What makes where you live unique?

[ChasNole]

What makes where you live unique?

Festivals, geography, topography, food, culture, art, music, legends, etc! :crazyeyes:

[Christy Carol]

Well lets see. My hometown which is about 20 minutes away from here is home to our states largest lumberjack competition, which just occurred last weekend during our Timberfest celebration. Its the county seat of Grant County, which is a huge timber industry based county. It is also the largest town in the county, just over 6000 folks. Up from 3000 when I graduated high school 20 years ago.

Where I live now is the home of the Mammoth Orange restaurant, an actual restaurant inside a huge orange colored and shaped building. It is known national wide and has been visited by many famous folks over the 70+ years it has been in business.

[AMoodyChristmas]

Famous natives of the area include Hellen Keller, Sam Phillips, Mitch McConnell, and W.C. Handy, whom we honor with a weeklong music festival in the hottest part of July. We also have a summer festival to honor Keller. We host the Alabama Renaissance Festival (coming up in two weeks!) We also have a powerhouse Division 2 football team from my alma mater, the University of North Alabama. Overall, not a bad place to live. Just wish they'd do more Christmas stuff.

[gottadance]

Well, Wheaton is well-known for being the home of Wheaton College, college of Billy Graham. Wheaton College is also home to the Todd Beamer Student Center, after Todd Beamer who was on flight 93 on Sept. 11.

It was a very Christian and totally dry city for many decades (1887-1985), but now it's much more diverse and the wine doth flow. We have more churches per capita than any other town in the U.S. We are also the county seat for DuPage County, IL.

We were also home to Charles Barnes who set up a print shop in our town - his son later formed Barnes & Noble in 1917.

[NicksMom]

Hmmm, not many exciting things. Katy was named after the Missouri-Kansas-Texas railroad, shortened to K-T. We were a major rice producer back in the day. We are a western suburb of Houston. Most of where we all live was ranch and farmland way back when. Most of our area is in unincorporated Harris and Ft Bend county. Igloo and Academy are headquarted here. Renee Zellwegger and Clint Black are from Katy. Numerous NFL players live out here. It used to be a sleepy little burg, but many people who work for the energy companies moved out here for the schools and great neighborhoods.

[ChasNole]

Well lets see. My hometown which is about 20 minutes away from here is home to our states largest lumberjack competition, which just occurred last weekend during our Timberfest celebration. Its the county seat of Grant County, which is a huge timber industry based county. It is also the largest town in the county, just over 6000 folks. Up from 3000 when I graduated high school 20 years ago.

Where I live now is the home of the Mammoth Orange restaurant, an actual restaurant inside a huge orange colored and shaped building. It is known national wide and has been visited by many famous folks over the 70+ years it has been in business.

Timberfest sounds cool and you can never go wrong with a fruit shaped restaurant!!:D


Famous natives of the area include Hellen Keller, Sam Phillips, Mitch McConnell, and W.C. Handy, whom we honor with a weeklong music festival in the hottest part of July. We also have a summer festival to honor Keller. We host the Alabama Renaissance Festival (coming up in two weeks!) We also have a powerhouse Division 2 football team from my alma mater, the University of North Alabama. Overall, not a bad place to live. Just wish they'd do more Christmas stuff.

Cool stuff happening up in there in North Bama. The Renaissance Fest sounds fun!


Well, Wheaton is well-known for being the home of Wheaton College, college of Billy Graham. Wheaton College is also home to the Todd Beamer Student Center, after Todd Beamer who was on flight 93 on Sept. 11.

It was a very Christian and totally dry city for many decades (1887-1985), but now it's much more diverse and the wine doth flow. We have more churches per capita than any other town in the U.S. We are also the county seat for DuPage County, IL.

We were also home to Charles Barnes who set up a print shop in our town - his son later formed Barnes & Noble in 1917.

My hometown was dry up until recently as well. Some surrounding counties still are. Love me some Barnes and Noble!


Hmmm, not many exciting things. Katy was named after the Missouri-Kansas-Texas railroad, shortened to K-T. We were a major rice producer back in the day. We are a western suburb of Houston. Most of where we all live was ranch and farmland way back when. Most of our area is in unincorporated Harris and Ft Bend county. Igloo and Academy are headquarted here. Renee Zellwegger and Clint Black are from Katy. Numerous NFL players live out here. It used to be a sleepy little burg, but many people who work for the energy companies moved out here for the schools and great neighborhoods.

The railroad was and still is very important to many Americans. I'm the first generation, in my family, to not work for the railroad in over 100 years.

I love hearing about where everyone is from, so very interesting! Keep 'em coming!

[SusieSnowflake]

Part country, part city, wonderful parks, little cubs field ,terror train starting tomorrow, antique engine club, just great friendly help you out in a heartbeat people... Doggie day care right down the road, so funny to watch them all running aorund at "recess"... Friends forever humane society with a start of the art doggie park... Jane Adams bike trail, many miles of fun...Mail lady who knows everything! and will tell!!LOL