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Posted on 5/15/18 at 12:47 pm to PCRammer
Not my home town or where I ever lived, but my mom lived briefly in a town that was home to the Hormel factory that makes all the pepperonis. So, if you've ever eaten a hormel pepperoni, it came from that factory in Algona, Iowa. I always thought that was kind of amusing.
It's also not far, about 40 miles, from the corn field where the music died, Clear Lake, Iowa.
My original home town is where LSU was originally located, Pineville, LA
It's also not far, about 40 miles, from the corn field where the music died, Clear Lake, Iowa.
My original home town is where LSU was originally located, Pineville, LA
Posted on 5/15/18 at 12:54 pm to Placebeaux
I can’t believe there are still things named after Judge Perez in our parish 
Posted on 5/15/18 at 12:57 pm to Mr. Hangover
Like the street in St. Bernard?
Posted on 5/15/18 at 1:03 pm to bigberg2000
No bra, a REAL parish
Posted on 5/15/18 at 1:06 pm to cypresstiger
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Mark Twain called this the "Monstrosity on the Mississippi"
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he hated our ole Capitol. I lived in Natchez for 3 years. He also reportedly said that view of the river from Natchez was the best view on the MS.
Posted on 5/15/18 at 1:06 pm to PCRammer
Corpus Christi -
Birthplace of Whataburger
Hometown and burial site for Selena
But since this is obscure...
Birthplace of Brian Leetch, the first American born Conn Smythe winner in the NHL.
Birthplace of Whataburger
Hometown and burial site for Selena
But since this is obscure...
Birthplace of Brian Leetch, the first American born Conn Smythe winner in the NHL.
Posted on 5/15/18 at 1:25 pm to TexasTiger08
It's a history thing but most people drive by it and don't realize that downtown BR used to be the State Pokey.
Historical baton rouge Prison downtown
Gmaps view of where this is downtown Baton Rouge
Historical baton rouge Prison downtown
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Excerpt: In that year the first Louisiana State Penitentiary was built (abt. 1834) at the corner of 6th and Laurel Streets in Baton Rouge using a plan similar to a prison in Wethersfield, Connecticut. In 1844, the penitentiary, including the inmates, was leased to the private firm of McHatton Pratt and Company. Union Troops occupied the penitentiary during the Civil War, and in 1869 the lease was awarded to a Confederate Major by the name of Samuel James. Major James would be in charge of the Louisiana Corrections system for the next 31 years.
Gmaps view of where this is downtown Baton Rouge
This post was edited on 5/15/18 at 1:27 pm
Posted on 5/15/18 at 1:35 pm to GeorgeReymond
snap #metoo
also home to the world duck calling championship
Macks Prairie Wings
also home to the world duck calling championship
Macks Prairie Wings
Posted on 5/15/18 at 1:35 pm to TH03
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My hometown was home to the first all weather turnpike in the south, the aptly named Shed Road. A shed covered it for 9 miles.
Posted on 5/15/18 at 1:37 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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Another, the city is the socond largest in the US by area, at over 3,200 sq miles.
Hah, the four largest cities in the country by area are in Alaska. The largest city in the country is 10 times the size of New York City.
9,000 people live there.
Posted on 5/15/18 at 1:40 pm to cypresstiger
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Mark Twain called this the "Monstrosity on the Mississippi"
LINK
this from the link
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Admission to the museum is free, and the building is wheelchair-accessible.
Posted on 5/15/18 at 1:44 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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I consider the place I live now to be my hometown since I've lived here almost half my life.
That's kind of where I'm at. Where I'm now, it use to be the quail hunting capital of Arkansas, so my uncle told me. Live less than two miles from a missile silo no longer in use. My favorite though, running alongside my property is a depression of about 20-24 inches. I was finding all kinds of old cans. bottles, etc. I hadn't seen since I was a tyke. Turns out after asking around, it was the old wagon road people used travelling north out of Conway up my way, about seven miles.
Posted on 5/15/18 at 1:48 pm to TigerstuckinMS
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9,000 people live there.
Sitka is an incredible place. One of the best kept secrets in the country
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Posted on 5/15/18 at 1:49 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Will you quit bragging.
Posted on 5/15/18 at 1:49 pm to White Roach
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I know a very large number of American and Filipino prisoners were taken when Bataan and Corregidor fell. Maybe 100,000? Not sure how many were Americans. Seems strange to think that even with that many prisoners that five would be from Bogalusa and even stranger that they weren't related in some way. That's a cool bit of trivia!
There's a great account of the surrender of the troops on Bataan and Corregidor in Hampton Sides' book, The Ghost Soldiers. Incidentally, the troops who surrendered on Coregidor did not endure the Death March, they were taken to Manila and then to the camps. Of the five men from Bogalusa on the Death March, I said four were sent to China and Japan - that's not correct. One, Sgt. Oliver Hartford, died in the prison camp. Three were sent on the death ships to slave labor camps. One POW, Hugh Cutrer, gave evidence in the war crime trials of one of the Japanese officers involved with the death ships.
The four men who returned home got on with their lives. One of them, Robert May, became a police officer and was killed after only a short time on the job responding to a domestic dispute.
Posted on 5/15/18 at 1:49 pm to bigberg2000
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Like the street in St. Bernard?
You have to admire Chalmette's moral ambiguity and fiscal austerity on the Judge Perez Drive issue.
During the school integration and bussing fight, da parish names one of its main drags after a racist who was an avowed segregationist. Twenty five or thirty years later, as it becomes more commonly known that he also fricked over white for his own benefit, da parish decides to change the name. But new street signs are expensive. Businesses will have to change their letterhead and business cards. What to do?
Da Parish doesn't change the name, but changes who the street is named after. Brilliant! So now, Judge Perez Drive is no longer named after Leander Perez, but Melvyn Perez. Swear to God.
Posted on 5/15/18 at 1:50 pm to Homesick Tiger
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Will you quit bragging.
I don't live it Sitka. It's about 100 miles South of here on the outer coast
Posted on 5/15/18 at 1:52 pm to Clyde Tipton
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