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re: Odd history or little known facts about your hometown.

Posted on 5/15/18 at 11:02 am to
Posted by AUsteriskPride
Albuquerque, NM
Member since Feb 2011
18385 posts
Posted on 5/15/18 at 11:02 am to
Andrew Jackson's orphaned Creek Indian baby Lyncoya was from there; Popeye writer Tom Sims and Rush Propst also.
Posted by ProjectP2294
South St. Louis city
Member since May 2007
70511 posts
Posted on 5/15/18 at 11:04 am to
My hometown was briefly the state capital
Posted by Loungefly85
Lafayette
Member since Jul 2016
7930 posts
Posted on 5/15/18 at 11:06 am to
In 1988, a DC-6 crashed on the levee killing the crew and according to legend (of which there are quite a few) the plane was carrying garments and there were bras scattered all in the marsh that people kept picking out the water for years while fishing.

Crazy thing is, I never heard about this until very recently and there's no articles on it, but it definitely happened.

CRASH OF A DOUGLAS DC-6 IN GOLDEN MEADOW: 3 KILLED
Posted by REB BEER
Laffy Yet
Member since Dec 2010
16241 posts
Posted on 5/15/18 at 11:06 am to
My hometown is the first town in Texas on I-20 headed west out of Shreveport.

Other than that, there’s nothing notable about it.
Posted by SwatMitchell
Austin, TX
Member since Jan 2005
2314 posts
Posted on 5/15/18 at 11:12 am to
Originally called "Waterloo" - only city in the world to still have moontower lights
Posted by Aspercel
Member since Jan 2009
106596 posts
Posted on 5/15/18 at 11:14 am to
The odd history is the only thing known about my town.

1. You can “eat where it all began” at the birthplace of KFC.

2. I think we now have the only reoccurring moonbow left. Go Cumberland falls!
Posted by BuckyCheese
Member since Jan 2015
49769 posts
Posted on 5/15/18 at 11:16 am to
Birthplace of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Posted by Shwapp
Gonzales, LA
Member since Sep 2016
918 posts
Posted on 5/15/18 at 11:17 am to
Good ol' Vacherie baw
Posted by facher08
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2011
4398 posts
Posted on 5/15/18 at 11:19 am to
It was the setting for the original Tarzan movies and also where Kris Kristofferson wrote "Me and Bobby McGee" while flying helicopters for PHI.

First part is fact. The second might be bullshite.
Posted by JackieTreehorn
Malibu
Member since Sep 2013
29163 posts
Posted on 5/15/18 at 11:20 am to
Our county courthouse has murals inside the dome which depict the county history. shite is hilarious---apparently the settlers from my town marched with pitchforks and torches to the other town and stole the county seat while torching everything in their path.
Posted by Areddishfish
The Wild West
Member since Oct 2015
6284 posts
Posted on 5/15/18 at 11:20 am to
In an episode of the Andy Griffith show, he is visited by a relative that is from Lake Charles.
Posted by DirtyMikeandtheBoys
Member since May 2011
19429 posts
Posted on 5/15/18 at 11:22 am to
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Mandeville is also home to the largest certified southern live oak tree, the Seven Sisters Oak.
Posted by Reservoir dawg
Member since Oct 2013
14124 posts
Posted on 5/15/18 at 11:22 am to
The first heart transplant was done in Jackson.

Jackson had a Ferrari dealership in the 1980's.

Am I doing this right?
Posted by Kentucker
Cincinnati, KY
Member since Apr 2013
19351 posts
Posted on 5/15/18 at 11:22 am to
The Jif peanut butter plant in Lexington produces more peanut butter than any other factory on earth.

Posted by ksayetiger
Centenary Gents
Member since Jul 2007
68364 posts
Posted on 5/15/18 at 11:23 am to
quote:

My hometown is the first town in Texas on I-20 headed west out of Shreveport. 

Other than that, there’s nothing notable about it.





I like that bbq restaurant there
Posted by oleyeller
Vols, Bitch
Member since Oct 2012
32022 posts
Posted on 5/15/18 at 11:24 am to
Columbia, MS

home of walter payton.. and Pioneer Manufacturing that is one of the largest parachutte makers in the world


In 1999, Pioneer manufactured, at the time, the world's largest parafoil (7,500 square ft.) for the X-38 Crew Return Vehicle, an emergency return capsule for the crew of the International Space Station.
Posted by AnorexicGator
northshore
Member since Apr 2018
258 posts
Posted on 5/15/18 at 11:27 am to


Union Protestant Church (Mandeville Bible Church) was built in 1876, one of the oldest churches in St. Tammany.
Posted by MISSOURI WALTZ
Wolf Island, MO
Member since Feb 2016
749 posts
Posted on 5/15/18 at 11:28 am to
Stonewall Jackson lived at Wolf Island, Missouri from 1836 to 1837. His relatives still live in Mississippi County and I graduated from high school with one of them.

Posted by Reservoir dawg
Member since Oct 2013
14124 posts
Posted on 5/15/18 at 11:33 am to
quote:

In 1988, a DC-6 crashed on the levee killing the crew and according to legend (of which there are quite a few) the plane was carrying garments and there were bras scattered all in the marsh that people kept picking out the water for years while fishing.

Crazy thing is, I never heard about this until very recently and there's no articles on it, but it definitely happened.



New Orleans has had more than its fair share of plane crashes.
Posted by Aspercel
Member since Jan 2009
106596 posts
Posted on 5/15/18 at 11:33 am to
I didn’t even know there was a peanut butter plant in Lexington
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