List your Hometown and what it's famous for

[wirev]

Moline, Il
John Deere World Hdqs

 

[thebluff]

Lowell, Michigan
Home of the famous Lowell Showboat.
Corporate Head Quarters for TILEWORKS
Home of Chadlee Farms Horseradish
King Milling Flour Company
Lighthouse salad dressings
Attwood Corp. (Boat products)
Motor Guide trolling motors are made here.
Root-Lowell Sprayer company
Flo-Master products
Home of the "Red Arrows" High school football team (multi year state champs)
A Bedroom community of 4000 just east of Grand Rapids, MI.
Lead Singer for red Hot Chilli Peppers is from our town
Largest employer is Amway, just 7 miles down the road.

also birthplace to Gus Macker 3 on 3

 

[thebluff]

Greenville MI

Home of Meijer grocery chain (Meijer Thrifty Acres).

Also home to Nelsons Speed Shop

 

[fusionfool]

Birth Place, Walnut Grove, MN..... Need I say any more.

 

[megan600]

St. Charles, MI

Small town, that is known for some of the best hunting around, especially waterfowl. Located on the Bad River, St. Charles is the "Gateway to the Shiawassee Flats. THis is 20,000 acres of the Michigan State Game Area, and Shiawassee Wildlife Refuge.

The river is also great in the winter when it freezes. We can head 40+ miles north by river and make it to the Saginaw Bay.

 

[lenny]

Waterford has an incredible bicycle company. Many old bmx bike manufacturers subcontracted manufacturing to Waterford. "Standard byke co" did this and the old frames are called "Waterford's" They are ultra high end and still producing, in fact, a guy from this site Brian W works there. Schwinn also sub'ed out welding to Waterford thus many "Waterford" bikes around the country. I believe they are doing more road bike stuff now. Hold on,,,,I see you are from Waterford MI, Wisconsin's Waterford is the town I am referring to

Waterford, Mi.

UMMMMMMM

Kirk Gibson!

 

[lenny]

Aurora Illinois,,, party time, excellent !!!!!!!!!!

 

[tomxc700]

Pinconning cheese

 

[allen_shores]

Rockford IL. Home of Cheap Trick. Actually live in Rockton just outside of Rockford.

 

[jbsugarbrown]

Nearby small towns:

Trufant, Michigan---Stump Fence Capital, USA

Years ago, farmers cleared trees from their land & then pulled out the stumps & used as fences/field borders. Also, many stumps were left in yards as decoration. Trufant has a festival on Labor Day weekend celebrating their "stump status", now called the "Trufant Jubilee".

Cedar Springs---"The Red Flannel Capital"

Makes the famous red flannel long underware & pajamas & also other clothing & miscellaneous items: garters, quilts, etc.)---even Doggie Dropseater Red Flannels!!!

 

[azandy]

Green Bay WI.
Well, not sure I have to explain what it is famous for.
The great walleye fishing.
Oh and the Packers!!!

 

[blu2u2]

Appleton, WI has the Hearthstone House (1st house in the world to be powered by hydroelectricity). It also is the hometown to Harry Houdini and has the Fox River Mall (third largest in WI).
My boyhood hometown was Tampico, IL the Birthplace of Ronald Reagan!

 

[trailshredder]

Flint Michigan.....Birthplace of Chevrolet. Don't live there any more though....it's a pit!!

 

[chad66]

Greenland MI.

...Let me get back to you on the famous part!

Chad@M&M

 

[ibendwire]

Manitowoc, Wi

Famous for Manitowoc Cranes and Manitowoc Ice machines

Manitowoc built submarines during WWII.

 

[toolmaker]

East Bristol (Sun Prairie): Tire Capitol of Wisconsin, Weber's Tires. If you've been there, you know what I'm talking about.
I currently live in De Pere (Green Bay) "GO PACK GO"

 

[snowbuff]

West Bend, WI

Home of Gehl CO. West Bend CO. (cookware) Schmitz Beer. Amity Leather (wallets & leather). The only city in America that did not enter the great depression.

Oh, and me!!!

 

[doo_dr]

Mound MN the arm pit of LK minnetonka.
also the home of something most guys on this site had Tonka toys.the Andrews sisters.Kevin Sorbo the star of the cheesy tv show Hercules. his sword is at the fire dept
the city has a total area of 4.9 square miles of which, 2.9 square miles of it is land and 2.0 square miles of it (40.04%) is water.
"Mound derived its name from the Indian mounds once found within the present-day limits. They were not built by the Dakota Indians but were made by prehistoric Indians.
Mound has about 1,000 docks, and even more boats.

YA Nailed that one Erza. The only thing you missed was it is the last stop for the MTC bus route (Dump em off in Mound).

 

[zzdanny]

Plant City Florida. Plant City is known as the winter strawberry capital of the world. Plant City was actually named after prominent railroad developer, Henry B. Plant, in the 1880's.

 

[xgl914]

West Bend, WI

Home of Gehl CO. West Bend CO. (cookware) Schmitz Beer. Amity Leather (wallets & leather). The only city in America that did not enter the great depression.

Oh, and me!!!

Are you or someone you know an employee of Gehl? My wife works there. I think about 5 years or so now.