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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.

Rounding Up Rattlers images   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 user story  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 images   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 user story  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 user story  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. user story  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 images   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 user story images  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 images   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 images   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! user story  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 images   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 user story images  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 user story  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 images   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 images   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 images   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
Taking Pride in Privies images   by Marti Attoun
While some small towns fade without a fight when their schools and businesses are boarded up, in 1996 resourceful Elk Falls residents took a look at what makes their town distinctive and decided to flaunt it.
first appeared: 10/28/2007
Honoring Baseball's Famous "Feller" images   by Lisa Lavia Ryan
When Baseball Hall of Famer Bob Feller, 88, looks back over his life and career, he knows where to give credit. "It was my upbringing," he says.
first appeared: 10/14/2007
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first appeared: 10/7/2007
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