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Name some cool or interesting facts about your city or town
Posted on 12/23/18 at 12:14 am
Posted on 12/23/18 at 12:14 am
Monroe is the birthplace of Delta.
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Delta's origins can be traced to a decision by B. R. Coad and Collett E. Woolman. Coad was an employee of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's field laboratory in Tallulah, Louisiana; Woolman was with its extension service. They worked on finding a solution to the boll weevil infestation of cotton crops and concluded that the "dusting" of an insecticide powder from the air would be the most effective form of treatment. From this decision, Huff Daland Dusters Incorporated was born. It was founded on May 30, 1924, in Macon, Georgia, and became the world's first aerial crop dusting company. The company moved to Monroe, Louisiana, in 1925.
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Delta's origins can be traced to a decision by B. R. Coad and Collett E. Woolman. Coad was an employee of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's field laboratory in Tallulah, Louisiana; Woolman was with its extension service. They worked on finding a solution to the boll weevil infestation of cotton crops and concluded that the "dusting" of an insecticide powder from the air would be the most effective form of treatment. From this decision, Huff Daland Dusters Incorporated was born. It was founded on May 30, 1924, in Macon, Georgia, and became the world's first aerial crop dusting company. The company moved to Monroe, Louisiana, in 1925.
This post was edited on 12/23/18 at 12:15 am
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Posted on 12/23/18 at 12:15 am to DavidTheGnome
Baton Rouge means red cock in French.
Posted on 12/23/18 at 12:16 am to DavidTheGnome
Erie, PA has the only statue in the world of George Washington in a British uniform
Posted on 12/23/18 at 12:18 am to DavidTheGnome
Doesn't this contradict your fact?
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It was founded on May 30, 1924, in Macon, Georgia, and became the world's first aerial crop dusting company. The company moved to Monroe, Louisiana, in 1925.
Posted on 12/23/18 at 12:18 am to DavidTheGnome
Everyone knows that
Posted on 12/23/18 at 12:18 am to DavidTheGnome
Childhood home of Ted Bundy and possibly the location of his first murder.
This post was edited on 12/23/18 at 12:40 am
Posted on 12/23/18 at 12:20 am to DavidTheGnome
The coliseum in Jackson, Mississippi is on a dormant volcano.
Posted on 12/23/18 at 12:20 am to northshorebamaman
You grew up in SeaTac?
Posted on 12/23/18 at 12:20 am to DavidTheGnome
After the hurricane, Panama City Beach lost all of its black population.
Posted on 12/23/18 at 12:23 am to DavidTheGnome
It's the second largest city in the US by area with 3200 sq miles.
The only Capital City that borders a foreign nation
It has more miles of hiking trails than road
You cannot drive to another city from here
It has roughly 35 glaciers
It has an elevation gain of over 8500 feet
It has both brown and black bear
The only Capital City that borders a foreign nation
It has more miles of hiking trails than road
You cannot drive to another city from here
It has roughly 35 glaciers
It has an elevation gain of over 8500 feet
It has both brown and black bear
Posted on 12/23/18 at 12:26 am to DavidTheGnome
It was the LA state capitol for 2 years
Posted on 12/23/18 at 12:27 am to Breauxsif
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You grew up in SeaTac?
I've lived in Tacoma for almost ten years. I took "your city or town" to mean where you live.
eta - SeaTac was Gary Ridgeway (Green River Killer)
This post was edited on 12/23/18 at 12:29 am
Posted on 12/23/18 at 12:27 am to RogerTheShrubber
Don’t sell our hometowns short, we had a Confederate Navy submarine manufacturing facility on the river, some of the structure is still there
On our side of course
On our side of course
Posted on 12/23/18 at 12:28 am to northshorebamaman
I thought he was from SeaTac a little north of Tacoma. You could be right however.
Posted on 12/23/18 at 12:29 am to 777Tiger
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we had a Confederate Navy submarine manufacturing facility on the river, some of the structure is still there
Yep, cross bayou.
Posted on 12/23/18 at 12:30 am to Breauxsif
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I thought he was from SeaTac a little north of Tacoma. You could be right however.
Yeah, added an edit. The Green River Killer was from SeaTac.
Posted on 12/23/18 at 12:32 am to DavidTheGnome
It’s said that Andrew Jackson and his troops stayed here before heading to New Orleans.
There was a bit of action around here during the Civil War. Parts of Union trenches can still be seen in places.
There was a bit of action around here during the Civil War. Parts of Union trenches can still be seen in places.
This post was edited on 12/23/18 at 9:35 am
Posted on 12/23/18 at 12:34 am to RogerTheShrubber
Very little known or cared about trivia, I helped change out a lot of the underwater hardware on the gates of Cross Bayou that regulated flow between the bayou and Cross Lake when I was in college
Posted on 12/23/18 at 12:38 am to 777Tiger
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Don’t sell our hometowns short, we had a Confederate Navy submarine manufacturing facility on the river, some of the structure is still there
In Alaska?
Posted on 12/23/18 at 12:38 am to DavidTheGnome
Home metro area:
One of the first radar training stations in the US during World War II
One of the primary cities for building liberty ships during World War II
One of the first mass murder sites in the US when someone went crazy with a shotgun on main street in the 1930s:
Was a ballon base during World War II
Was one of the few battle sites in the US of he War of Jenkins Ear
Was originally designed to be a no slave area by Oglethorpe
One of the first radar training stations in the US during World War II
One of the primary cities for building liberty ships during World War II
One of the first mass murder sites in the US when someone went crazy with a shotgun on main street in the 1930s:
Was a ballon base during World War II
Was one of the few battle sites in the US of he War of Jenkins Ear
Was originally designed to be a no slave area by Oglethorpe
This post was edited on 12/23/18 at 12:51 am
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