DID YOU KNOW

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 9:21 am

MICHIGAN

After seein a boy eat a pathetic homemade biscuit,Mabel White Holmes introduced the nation's homemakers to Jiffy,the first prepared baking mix,in 1930.The Holmes family still owns Chelsea (pop. 4,398) Milling Co. and markets Jiffy mixes.

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 6:47 pm

Minnesota

Remnants of the old Woods Trail,travled by ox carts carrying supplies between St. Paul and settlements along the Red River,can be seen at Crow Wing State Park near Brained (pop. 13,178).

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 7:12 pm

Missouri

In 1956, auctioneer and country singer Leroy Van Dyke recorded "The Auctioneer" which sold a million copies within weeks.Called the world's most famous auctioneer,Van Dyke of Smithton (pop.510) is still going,going....after 50 years.

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 9:05 am

Nebraska Built of native limestone in 1871 ,the public library in Weeping Water (pop. 1,103) first served the community as a Congregational church,then as part of the Weeping Water Academy until the school's closing in 1914.

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Aug 12, 2006 7:12 pm

North Dakota-The state opened its first hunting season for mountain lions last September to gather information about the animals' population.A quota of five mountain lions was met in January,which ended the season before its scheduled March closing.

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 10:48 pm

Ohio---In 1928,Don Castro built Grandview Avenue Shopping Center in Columbus.The center's 20-plus stores included four grocery stores and parking for 400 cars,and became a model for future shopping centers.

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 1:26 pm

South Dakota On June 9,1972.more than 10 inches of rain fell in a 60-square-mile region around Rapid City,causing flash flooding of Rapid Creek and other streams and killing 238 people and injuring 3,057

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 9:46 pm

Wisconsin-- In 1889,the Milwaukee Letter Carriers convened a meeting of letter carriers from across the nation in their city.Sixty letter carriers from 18 states attended and formed the National Association of Letter Carriers union.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 11:12 pm

Illinois

Made in 1896 by the Selig Polyscope Co. the silent film The Trump and the Dog was the first of hundreds of movies and television shows filmed in Chicago and the state.

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 6:23 pm

Indiana

Still standing in Cairo is an Operation Skywatch tower built in 1952 during the Korean War,before a national radar system was in place. Civilians took shifts scanning the sky for enemy aircraft.A monument honors the watchers.

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 7:36 pm

Iowa The Lake Red Rock area near Knoxville (pop 7,731) is home to the states largest lake and covers its largest expanse of public land.Managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,the recreation paradise has more than 50,000 acres of sandy beaches,woodlands,rocky bluffs and wetlands for outdoor enthusiasts.

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 7:07 pm

Kansas A large concrete cross near Lyons (pop. 3,732) commemorates the 1542 martyrdom of Farther Juan de Padilla,the first Christian martyrdom in America.Father Padilla accompanied Spanish explorer Francisco Vazquez de Coronado and was the first missionary to the Indians in what became Kansas.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 9:29 am

Michigan

In the 1980s,teen brothers Brig and Jon Sorber of Lansing ran a moving business with an old pickup truck.When they went to college,their mother,Mary Ellen Sheets,continued the business and franchised Two Men and a Truck,now with operations in 27 states.

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:00 am

Minnesota

Darin Pomije of New Prague (pop. 4,559) bowled three consecutive perfect games for a 900 series in December 2004.He is the first bowler in the state and the seventh nationally to roll the American Bowling Congress-sanctioned perfect score.

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 3:49 pm

Missouri

A self-guided walking trail and outdoor exhibits at Osage Village State Historic Site in Vernon County (pop 20,454) help visitors imagine the lives of Osage Indians who lived and hunted in the area between 1700 and 1775.

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 6:47 pm

Nebraska

A 36-turbine wind farm near Ainaworth (pop. 1,862) began last October harvesting breezes that blow across the Sand Hills.The state's largest wind farm generates 60 megawatts of electricity,enough to supply power to about 19,000 homes

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 7:36 pm

North Dakota

On April 18,1997,residents of Grand Forks (pop. 49,321) and East Grand Forks,Minn. (7,501) ,evacuated as the Red River topped the dikes and flooded both towns.The next day,a fire in downtown Grand Forks damaged or destroyed 11 buildings.

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 7:04 pm

Ohio

Spiffy in his trademark yellow wetsuit,Banana George Blair celebrated his 91st birthday in January by water skiing at Cypress Gardens in Florida.The world's oldest barefoot water shier and active snowboarder was born in 1915 in Toledo.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 5:24 pm

South Dakota----At 7,076 feet,Terry Peak ski area in the Black Hills near Lead (pop,3,027) features one of the highest elevations east of the Rocky Mountains,plus 1.100-FOOT VERTICAL DROP AND 400 ACRES OF SKI TERRAIN.

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 9:42 am

Wisconsin

The rolling terrain of Hillboro (pop. 1,302) "Czech Capital of Wisconsin," reminded immigrants of their homeland when they arrived in the 1850s.Czech food,music and dancing can be enjoyed every June during the town's Cesky Den festival.