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re: Name some cool or interesting facts about your city or town
Posted on 12/23/18 at 5:13 am to DavidTheGnome
Posted on 12/23/18 at 5:13 am to DavidTheGnome
Mine had its civil war battle the same day as Gettysburg and Vicksburg.
I believe it was the same size as Memphis a really long time ago
#2 county in #1 state or vice versa for teen pregnancy when I was one
I believe it was the same size as Memphis a really long time ago
#2 county in #1 state or vice versa for teen pregnancy when I was one
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Posted on 12/23/18 at 5:43 am to DavidTheGnome
The first American Soldier to loose his life for the USA in WW2 was from here, Freddie John Falgout
Posted on 12/23/18 at 6:50 am to DavidTheGnome
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Monroe is the birthplace of Delta.
Also Herman Johnson who played football for a little school called Louisiana State University out of Baton Rouge, LA. He was the largest baby ever born.
Posted on 12/23/18 at 7:03 am to RogerTheShrubber
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It has both brown and black bear
Can Grindr confirm this if I visit Juneau?
Posted on 12/23/18 at 7:05 am to DavidTheGnome
We had electricity, running water, and one phone line for 10 or more homes
Posted on 12/23/18 at 7:09 am to mikelbr
BR here.
Spanish Town is named for the remaining Spanish settlers who came to BR after abandoning Galvez Town. A mile or so northeast of present day Galvez, the settlement was right off of 42 near Port Vincent at the confluence of Bayou Manchac and Amite.
gmaps pin of location of Galvez Town
Spanish Town is named for the remaining Spanish settlers who came to BR after abandoning Galvez Town. A mile or so northeast of present day Galvez, the settlement was right off of 42 near Port Vincent at the confluence of Bayou Manchac and Amite.
gmaps pin of location of Galvez Town
This post was edited on 12/23/18 at 7:10 am
Posted on 12/23/18 at 7:23 am to Hu_Flung_Pu
Didn't Vicksburg refuse to celebrate the fourth of July until 1972 or something?
Madison does't have a lot of cool history, but ..
General Stephen Lee defended Madison, MS during the Civil War - despite having a strategic location and railroad, no shots were fired in Madison County. Stephen Lee became the first president of Mississippi State.
Here are some other interesting facts about Mississippi cities:
Root Beer was invented in Biloxi
Coca Cola was first bottled in Vicksburg
Teddy Roosevelt visited Mississippi for a bear hunt while president. The locals had captured a bear before his arrival so he would be able to kill one. He refused to kill it, and the "teddy bear" was born.
Jackson is on a four city rotation to host the International Ballet Championships. The other three- Moscow, Sofia (Bulgaria) and Helsinki.
60 percent of the catfish in the world comes from the Mississippi Delta
Madison does't have a lot of cool history, but ..
General Stephen Lee defended Madison, MS during the Civil War - despite having a strategic location and railroad, no shots were fired in Madison County. Stephen Lee became the first president of Mississippi State.
Here are some other interesting facts about Mississippi cities:
Root Beer was invented in Biloxi
Coca Cola was first bottled in Vicksburg
Teddy Roosevelt visited Mississippi for a bear hunt while president. The locals had captured a bear before his arrival so he would be able to kill one. He refused to kill it, and the "teddy bear" was born.
Jackson is on a four city rotation to host the International Ballet Championships. The other three- Moscow, Sofia (Bulgaria) and Helsinki.
60 percent of the catfish in the world comes from the Mississippi Delta
Posted on 12/23/18 at 7:30 am to DavidTheGnome
Covington GA
Over 60 movie and TV shows have been filmed here from “Duke of Hazard” to “Vampire Diaries” to “Remember the Titans” to “Friday the 13th”
Over 60 movie and TV shows have been filmed here from “Duke of Hazard” to “Vampire Diaries” to “Remember the Titans” to “Friday the 13th”
Posted on 12/23/18 at 7:31 am to DavidTheGnome
The natural hot springs which brings hundreds of thousands of tourist to our city each year are the ONLY hot springs in America where are REQUIRED to wear blue jeans while you soak..... this the name of our city, Denim Springs
Posted on 12/23/18 at 7:54 am to DavidTheGnome
Home town of Jim Stafford and Gram Parsons. George Jenkins, founder of Publix opened his first grocery store in down town Winter Haven. Also, neighboring Lakeland is where Red Lobster opened its first restaurant.
Posted on 12/23/18 at 7:56 am to DavidTheGnome
The Hollywood movies Raising Arizona, Wayne’s World and Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure were filmed in Scottsdale. Old Western Classics filmed in Scottsdale include the 1930 production Stagecoach (John Wayne). The 1950 version of War of the Worlds and parts of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 Psycho were also filmed here.
Scottsdale’s Papago Park was a German POW camp during World War II
Scottsdale’s Papago Park was a German POW camp during World War II
This post was edited on 12/23/18 at 8:00 am
Posted on 12/23/18 at 7:57 am to DavidTheGnome
Indianola, Ms is BB Kings hometown
Posted on 12/23/18 at 7:58 am to DavidTheGnome
Also have highest rate of herpes in state
Posted on 12/23/18 at 7:58 am to tossedoff
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coliseum in Jackson, Mississippi is on a dormant volcano.
That volcano needs to wake up imo
Posted on 12/23/18 at 8:03 am to DavidTheGnome
The City of Leesville has been around since 1871, though did not formally incorporate until February 15, 1900. The city’s name honors General Robert E. Lee.
LEESVILLE, an area known as 'No Man’s Land' of Louisiana.
There are some fine folks there and a Sonic too. Go Wampus Cats
LEESVILLE, an area known as 'No Man’s Land' of Louisiana.
There are some fine folks there and a Sonic too. Go Wampus Cats
Posted on 12/23/18 at 8:10 am to DavidTheGnome
Not my home town but right outside it. The freedom riders bus was stopped and burned just after leaving the Greyhound station in the neighboring town.
The original name of my hometown was Lickskillet.
The original name of my hometown was Lickskillet.
Posted on 12/23/18 at 8:25 am to DavidTheGnome
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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.
Related fact. That plane (or maybe one of their planes?) is in the Smithsonian Annex out by Dulles. I was flabberagasted when the wife said, "Hey, that plane has Monroe, La on it." My first thought was, "WTH could have EVER happened in Monroe that would justify this thing being in the Smithsonian."
Pic of said duster
This post was edited on 12/23/18 at 8:27 am
Posted on 12/23/18 at 8:26 am to DavidTheGnome
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cool or interesting facts about your city
The Dirty ‘dell is the heroin capital of Louisiana.
Posted on 12/23/18 at 8:45 am to DavidTheGnome
Baton Rouge was known as New Richmond during the post Seven Years War occupation.
Posted on 12/23/18 at 8:51 am to DavidTheGnome
First city to establish a municipal fire department.
First concrete skyscraper built in the U.S. - the Ingalls Building.
Home to 5 US Presidents
2nd Largest Oktoberfest in the World (behind Munich).
First concrete skyscraper built in the U.S. - the Ingalls Building.
Home to 5 US Presidents
2nd Largest Oktoberfest in the World (behind Munich).
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