What's Your Town's Claim to Fame?

[BarbC]

Milford, PA is the "Birthplace of American Forest Conservation", started by Gifford Pinchot in the late 1800s.

 

[rocketdog]

Gateway to the West

 

[Forester]

Apparently, our sand made a superior brick. Our most famous summer resident was Thomas Watson. Also known for one of the cleanest lakes in the world.

 

[JamesSion]

Won the prize for world's best mineral water at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.

 

[westkybanded]

It happens to be where westkybanded lives at the moment.

 

[s&wchad]

It's where Barami Hip Grips come from!
Taxes are too high and traffic can be a nightmare.

 

[jal910s]

Paw Paw, Mi. is the wine capitol of...
... Van Buren County.
Every year in September, we host a Wine and harvest festival that brings in people from other states and even country's to participate. Paw Paw is also the home of St. Julian winery.

 

[diamonback68]

Every March we have the 12 Hours of Sebring, a 12 hour endurance Le Mons type race. It draws 150,000 from all over the world. Audi usually wins, but they didn't race here this year. Chrysler named the Chrysler Sebring car after this race.

 

[Hunt200]

The Cradle of Aviation.

 

[sandpiper]

First in flight, December 17th, 1903. Kitty Hawk, NC.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

The home of CAJUNLAWYER

 

[Jellybean]

Honeydipper Heaven.

 

[David LaPell]

The home of Natural Stone Bridges and Caves. The nearby town of Chester that I lived in before was the home of the National Christmas Tree from 1964.

 

[ladder13]

Ex- Yankee manager Joe Torre lives on the lake.

 

[feralmerril]

Mountain meadow massicure.

 

[jframe]

Florence is the birthplace of W.C. Handy, the father of the blues. Muscle Shoals, just across the river, was once known as the "hit recording capital of the world." Lynerd Skynrd recorded their first studio album just five minutes from my location right now in the early 70's.

 

[Jim Shugart]

Richmond VA? Gosh, I just can't thinks of anything . . .

 

[enfield]

The Battle of Athens!

Battle of Athens (1946) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[truckemup97]

We are the Oil Capitol of the World!!!












Or, at least we used to be.

 

[Andy Griffith]

Home of the Sorghum Festival.

(Bring plenty of biscuits!)