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Squaw Valley

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The smallest place in the world to ever host the Olympic Games, Squaw Valley is actually a ski resort, not a town, however because the resort is so popular, and it doesn’t seem like there’s a lot else in the area, the whole community is … Read More

Pumpkin Center

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So, I don’t actually have a story to about why Pumpkin Center is called Pumpkin Center, but I do have some interesting, random, Pumpkin Center facts. I was looking for information on Pumpkin Center, MO, (where Kay Barnes‘ mother was born), to continue the Missouri … Read More

Hell

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Hell is not only a biblical place, it is also an unincorporated town in Michigan. There are a couple of stories about how Hell, MI, came to be named hell, the first is that some German travellers got out of their wagon and said So … Read More