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« on: July 19, 2010, 04:20:43 AM »

I was born in a city called Bulawayo in what was then Rhodesia and grew up in a town called Gweru, then called Gwelo. Strangely enough, the word Bulawayo is an Ndebele word meaning 'place of the killing': strange place to be born in.  Buggedout Buggedout
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« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2010, 07:22:26 AM »

I was born in Sylacauga, Alabama - which translates to "Buzzard Roost".

Sylacuaga's most famous son is Jim Neighbors; my dad was buddies with him in high school and his sister lived down the block from us.

The only really cool thing about Sylacauga is the first documented case of a extraterrestrial object having injured a human being happened there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylacauga_(meteorite)

To commemorate this scientific and historical event the town built a drive-in theater near the site and dubbed it 'The Comet Drive-In'.

Contrary to popular belief, this event did NOT inspire the song 'Stars Fell on Alabama'. That song was written in 1934 about the Leonid Meteor Shower.

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« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2010, 07:54:33 AM »

I was born and grew up in Malvern, Arkansas.

My last name is Erwin my great grandfather got a homestead near Malvern in 1870, so there are a lot of us around in our county.

As I have mentione before here, I went to high school with Billy Bob Thornton. 
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« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2010, 08:09:21 AM »

As I have mentione before here, I went to high school with Billy Bob Thornton. 

That is really cool!  Thumbup Smile
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« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2010, 09:06:45 AM »

I was born in plain old boring Greenville, TX - home of WWII hero and Holldywood actor Audie Murphy and baseball legend Monty Stratton.
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« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2010, 09:31:17 AM »

I was born in Winona Minnesota.  The population is, and pretty much always has been, around 25,000.  It's right on the Mississippi river, and got started like most river towns back in the day.  Lots of farming around here too.  Originally it was settled by German and Polish immigrants.  Perhaps best known as the supposed birthplace of Winona Ryder, though actually she was born a few towns over I guess.  It was originally named after an Indian Princess who jumped to her death from the bluffs rather than be forced into marrying a man she didn't love.  Nobody knows exactly which bluff she jumped from, so every town in southeastern Minnesota claims it happened in their area.

It's a pretty little town:

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« Reply #6 on: July 19, 2010, 10:50:28 AM »

Louisville, KY.  Though named after King Louis XVI, locals pronounce it "Loo-uh-vull."  Most famous as the home of the Kentucky Derby and the home/birthplace of Muhammad Ali.   
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« Reply #7 on: July 19, 2010, 11:02:25 AM »

It was originally named after an Indian Princess who jumped to her death from the bluffs rather than be forced into marrying a man she didn't love.  Nobody knows exactly which bluff she jumped from, so every town in southeastern Minnesota claims it happened in their area.



It is quite a pretty little town!

There's a waterfall in Alabama called  Noccalula Falls that has almost the same back story.

http://noccfalls.homestead.com/Legend.html

They even have a statue of the suicidal Native American that makes for some great photo ops.



I imagine at one point one of the greatest hazards in North America was being struck on the noggin by a falling depressed Indian maden!
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« Reply #8 on: July 19, 2010, 12:25:00 PM »

Hutchinson, KS. Primary industry: Salt mining.

I was actually raised in Southern California, near Los Angeles, but I was born in Hutchinson, the most exciting place on Earth.
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« Reply #9 on: July 19, 2010, 12:48:51 PM »


There's a waterfall in Alabama called  Noccalula Falls that has almost the same back story.

http://noccfalls.homestead.com/Legend.html

They even have a statue of the suicidal Native American that makes for some great photo ops.



It's the exact same story LOL  TeddyR  Mark Twain in Life on the Mississippi wrote: "There are fifty Lover's Leaps along the Mississippi from whose summit disappointed Indian girls have jumped."
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« Reply #10 on: July 19, 2010, 01:02:08 PM »

Griffin, GA - nothing really special except birthplace of Doc Holiday as well. 
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« Reply #11 on: July 20, 2010, 04:46:41 PM »

Bellevue, Nebraska.
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« Reply #12 on: July 20, 2010, 05:00:22 PM »

Holland, Michigan... It was founded by dutch immigrants if you couldn't tell.
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« Reply #13 on: July 21, 2010, 07:42:02 PM »

I grew up in Saugus, Massachusetts.  Saugus was settled in 1629 and is home of the Saugus Iron Works national historic site.  Portions of the witch-trial movie THREE SOVEREIGNS FOR SARAH starring Vanessa Redgrave were filmed there.



Saugus is a typical middle class suburban town.  Although, it does have busy Route 1 running through it where you can find miles of restaurants, shopping malls and stand-alone retail establishments, motels, gas stations, and other businesses.  Route 1 is home of the famous (but not nearly as famous as it was 20 years ago before the original owner sold it and the new owners screwed it up) HILLTOP STEAK HOUSE:



Years ago it was one of the most successful independently-owned restaurants in the United States.  When the original owner (Frank Giuffrida) operated the place there were routinely lines of people waiting for tables that stretched out the door, along the front of the building, and around the corner.  You could easily expect to wait an hour or two to get seated.  Nowadays you hardly ever see lines like that anymore and you can usually get seated in 15 - 30 minutes even at their busiest hours.  The clientele is now mostly families and elderly people . . . not really a place where you'll see a bunch of people in their twenties on dinner dates.  The HILLTOP has a bunch of cow statues on the front lawn and a (very cliche and over-done) college fraternity prank is to remove one of the cows in the middle of the night and drop it off somewhere else.  Plenty of people have been caught doing this and neither the town nor the restaurant owners take it lightly.  So be prepared to pay a nice little fine, do some community service, and/or spend a day or two in jail if you try it and get caught.

Saugus is a great location because just about anything you need is available on Route 1, but if you want to stay away from the hustle and bustle most of the town is made up of quiet neighborhoods.  There is one somewhat wealthy section where some professional athletes have lived over the years.  Boston is only about a 10 minute drive straight down Route 1 and you also have easy access to Interstates 93 and 95, which can quickly get you north to New Hampshire and Maine or south to Rhode Island and Connecticut.


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« Reply #14 on: July 21, 2010, 08:57:18 PM »

I was born in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania.  Same hometown of Kobe Bryant, Joan Jett, and Jeff Lurie (owner of the Eagles.)

Now live in Philly.
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