Do you live near something famous, like a factory or a major landmark? Or, more loosely, is your state especially famous for something?

Jonsblond lives ”....5 miles from Morton, IL. It’s home to Nestlé/Libby’s pumpkin packing plant, where over 80% of the world’s canned pumpkin is processed.”

We live not far from one of the 8 fulfillment centers in the U.S. for Amazon.com. They operate 24/7. My husband sold an air compressor to them recently, and to get it all fully installed and up and running, they had to shut the plant down for 12 hours. The grandkids got a kick out of the fact that Grampa has Da Powa to shut Amazon.com down!

They make Tony’s Pizza, in Salina Kansas. “Pizza and appetizer production Salina, Kansas
Schwan began operating a pizza plant in Salina, Kansas in 1970, when it first purchased the Tony’s® pizza brand. Over the years, the plant has grown from a 12,000-square-foot facility to more than 500,000 square feet. To learn more about Salina, visit www.salinakansas.org." (That was a cut and paste. You really don’t want to know more about Salina!) My husband is working on a sale to them too.

I used to work at Boeing in the late 70’s. One of my older coworkers, who’d been there for years and years said that two of HER co-workers, who also worked at Boeing in the 50’s, were going around hitting people up for $500 to get in on the ground floor of this crazy business idea they had. My coworker declined. The two wild and crazy guys? The Carney brothers. The crazy idea? Pizza Hut. You know she had some choice words for herself in the end! The original brick building that they first started in is now on the WSU campus in Wichita.

Also, Taco Tico was started here. “Dan Foley opened the first Taco Tico in 1962, in his native Wichita, Kansas.”

Not bad stuff for a state that many feel doesn’t even exist!

What’s your claim to fame?