List your Hometown and what it's famous for

[700classic]

Lansing is home now, but born and raised in Imlay City, Mi. Gateway to the Thumb. Vlasic pickles and muck farms(carrots,onions,lettuce,celery and so forth) And Chester Marco( I think I spelled it right) former place kicker for Packers.

 

[bedgar7]

Chelsea, MI
Home of Jiffy Mix and Jeff Daniels

 

[misty_pines]

South Saint Paul, MN - Once home to the largest stockyards in the world. You didn't want to be downwind of the place.

 

[weatherjan]

My hometown is Rome, NY known as the city of American History. Ft. Stanwix was constructed there in 1758 and was know as the fort
that never surrendered during the Revolutionary Was. The American Flag was first flown in battle there. Francis Bellamy wrote "The Pledge of Allegiance" in 1892 while living in Rome.
The city is located about 40 miles ENE of Syracuse, NY and average snowfall is around 115"/yr.

Jan Sterling

 

[mjkaliszak]

Not my hometown " Mattawan Mi " but once again it is famous for the power going out.
Good thing I have a generator back-up system.

 

[skidoodoug]

Hinckley Illinois...Site of the first Harlam Globetrotter's basketball game.

 

[powder_poacher]

naples, Id. The invasion of the federal govt. and the ruby ridge massacre.

 

[dew69]

All though I now longer live there, my hometown is Rochester, MN, home of the world famous Mayo Clinic, the Canadian geese and all the black bird crap on the sidewalks downtown!

 

[dothedoo]

Hometown is Seymour, Wi. As someone stated earlier, Home of the Hamburger.

Lived in Shiocton, Wi for the past 20 years. Not famous, but noted for Sturgeon viewing during the spring and cabbage chucking in the fall.

 

[HardwaterHoosier]

Hamlet, IN
Corn

 

[maddog24]

Indianapolis- Auto racing capital of the world

 

[RVR RNR]

BARABOO,WI Home of "Circus World Museum" and the birthplace of the Ringling bros.,Barnum & Bailey circus. [also home of the world famous Baraboo River Runners snowmobile club!]

 

[bigvin]

Peshtigo, WI

Peshtigo, WI.

City re-built from the ashes of the deadliest fire in American History.

Note: the following lines were taken from the book "Firestorm at Peshtigo"
written by Denise Gess and William Lutz.
"On October 8, 1871, a tornado of fire more than 1,000 feet high and 5 miles wide
ripped through the town of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, destroying over 2,400 square miles
of forest and killing more than 2,200 people. On the same day,.. 262 miles to the South,
300 people died in the highly publicized Chicago fire."

Also home to BPM (formerly Badger Paper Mills): Makers of Specialized papers.
ie: Dentine gum wrappers, Burger king hamburger wrappers,...ect. and a high quality printing paper.

Also home to Goodrich mfg.: No. 1 maker of airline seats

Also home of Sentinel Structures: Laminated wood arches and beams manufacturer. Also made
all the restoration wood parts for the U.S.S. Constitution.

Also the TV Home of Caroline from "Caroline in the City": A sitcom that aired from Sept. 1995 to
April of 1999. Starring Lea Thompson.
It was wierd seeing "local" things on a Nationally televised program aired weekly. ie: Peshtigo Bulldog
apparell,...shirts with Peshtigo on it,... shots from around the area. City was around 2700 people when I was growing up,.... but now has around 4,000.

Also home of ME!: Future Grammy Award winning songwriter,....
(Hey! a guy can dream can't he??)


Peshtigo does have a pretty cool Fire Museum,.... if ya ever get to this area, your should visit!
and a Very Large Harley Davidson Dealership.

 

[VIPERZ]

Milwaukee...Beer
Rockford IL...Cheap Trick

 

[Cat Woman]

Belvidere, IL...

Home of the Belvidere Chrysler Plant
Boone County Fair - largest county fair in IL and one of the largest in the Midwest
"City of Murals"
Kishwaukee River
1967 F4 tornado that hit the Belvidere High School and killed 24 people
Home of native Judith Anne Ford - 1969 Miss America
2009 NDK America Building Explosion

 

[mezz]

Though my "Home town" may not be "famous" for anything, it once was part of the largest copper mining operations in the Keweenaw. The Calumet & Hecla Mining Co. which had one of the largest stamp mill operations which was located in Tamarack City formerly known as Tamarack Mills.
The Keweenaw, specifically Houghton, is the birth place of Professional Hockey.-Mezz

 

[driftbuster]

Nashua, Iowa The little brown church in the vale

 

[mride460]

Hometown: Southgate, MI - Absolutely nothing that I'm aware of!!

Current Town: Negaunee, MI - Lots of Iron Ore Mining type historical things!!

 

[90s]

White Lake, WI

Not really famous for anything. But there is a hardwood flooring mill here that produces the hardwood floors that are used by many NBA teams, also the floors were used in the olympics. Also some guy here was at the Soth Pole in 1962 and flew the WI State flag there.

 

[doomsman]

Reddick IL.
All the obvious remarks when you say where your from.