprised you didn't have that in your post down below.

[WinkyDink]

103. Didn't think it was that well-known!

[DarkTirade]

21. The place I just left is known for these things...

The place I live now is known for

[ThomCat]

31. That garbage plate will kill you.

When I get up there to visit you, you have to find someplace with food I can eat. :9

[DarkTirade]

34. Hell, I've barely had a chance to explore and find stuff for myself. :P

And I still haven't actually tried a garbage plate. Nor have I had a white hot dog since I got here, although I did have a few when I was a kid and I lived here.

All my friends in Florida thought I was NUTS when I mentioned eating white hot dogs as a kid. :P

[charlie and algernon]

35. what is a WHITE hot dog?

that garbage plate looks yummy :9

[DarkTirade]

37. Damned if I know how it ends up that way, but it has a very interesting and unique flavor.

Keep in mind, I haven't had one in 20 years... but I still remember what they're like. So that should say a lot. :P

I can't EXPLAIN what they're like, but I remember.

[hedgehog]

64. You forgot this:

[DarkTirade]

80. Ironically, that's where I was the first time I ever tried a white hot dog...

:P

[Hawkeye-X]

97. Rochester, NY, right?

I remember Nick Tahou's. Uggggghhhh!

[DarkTirade]

104. Yep.

Never eaten there actually. I lived here until I was about 5, then I lived in FL for 20 years. Just moved back.

[mokawanis]

22. A few from Madison

Wisconsin Badgers


Capitol building


Frank Loyd Wright Convention Center


Downtown Madison, located on an isthmus

[helderheid]

23. Here ya go

[MountainLaurel]

26. One of the nation's worst mining disasters

[sniffa]

27. Google Image is not giving an accurate photo

http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=%22culture+heroes%22&btnG=Search+Images

:shrug:

[jeff30997]

50. "culture heroes" ?

In your profile you say that you're from the City of Across the river so I Googled it:



Wow! You have the Gugenhiem Museum where you live! :P

[Hand]

29. Halifax, Nova Scotia...

Mecca of the donair...

[DarkTirade]

38. I don't know what that is, but it looks very greasy and unhealthy and possibly delicious.

:P

[jeff30997]

51. I know what it is:

Nova Haggis. :)

[tigereye]

32. being named after the daughter of a German baron

although I think that might have been common in the early 19th century!

[jeff30997]

52. "the daughter of a German baron"

Fräulein von Volkswagenhittavan ? :)

[tigereye]

62. Zelienople, a little burg north of Pittsburgh

Zelia - daughter of the Baron Dettmar Basse who founded the town, and -nople.


Not too grandiose, that. ;)

[Fenris]

33. The only thing I can find a picture of.

[phusion]

36. Just a couple...

http://www.itsatrip.org/!UserFiles/content_photos/balloons/acvb_RB_balloons_01.jpg

The local Sandia mountains:


If there was a god, he(she)(it) would eat this everyday:


and lest we forget:

[mcctatas]

41. here's a few (Ok, the only three I can think of)

[Solon]

42. Dammit, ok!

x(

[jeff30997]

43. Are you serious ?

Ok,the guy have a Cardinals shirt so he could be from Missouri too but...

[Solon]

53. 100 percent sure, location, off of Highway 94/3rd Street...

Outside of the Boeing plant in St. Charles Missouri. In my town's defense, this guy was participating in a COUNTER-protest, basically protesting anti-war protesters.

[elshiva]

54. Hugh Moran is my hero.

What a true American. :sarcasm:

[KitchenWitch]

44. ...

[XemaSab]

45. Too $hort, bitchez!

[TrogL]

46. James Cameron

[astonamous]

47. A little place in Utah...

Projectiles are part of the chemical weapons stockpile in Tooele, Utah.


Fun times had by all...except the sheep.


Many movies and/or tv programs filmed in the area.


The occasional light show.


More and more killed every year to make room for the cows.

