Shared Hometown Spotlight Stories

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

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

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

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

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-

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

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

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