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Johnny Kaw is a fictional Kansas settler and the subject of a number of Paul Bunyan-esque tall tales about the settling of the territory. The legend of Johnny Kaw was created in 1955 by George Filinger, a professor of horticulture at Kansas State University , to celebrate the centennial of Manhattan, Kansas .
The area gained the nickname Aggieville, from the mascot of the Kansas State Agricultural College Aggies. The name remained even after the mascot was changed to the Wildcat. After World War I, Aggieville grew. Trolley lines were built, and later paved over during the car boom of the 1940s. In the 1950s, bars and restaurants began to develop and ...
This category is for named communities in Tennessee that lack political existence. This includes unincorporated rural places and neighborhoods, as well as some communities that are included within the boundaries of a larger municipality.
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West Tennessee is the smallest of the state's three Grand Divisions, and has a land area of approximately 10,650 square miles (27,600 km 2), about 25.8% of the state's total land area. The region is bounded by the Mississippi River to the west, and the Tennessee River to the east, except for in Hardin County , which is bisected by the Tennessee ...
The Watauga Association, an early frontier government, operated out of nearby Elizabethton in the 1770s. When the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad (ET&V) was built in the 1850s, a railroad stop known as Carter's Depot, or Carter's Station, was established at what is now Watauga, where a trestle had been erected to carry the tracks across ...
Aug. 5—The Santa Fe Area Home Builders Association is inviting the public to "dream in bold color" while exploring some of the city's highest-quality homes at this year's 32nd annual Haciendas ...
Of households in the area, 32.66% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.18% were married couples living together, 12.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.89% were non-family households. 27.41% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.95% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.