Hometown Spotlight

Hometown Spotlights focus on communities which are unique, take pride in and celebrate an aspect of American hometown life, be it their history, heritage, passion, claim to fame, or future.

"The Coal Patch"

shared by E. Arlien Mather

This is a story about a "coal patch" called "Orient" between Brownsville and Uniontown, PA. It describes my friend, Dale Richard Shazer, and how, at almost eighty years of age he

first appeared: 6/30/2008

Strut, Cluck, Cackle

by Curt Arens

Sporting homemade tail feathers, Del Hampton struts around the open-air stage in Wayne, Neb. (pop. 5,583), clucking like a nervous hen.

first appeared: 6/22/2008

Escape the Present, Discover the Past in Historic Nauvoo, Illinois

shared by jeandean

Nauvoo, Illinois - With the rising cost of gasoline this summer, many families are looking for fun and entertainment that won't empty the bank and yet be fun for the entire family. Historic Nauvo

first appeared: 5/28/2008

Rounding Up Rattlers

by Stuart Englert

Tony Felder and Dean Wilson climb among the hills west of Okeene, Okla. (pop. 1,240), searching cracks and crevices in the porous gypsum rock for the elusive Western diamondback rattlesnake.

first appeared: 4/20/2008

Strawberry Festival - Craft Bazaar plus Tours of Jefferson Depot Village

shared by Jean Dutton

The Strawberry Festival at Jefferson Depot Village was started 21 years ago by hometown volunteers inorder to SAVE and Preserve the 1872 Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Station. Each ye

first appeared: 4/18/2008

Western Swing Town

by Stuart Englert

The sweet sound of twin fiddles and a steel guitar drift over the pews at the Church of Western Swing in Turkey, Texas

first appeared: 4/6/2008

Hail the new Nightingales

shared by amar

Hail the new NightingalesAmar B Shrestha2768, Woodland CreekLoop, Kissimmee, Fl-34744Ph: 407-343-1328 Downtown Baptist Church in PineStreet, Orlando, was host to an unusual event on 7th December 2007

first appeared: 3/30/2008

Abraham Lincoln Slept Here

shared by shelbylincolnheritage

Shelbyville, Illinois, the county seat of Shelby County was a bustling pioneer town in the 1840's and 1850's. It was on the route of the 8th Judicial Circuit, which was the route Abraham Lin

first appeared: 3/28/2008

Isolated midwestern city needs thoughtful rehabilitation.

shared by William Carroll

http://www.cityforsale.us/ Not really, but an unusual human-interest story worth considering. This isolated midwestern city had a population of 15,000. Today it is less than 7000. Passive local gov

first appeared: 3/25/2008

Built on Furniture

by Stuart Englert

Companies such as Swaim and Thayer Coggin help High Point retain its title as the Home Furnishings Capital of the World

first appeared: 3/16/2008

Restoring and Preserving the DeTour Reef Light

shared by Ann Method Green

Ona beautiful Sunday afternoon in August Milton “Steve” Lovett stepped onto theDeTour Reef Light for the first time in almost 48 years. As a young man Steve served on the Light from1958-

first appeared: 3/9/2008

Where Time Stands Still

by Stuart Englert

Renfro Valley resident John Lair built the 650-seat theater in 1939 and began broadcasting the Renfro Valley Barn Dance live each Saturday night

first appeared: 3/2/2008

A Frozen Good Time

by Vicki Cox

With coffin races, a polar plunge, costume party and frozen turkey bowling, Frozen Dead Guy Days is residents' weekend farewell to the area's harsh, snow-filled winter.

first appeared: 2/24/2008

Trauma System Saved My Life.......I was not expected to live after a fall of 30 feet and I am alive!

shared by Rodney Landrum

The following story is just one article done about the trauma system that saved my life. I am alive today because of a trauma system that got me to a level 1 trauma hospital and after three months in

first appeared: 2/16/2008

Placing a Lock on Love

by Sherril Steele-Carlin

Holding hands and laughing, Mary and Larry Starr stroll through Lovers Lock Plaza recalling the day they symbolically renewed their commitment to one another...

first appeared: 2/3/2008

Small college has big plans for wind energy

shared by JYearout

Representatives from the General Electric Corporation and Mesalands Community College have signed a contract for a 1.5 Megawatt wind turbine (about 400 feet tall) to be installed at Mesalands Communi

first appeared: 1/30/2008

Grandma & the James Boys

shared by Evelyn Gillett

As a child I spent a lot of time with my Grandmother, and she told me many stories of her life in Missouri, the James Boys, and her later trip to Michigan with her family in a covered wagon.At the ti

first appeared: 1/15/2008

Hunting the Yule Log

by Marti Attoun

With red and green capes flying, hundreds of children and adults dash into the snowy woods near Palmer Lake, Colo.

first appeared: 12/2/2007

Big on Basketball

by Jackie Sheckler Finch

Basketball fever runs deep in New Castle (pop. 17,780). In fact, that's why the community built a gymnasium to seat 9,325 spectators in 1959.

first appeared: 11/25/2007

Re-creating Rockwell

by Sean Conneely

The country store's doorbell jingles merrily as holiday shoppers shuffle to and fro. Children play in the street and dream of what Santa will bring.

first appeared: 11/18/2007

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