DID YOU KNOW

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 10:16 am

Minnesota

The Hubbell House Restaurant has welcomed guest to Mantorville (pop 1,610) since 1854 when John Hubbell,one of the town's founders,built a log hotel there. Through the years,guest have included Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and publisher Horace Greeley.

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 10:09 pm

MISSOURI

In 1904,St. Louis became the first city in the Western hemisphere to host the Olympic games,with most events held at Francis Field and Gymasium at Washington University. Francis Field was rededicated 100 years later.

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 10:11 am

NEBRASKA

With help from a Hollywood friend,theater lovers saved the Midwest Theater in Scottsbluff (pop. 14,732) from the wreaking ball in 2002.One fund-raiser involved award-winning director and screenwriter Alexander Payne,an Omaha native whose volunteer efforts helped raise $20,000 at the Midwest Film Festival.Payne directed the 2004 movie Sideways.The 1946 modernistic theater now hosts movies,concerts,plays and community ecents.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 6:42 am

The words 'republic' and 'democracy' do not occur in the Declaration of Independence.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 9:29 am

One quintrillion is written, 1,000,000,000,000,000,000.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 6:25 am

It was September 22, 1692, that the last person in the American colonies was hanged for witchcraft.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 7:34 am

It is not easy to find a seafaring man who is an atheist.

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 8:24 am

NORTH DAKOTA

The State's first commercial television was KCJB,now KXMC,in Minot (pop. 36,567),which began broadcasting in 1953.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 6:01 am

William H. Bonney (1859-1881), one of the most notorious outlaws of the southwest was known as Billy the Kid because of his youthfulness.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 8:41 am

Akron was the first city to use police cars.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:39 am

Ohio is the leading producer of greenhouse and nursery plants.

RiverRatRay · Post by **RiverRatRay** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:41 am

I didn't know that. :lol:

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:57 am

When the chips are down, the buffalo is empty.

RiverRatRay · Post by **RiverRatRay** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 8:36 am

TigerTownTurkey wrote:When the chips are down, the buffalo is empty.

Now that I knew. :lol:

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 9:12 am

Ohio's state flag is a pennant design. It is the only state flag of that design in the United States.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 5:52 pm

Ohio
Scientist Paul C. Lauterbur shared the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his pioneering work in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).a painless scan of the human anatomy used to diagnose or rule out certain disease.Lauterbur was born in 1929 in Sidney (pop.20,211)

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 8:04 am

The swimsuit Mark Spitz wore in the 1972 Olympic games was manufactured in Paris, Kentucky.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 5:46 pm

The ear helps us keep our balance.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 7:28 am

Kentucky was a popular hunting ground for the Shawnee and Cherokee Indian nations prior to being settled by white settlers.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 7:52 am

The old official state tree was the Kentucky coffee tree (Gymnocladus dioicus.) The tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) is the current official state tree. The change was made in 1976.