What is your town or area's claim to fame? (page 2)

SWALKER

The town I live in was established in 1785 and played an important role in the Revolutionary War. There are War reenactments in some of the near-by parks. There is a grape festival held every year in the downtown area. Also, peaches are grown here....mmmmm!!!!!

Swalker

anglise

Battle of Hastings 1066 and all that.

Anglise

Stealth453

I now live in a town in the mid Philippines where the Japanese forces surrendered to the Americans during the second war.

MsMcDucket

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By Marilyn Bardsley, Rachael Bell and David Lohr

BTK - Birth of a Serial Killer

Wichita is the largest city in Kansas and recognized as one of the major mid-sized cities in the nation. Founded in 1868, the city enshrined the name of Wichita Indians, who had made that area their home.

Wichita, Kansas

The people of Wichita take great pride in their community, a fact which has earned the city the national distinction of "All American City" not once, but three times. Home to Boeing, Cessna, Learjet and Ratheon, the city has also been nicknamed the "Air Capita

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Wyatt Earp

Wyatt Earp is best known as the fearless frontier lawman of Wichita and Dodge City, Kansas, and as principal survivor of the Gunfight at the OK Corral. But the Marshall Earp of legend accounted for only about 5 years of Wyatt's long and eventful life.
Wyatt spent most of his years traveling and living in the deserts of the Southwest with his four brothers Virgil, Morgan, James and Warren, as well as his wife Josie. His lifelong passion for mining, gambling and sports led him from one boomtown to another across the span of the western frontier and into the 20th century.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower (born in Kansas)

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Bringing to the Presidency his prestige as commanding general of the victorious forces in Europe during World War II, Dwight D. Eisenhower obtained a truce in Korea and worked incessantly during his two terms to ease the tensions of the Cold War. He pursued the moderate policies of "Modern Republicanism," pointing out as he left office, "America is today the strongest, most influential, and most productive nation in the world."

Born in Texas in 1890, brought up in Abilene, Kansas, Eisenhower was the third of seven sons. He excelled in sports in high school, and received an appointment to West Point. Stationed in Texas as a second lieutenant, he met Mamie Geneva Doud, whom he married in 1916.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/de34.html

Barry Sanders: Wichita. Former NFL Pro Bowl running back for Detroit Lions. Heisman Trophy winner in 1988.

Gale Sayers:Hill City. Attended University of Kansas. Former running back for Chicago Bears. Inducted into Pro Football's Hall of Fame.

Wilt Chamberlain: University of Kansas, basketball player for the LA Lakers and Philadelphia 76ers. Holds record for most points scored in single game (100 points).

Dr. James Naismith: Lawrence. Invented the game of basketball.

Tom Watson: Overland Park. Professional golfer.

Lynette Woodard: Wichita. First female member of the Harlem Globetrotters. Two time Olympian and captain of the 1984 Olympic gold medal team.

Kirstie Alley: Wichita. Played Rebecca Howe on the NBC show "Cheers" and starred in such movies as "Look Who's Talking."

Don Johnson: Galena. Star of the TV shows "Nash Bridges" and "Miami Vice."

Dennis Hopper: Dodge City. Actor who starred in the movies "Hoosiers" and "Speed."

George Washington Carver: Ness County. Agriculture scientist. Mortgaged his home to go to college. Known as the "Father of Peanuts."

Amelia Earhart: Atchison. First woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She and her plane disappeared during an attempt to fly across the Pacific Ocean. She is one of Kansas' best known personalities.

Gordon Parks: Fort Scott. Author of "The Learning Tree," this famous black photographer was a photojournalist for LIFE magazine

http://roberts.senate.gov/famous.htm

Stealth453

You win!!!!

ferret

Niagara Falls

Sad emo

'Cat's eyes' (reflecing roadstuds or whatever you call them!)

Quality Street chocolates/toffee

lots of these -

Infamous for using a prototype of the French guillotine as a method of execution ( http://ayup.co.uk/knows/knows12.html ) and also having one of the harshest sets of penalties for crimes committed giving rise to this rhyme:

"From Hell, Hull and Halifax, good Lord deliver us!"

What is your town or area's claim to fame?

SWALKER

anglise

Stealth453

MsMcDucket

Stealth453

ferret

Sad emo

Legolas

GermanXJW

stillajwexelder

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