alwayslearning

Before air conditioning, Congress could not keep in session during the summer! D. C. is basically a swamp. That same sheriff also has them living in tents, doesn't he? No a. c. there!

Baloonatic

Ooo ooo! {waving} I forgot a few more!

* The first motel in the world opened here in 1925.
* Billy the Kid hid out in the county, and his stepfather is buried here.
* Jesse James and Black Bart also hid out here, raiding cattle ranches on the Central Coast.
* Zac Efron was born here.
* Home of Hearst Castle
* Cecil B. deMille buried his stage set for the 1923 film The 10 Commandments on our southern beaches...and its still there
* Earlene Fowler's books are all based on our city/county (she calls it 'San Celina')
* Home of the Pismo Clam
* James Dean died on the highway in the north-eastern corner of the county

alwayslearning

I grew up in Erie, PA, which was dubbed "Dreary Erie, the mistake on the lake where the debris meets the sea." However, I remember that it was a stop on the Underground Railroad (next step Canada and freedom). There is a beautiful peninsula there with clean beaches, nature trails, a lighthouse, and a monument to Oliver Hazard Perry (Battle of Lake Erie, War of 1812). It was a wonderful place to grow up.

madamekelly

I grew up in Vancouver, WA which used to be called the "prune capital of the world" and now features wild plum trees scattered all over the city. I do miss the free plums though. Sam Elliot went to the same college I did there. "Heart" the band started out their careers as a house band at a club here called 'The Red Caboose'. Vancouver is also home to the former Kaiser shipyards, my first apartment was in one of their old buildings.
Now I live in Linn County, Oregon, the "grass growing capital of America". *Did I mention that I am allergic to grass? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Sienna's GiGi

Hugh Downs, Neil Armstrong, Ruby Dee, and Doris Day are from Ohio and Jeff Dahmer spent part of his childhood in Bath. Ohio ranks fourth in lime producing states. Cleveland had the first traffic light, Cincinnati the first ambulance, Hang on Sloppy is the state rock song, the Wright borthers were from Dayton, hotdogs were invented here, the first car was also made in Ohio.

jeanne307

Here are some little known facts about the State of Georgia:

When the colony was first founded in 1733 lawyers, hard liquor and catholics were banned.

Our state has had five known capitals: Savannah, Augusta, Louisville (pronouned lewisville) Milledgeville and Atlanta.

In 1842 Ether was used the first time as surgical anesthesia by Dr. Crawford Long

In 1943 Georgia became the first state to allow 18 year olds to vote. This was twenty-eight years before the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified changing the voting age in all states to 18.

There are lots more... but this will do lol

Peckish

Me too! In high school we used to go up to Prune Hill to drink and be rowdy teens. Now it's all housing developments. :(

It's difficult sometimes, trying to explain to people where you're from. If you say Vancouver, they assume you mean British Columbia. If you say Washington, they assume you mean District of Columbia. If you say Portland (because it's right across the river from Vancouver) they assume you mean Portland, Maine. I finally struck gold after 1980 when I was able to say I live close to Mt. St. Helens.

mjsylvstr

I originally came from Trenton, NJ, the capital and

I remember, as a child, an old saying going around..

...............Trenton makes, the world takes..................

................If the world refuses, Trenton uses...............

RugosaB

For a while, Ohio was the home state with the most people who not only wanted to leave the state, they wanted to leave the planet! (astronauts)

sylviasmom

Pueblo, know as the City of Trees. Also known for Marisol chilis, which is why it has a Chili and Frijole Festival every year. The marisol chili is the only chili that does not grow pointing toward the ground, but rather looking toward the sun. Thus the name: mira sol.