[CreekDog]

61. Correct pronounciation: TOE-ILL-UH

the lightning there is very impressive. :applause:

[astonamous]

102. Correct pronunciation...

Twill-uh :silly:

[enigmatic]

48. Burn On, Big River, Burn On

There's a red moon rising
On the Cuyahoga River
Rolling into Cleveland to the lake

There's a red moon rising
ON the Cuyahoga River
Rolling into Cleveland to the lake

There's an oil barge winding
Down the Cuyahoga River
Rolling into Cleveland to the lake

There's an oil barge winding
Down the Cuyahoga River
Rolling into Cleveland to the lake

Cleveland city of light city of magic
Cleveland city of light you're calling me
Cleveland, even now I can remember
'Cause the Cuyahoga River
Goes smokin' through my dreams

Burn on, big river, burn on
Burn on, big river, burn on
Now the Lord can make you tumble
And the Lord can make you turn
And the Lord can make you overflow
But the Lord can't make you burn

Burn on, big river, burn on
Burn on, big river, burn on

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiqybFVGyaE

[bertha katzenengel]

89. I love that song.

Thanks for a pleasant earworm. :hi:

[enigmatic]

112. A classic

I grew up in the 70's in Cleveland, and I always think of this song when I'm reminiscing..

[MilesColtrane]

49. Coming at you...

[YankeyMCC]

55. Uncle Sam

And

Cyrus Dallin

[madinmaryland]

57. From my hometown in Ohio..

The Wilson Football Factory, in Ada, Ohio

[WinkyDink]

58. Bethlehem, PA.:

[bertha katzenengel]

90. Quarry miners, fishermen . . .

In my town of Bethlehem
Picket fences, church at ten
No star above my Bethlehem

sweet, sade song

[meegbear]

59. Lynn, MA ...

Women's Shoes


Fires


Marshmellow Fluff

[CreekDog]

60. Here goes:

(See's Candies Headquarters)

[TZ]

71. Well thats something we have in common

Where I live is considered the BioCapitol...There is more Health/Medical/Biotechnology here in Montgomery County MD that almost anyplace else..
I'll take your Genetech and raise you,NIH,Naval Medical, Celera Genomics, The Craig Ventner Institute, MedImmune, Human Genome Sciences....Just to name a few...:)

[CreekDog]

74. you're comparing your big county to our one little city?

:spank:

on the other hand, I'm guessing Montgomery County and San Mateo County are more like each other than anywhere else. I thinking about the number of professionals, high tech companies, computer industries, biotech, knowledge-based economy, they are both suburban counties that are heavily urbanized, voting patterns (extremely blue), etc.

Hats off to you though --you far outrank us in knuckleheads, er, I mean Redskins fans. :hide:

[TZ]

75. .

*cough* Barry Bonds..*cough*...

[CreekDog]

76. cheap shot

:rofl:

a San Mateo County native no less. :eyes:

but how about that Tom Brady? :think:

[madinmaryland]

81. Nice post, Snyder!!!!

[madrchsod]

63. remember --you asked

[hedgehog]

65. Fulton, New York - we make the weather channel every so often......

[Rhiannon12866]

66. My little town...

Glens Falls, NY:

Adirondack Balloon Festival :-) (on edit: this coming weekend...)




Skiing :-)




Amusement Park :-)




New Traffic Circle :-(

[yellowdogintexas]

67. Smallest Post Office U.S.A., first Rural Free Delivery in Kentucky

I kind of doubt the smallest post office thing, having travelled in some remote towns out west that have smaller post offices...maybe they are talking about distribution? Wiki does not say.

But there is a historic marker about the RFD thing.

[1gobluedem]

68. Here are a few things

Michigan Stadium, aka The Big House



Tom Hayden, 1960s radical



Zingerman's Deli



Winged helmet

[Sequoia]

69. Brevard, NC: Blue Ridge Parkway

[semillama]

70. My hometown is known for a couple things

Primarily the Quincy Mine (at the time of its closing in 1945, it sat over the deepest mine shaft in the world at 1.75 miles):



which is home to the largest steam hoist in the world:



We also share the Portage Lake Lift Bridge with Houghton, Michigan. This is the world's widest and heaviest double-deck lift bridge.



Boy, I miss it up there.

[hedgehog]

72. Here's Fulton New York:

This is how we make the Weather Channel once or twice a year!


Here's Lake Neahtawanta - wouldn't you know - the only picture I could find is a winter shot!



