Everyone has a great hometown story even if you moved around alot.

I was raised in Joyce, Washington just outside of Port Angeles, Washington on the North Olympic Peninsula. So for those of you with a map go to the upper left hand corner of the continental US and hang half a pinky nail in and my house was there on the Elwha River.

The area is famous for:
Twilight being based out of Forks. I actually did 4H out of Forks. There are rednecks but few vampires besides the tourists. I would have spent more time in the woods if the Makah actually looked like the werewolves in that movie.

I grew up in a rainforest. It had three seasons, cold wet, moderate wet, and August.

Being legal to brand your kids with a hot iron so long as they consent.

The site of the largest river restoration project in US history.

I know what a geoduc is, how to catch one, and I know what they taste like.

The end of Wyatt Earp was filmed there as well as The Hunted.

Ahmed Ressam was captured getting off the ferry downtown.

I'm curious to see what you guys have

I'm an Army brat. What's a hometown?

However- GEODUCKS!

Yes, child branding is the new rage but your eyes settled on the geoduc. LOL

Richmond Virginia.... gonna hafta really dig and think real hard on what Richmond is famous for

I'm originally from Highland Park, Michigan, which is surrounded on all sides by Detroit.

Highland Park had Henry Ford's first assembly line factory.

It also had the first paved mile of expressway (the Davison Expressway).

What's a geoduc?

leih

I had never heard of Geoduc before this week. I was watching
"Top Chef Masters" and they were using exotic meat sources.
It looked like a giant clam.
But honestly, I would love to know specifically Melissa, what are they and what do they taste like?

Very interesting thread Melissa, even more interesting is your answers to your town. Wow, you give a very descriptive picture of the place...... on the part where kids consent for branding! really?

As for my home town of Columbia Heights, MN. It really isn't famous for anything. It is the first suburb out of Minneapolis.
Basically, a rather boring existence, but I did have a good childhood there.

I grew up in Derby Line, Vermont. My town sits on the Canadian border and is 'famous' for sharing a community with Stanstead, Qc. The community is so intermingled that the residents don't often knowledge the border. It's been a very rough go for the community since everything tightened up after 9/11.

My town was featured on a show called "Real People" many years ago where they poked a bit of fun at the houses and businesses that straddled the border, including Butterfield's and the Haskell library and opera house.

I just found out my town has a Wiki: Derby Line, VT

Mine has a Wiki, too...

Upland, Calif

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Yes, child branding is the new rage but your eyes settled on the geoduc. LOL

Geoduc episode is my favorite of Mike Rowe's "Dirty Jobs".

I'm trying to think of anything my hometown is famous for other than OSU. Home of White Castle?

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But honestly, I would love to know specifically Melissa, what are they and what do they taste like? :

geoduc is a big clam and is highly suggestive LOL. It 's pronounced gooey duck. I eat and like oysters, fish, shrimp, snails, clams, seaweed, and crab. Geoduc tastes like dirt with a hint of clam with the texture of tire. Butterclams when you can find them and it's safe to eat them is where it's at or if you want to take a trip Razor clams rule but you dig them out in the mud on the ocean only a couple weekends a year.

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on the part where kids consent for branding! really?

branding kids... yeah. How else can you tell yours from the herd? http://www.king5.com/news/local/Father-found-not-guilty-of-branding-his-children-with-iron-93729924.html