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[frankfrank]

Burl Ives (the folk and story-song singer) was raised in Macomb, Illinois.

I'm not aware of anything else "famous" from this small city.

 

[douseiai]

Austin: what that other guy said

Camarillo California... Mike and Bob Bryan... number 1 doubles at the US Tennis open...
the intro to mash was shot on the outskirts... formerly one of the top strawberry producing cities in california if not US... Jonathan Frakes lives there? *shrug*

 

[MidnightPrism]

The Vulcan statue is the largest cast iron statue in the world and the symbol of Birmingham, Alabama. The 56 foot (17 m) tall statue depicts the Roman god Vulcan, god of the fire and forge. It was created as Birmingham's entry at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri and is the largest statue ever constructed in the United States.

 

[gabriel1]

My hometown Milwaukee, WI - gave us Spencer Tracy, Golda Meir, Miller Beer, The Allen Bradley clock - Largest 4 face clock in the world -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen-Bradley_Clock_Tower

and of course just1paul

 

[ozguy]

I was born and grew up in Kalgoorlie, an inland gold mining town some 600 km east of Perth. Gold was first discovered here in 1893, and it has remained Kalgoorlie's major industry for the past 113 years.

Couple of other "claims to fame" for Kalgoorlie that you might be interested in ...

* Not long after the gold rush started in the 1890's, Kalgoorlie was visited by none other than Herbert Hoover, future President of the USA. In 1897, when the Kalgoorlie gold rush was big news all over the world, Herbert Hoover lied about his age to get a mine manager's job there (the age requirement was 35 and he was only 22).

Hoover spent 18 months in Kalgoorlie, exploring the bush by camel. He came across the Sons of Gwalia mine (which, in those days, was a long camel ride from Kalgoorlie in the heat), and brokered a deal to buy it. He developed the mine and became a very, very wealthy man.

* Kalgoorlie gets its water from a pipeline which is said to be the world's longest water main. The water begins its journey from a dam on the Helena River near Mundaring Weir in Perth, and is pumped in eight successive stages through 330 miles (530 km) of 30 inch (760 mm) diameter pipe to a tank on Mt Charlotte to the north of Kalgoorlie. The water is then reticulated to homes and industries throughout the Goldfields. The pipeline also provides drinking water for towns along the route to Kalgoorlie.

Construction of the pipeline began in 1897 and was not completed until 1902. The man in charge was a brilliant Irish engineer called C Y O'Connor, who, at the time, was Engineer-In-Chief of Western Australia. The project cost a fortune, and O'Connor was subjected to so much criticism by members of the press and also by the Western Australian Parliament over the Scheme, that he took his own life on 10 March 1902 by riding his horse into the surf south of Perth and shooting himself. Sadly, he never got to see the end result of his labours - his suicide took place less than a year before the then Premier, Sir John Forrest, successfully turned on the flow of water from Mundaring Weir in the Perth hills to Kalgoorlie.

Portion of the Goldfields Pipeline en route to Kalgoorlie ....

 

[M4P]

Calgary, Alberta

Caesar (cocktail)

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A Caesar, sometimes referred to as a Bloody Caesar after the similar Bloody Mary, is a cocktail popular mainly in Canada. It typically contains vodka, clamato (a blend of tomato juice and clam broth), Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, and is served on the rocks in a large, celery salt-rimmed glass, and typically garnished with a stalk of celery and wedge of lime. A common nickname for a version without vodka is "Virgin Caesar".
However, it is not well known in the U.S., and many Canadians living abroad prize a bartender who can mix a good Caesar.
During the early 2000s, Mott's even printed the Caesar recipe on bottles of the Clamato juice sold in the United States, but the cocktail drink remains rarely known there.
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History

The cocktail was invented by bartender Walter Chell at the Owl's Nest Bar in the Westin Hotel in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in 1969, to accompany the opening of a new restaurant, "Marco's". In its original form, it contained tomato juice and mashed clams; Clamato had only just been released (coincidentally) by the American Mott's company that very year, and was not yet widely known or available.
Starting in 2002, Mott's began marketing pre-mixed Caesars in twelve-ounce bottles.
Variations can include substitute or add ingredients, like salt and pepper, cayenne pepper, horseradish, or lemon juice, a garnish of spicy pickled green bean or asparagus. Occasionally a shrimp is used as a garnish.
Residents of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario are known to garnish this drink with seasoning salt (rather than celery salt) and a dill pickle wedge.
In North Bay Ontario, lemon pepper is used to rim the glass as a variation