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• Have you heard of the longest Main Street in America? The city limits of Island Park, Idaho follow a 35 mile drive on U.S. highway 20 that connects Idaho with West Yellowstone, Montana and Yellowstone National Park. The rural town is only 500-5000 feet wide along the highway with fishing lodges, mountain views, the very cold Henry’s Fork (also known as the North Fork of the Snake River), Henry’s Lake as well as Island Park Reservoir. Western hospitality beckons visitors to stop and explore. • Some Main Streets have had many years of decay before being brought back to life by history lovers. One such place is York, Pennsylvania. By 1978 all four of its downtown department stores were shuttered. Through programs provided for re-establishing downtown areas, the town is now thriving and Main Street is a popular destination. • Natchitoches, Louisiana, founded in 1714, is the oldest settlement in the Louisiana Purchase. The main street in the downtown area faces the Cane River and is named Front Street. This “main” street is kept alive by many small stores with southern charm, tasty restaurants plus a fabulous annual Christmas Festival. It is a destination street to visit. Natchitoches was also given a boost in popularity by the movie, Steel Magnolias, shot on location in 1989. • A famous motorcycle gathering fills up Main Street and the entire city of Sturgis, South Dakota annually. The 74th Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally will be August 4-10, this year. The first rally was held in 1938 with nine motorcyclists in a race. Now the rally attracts as many as 600,000 motorcycle enthusiasts; but they don’t all race! Fun facts about Cinco de Mayo: 1. The holiday celebrates Mexico’s victory over France at Battle of Puebla. 2. Cinco de Mayo is not Mexican Independence day that is September 16th. 3. Cinco de Mayo is a bigger deal in the United States than in Mexico. 4. The largest Cinco celebration takes place in Los Angeles which draws over 300,000 people.
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• The small town of Wallace, Idaho was formed when the silver boom was happening in the surrounding mountains. The main street is actually Bank Street, with impressive old brick buildings harking back to the town’s glory days. With only about 1,000 residents the town hangs on to its roots and entertains travelers along Interstate 90, in the Silver Valley of northern Idaho. • About 11 miles west of Wallace is Kellogg, another small Silver Valley town. The residents approved $8 million in bonds in the late 1980’s to build a gondola from Kellogg to the top of Silver Mountain Ski Resort. The 3.1 mile gondola ride is North America’s longest and is available for summer adventures on the mountain as well. The ski area was actually owned by the city and its taxpayers for a number of years but is now owned by a private company. In 2008 the company opened Idaho’s largest indoor water park as well, keeping the town on the radar for year round fun. • The entire small town of Eureka Springs in the Ozark Mountains or northern Arkansas is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. South Main Street is included in a loop that can be enjoyed on a drive or trolley ride through “NATIONAL” WORDS (continued): hilly terrain. Like many historic •theFrench: Chefs know what it means small to towns, tourism theIt’s biggest “french” a food is item. a verb business. that means to cutmany into thin strips, and like, well, • While towns citiesfrench havefries. Main (And yes, that’s how the finger-friendly poStreets that thrive because either the city tato dish took its name.) Green beans are government the downtowns another itemkept commonly prepared inalive this or private manner.citizens invested time and effort, haveThese needed help from outside •some Maltese: tiny spaniels are easy to interests. In the U.S., the National Trust identify thanks to their long, silky coats. The Club groups forAmerican HistoricKennel Preservation has a nonprofit them with other “Toy subsidiary, the National Main Street Dogs” like Pugs and Center, Inc., that provides grants and Yorkshire Terriers. advice to help. Feline aficionados also use the term Maltese toFind describe Local cats that have a similarly silky, grayblue coat.
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