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Post by CStarFire (Minnesota) on Sept 14, 2018 10:05:04 GMT -5
Port Washington, Wisconsin
Home of "World's Largest One Day Outdoor Fish Fry"
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Post by Teslukbla on Sept 14, 2018 21:36:52 GMT -5
Quincy, Illinois ~ home of Quincy University
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Post by CStarFire (Minnesota) on Sept 14, 2018 22:13:35 GMT -5
Rochester, Minnesota
On August 21, 1883, the Great Tornado demolished much of Rochester, leaving 37 dead and approximately 200 injured. As there was no medical facility in the immediate area at the time, Dr. William Mayo and his two sons worked together with the Sisters of St. Francis to care for the wounded. Donations were collected and the Sisters of St. Francis, assisted by Mayo, opened a new facility named St. Marys Hospital in 1889.
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Post by mt71tbird on Sept 15, 2018 22:47:49 GMT -5
SeaTac, Washington - The cities' name is the nickname of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport which it surrounds
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Post by CStarFire (Minnesota) on Sept 16, 2018 4:54:49 GMT -5
Terre Haute, Indiana
The famed CocaCola bottle design began in Terre Haute when the Root Glass Works obtained a patent for its design on Nov. 16, 1915
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Post by jusrme on Sept 16, 2018 19:32:15 GMT -5
U - Utica, New York - The first Woolworth store was opened by Frank Winfield Woolworth on February 22, 1878, as "Woolworth's Great Five Cent Store" in Utica, New York. Though it initially appeared to be successful, the store soon failed.
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Post by CStarFire (Minnesota) on Sept 17, 2018 10:46:43 GMT -5
Vancouver, Washington
One of the fastest growing cities in the U.S. at over 174,000 citizens, this city is now the largest suburb of Portland, Oregon.
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Post by jusrme on Sept 18, 2018 19:30:47 GMT -5
Waco, Texas - Waco is widely known for the siege of the Branch Davidian compound in 1993, when agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms tried to arrest Branch Davidian leader David Koresh for stockpiling weapons and explosives at a ranch outside town. The confrontation led to a 51-day standoff that ended on April 19, when the complex caught fire, killing Koresh and nearly 80 of his followers. The land is still used by surviving Branch Davidians, some of whom live on a rebuilt portion of the ranch.
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Post by mt71tbird on Sept 18, 2018 20:29:27 GMT -5
Xenia, Ohio - on April 3, 1974 an F5 tornado destroyed half of the buildings in town killing 34, injuring over 1,000 and leaving 10,000 without homes.
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Post by CStarFire (Minnesota) on Sept 19, 2018 6:09:29 GMT -5
Yankton, South Dakota
It was the first capital of Dakota Territory. It is named for the Yankton tribe of Nakota (Sioux) Native Americans; Yankton is derived from the Nakota word I-hank-ton-wan ("the end village").
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Post by Teslukbla on Sept 19, 2018 20:44:04 GMT -5
Zapata, Texas ~ More world records in hang gliding have been set from Zapata than any other location in the world. The World Record Encampment has been taking place at the Zapata County Airport since 2000, and the first hang glider flights to break the 308-mile barrier took place there the first year. A distance record of 438 miles was set by Mike Barber in 2002. Three new world records were set in 2005,[12][13] with the current world record, 472 miles, set by Dustin Martin in July, 2012.[14]
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Post by mt71tbird on Sept 20, 2018 18:28:05 GMT -5
Astoria, Oregon - In 1810 John Jacob Astor sent fur traders to the area establish a trading post. It became the first permanent U.S. settlement on the west coast.
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Post by jusrme on Sept 20, 2018 22:21:13 GMT -5
Beloit, Wisconsin - Beloit lays claim to such inventions as the speedometer, Korn Kurls, and John Francis Appleby's twine binder. Korn Kurls, which resemble Cheetos, was the original puffed cheese snack.
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Post by CStarFire (Minnesota) on Sept 21, 2018 10:41:36 GMT -5
Cairo, Illinois
Pronounced "Kare-oh" the city is built on the land where the Ohio River joins the Mississipi River. In January 1862, during the Civil War, Union General Ulysses S. Grant occupied the city, and he and Admiral Andrew Hull Foote made it their headquarters. They had Fort Defiance constructed to protect the confluence and it became an important Union supply base and training center for the remainder of the war.
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Post by jusrme on Sept 22, 2018 7:15:40 GMT -5
Durham, North Carolina - Known as "Bull City" and also as "City of Medicine"
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