Here's G Ray Bodley High School on the shores of Lake Neahtawanta ( or as it's known locally, Lake Marijuana aka the Lake that Kills things - we had an unfortunate algae bloom one summer)) - again , a winter shot!



Proof that it's not always snowing here:



and one of our many franchise eating places:



and another

[lost-in-nj]

73. This is in my town

and they make these yummmmmmm







and flooding.....
when ever it rains a lot the cameras are here





and of course one of the Brazillion places George Washington slept

the Dey Mansion

?v=0






:hi:


lost

[Rambis]

79. First electronic digital computer

The Atanasoff-Berry Computer was the world's first electronic digital computer. It was built by John Vincent Atanasoff and Clifford Berry at Iowa State University during 1937-42. It incorporated several major innovations in computing including the use of binary arithmetic, regenerative memory, parallel processing, and separation of memory and computing functions.
On October 19, 1973, US Federal Judge Earl R. Larson signed his decision following a lengthy court trial which declared the ENIAC patent of Mauchly and Eckert invalid and named Atanasoff the inventor of the electronic digital computer -- the Atanasoff-Berry Computer or the ABC.

Clark Mollenhoff in his book, Atanasoff, Forgotten Father of the Computer, details the design and construction of the Atanasoff-Berry Computer with emphasis on the relationships of the individuals. Alice and Arthur Burks in their book, The First Electronic Computer: The Atanasoff Story, describe the design and construction of the ABC and provide a more technical perspective. Numerous articles provide additional information. In recognition of his achievement, Atanasoff was awarded the National Medal of Technology by President George Bush at the White house on November 13, 1990

[hunter]

82. Here's a working ABC to play with on your own desktop:

http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~hilpert/e/ABC/simulation.html

You'll need Adobe Shockwave.

Your photo is eniac. The ABC looked like this:

(reconstruction)

http://www.cs.iastate.edu/jva/jva-archive.shtml

[leeroysphitz]

105. That simulator made my head hurt a little.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

84. Okay....

That's about it. Not very exciting, I know.

[foxfeet]

85. Mothman! Point Pleasant, WV

The Mothman hoo-hah took place during my senior year of high school. I remember it well, including the collapse of the Silver Bridge over the Ohio River, killing 46 people. These events were the basis for the movie "The Mothman Prophecies," starring Richard Gere and Laura Linney. Check out the following link for more info:

http://www.mothmanlives.com/index.html



http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=275349786&albumID=352830&imageID=1900022

[erinlough]

86. My town is too small, I'll go with my area within 5 miles

[hedgehog]

92. Whereabouts were those shots taken?

[erinlough]

93. Southwestern Lower Michigan n/t

[hedgehog]

101. That was my guess: Lake Michigan snow belt!

[Bombero1956]

87. some of mine

Basketball Hall of Fame



for better or worse Smith & Wesson


Milton Bradley games



Dr Seuss


Indian Motorcycles

[Jamastiene]

94. The Rock

although NASCAR has moved since the locals didn't put lighting in. It's still what we were once known for most of all.



Also, we are well known for(Because of our location midway between Miami and New York, we are known as "the Hub of the Southeast."):






and last but certainly not least (and because all cities in this county are practically the same):

Story here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet_chicken_processing_plant_fire
and picture taken from here:
http://research.unc.edu/endeavors/fall2005/naumoff.php

I think I'll go have another drink or 60.

[BrklynLiberal]

98. Brooklyn...what can I say?

The Brooklyn Bridge


Pizza


Coney Island




Prospect Park




Verrazano Bridge

[Callalily]

100. Cleo's!

The decor is to die for! :rofl:



Edna Ferber


Hearthstone "This restored Victorian mansion earned its place in history on September 30, 1882 as the first home in the world lit by a hydroelectric central station based on Thomas Edison’s system."


and :puke: Joe McCarthy

[MsTryska]

106. Hmm lots of stuff in Atlanta...

[Release The Hounds]

108. The birthplace of...

[GoddessOfGuinness]

109. Liars and crooks

[DBoon]

110. here's mine

[BlueCollar]

111. Fort Worth and the TV show "Cops"?

[applegrove]

113. I'm always on the look out for another busy forum. Where did you find this idea?