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Old 08-02-2008, 12:37 AM
 
Location: Chandler, AZ
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Alright, I guess I will start, and with a state I don't even like too much.

Oklahoma.



WHAT? Yeah, you heard me man, Oklahoma! Yep, nothing really beats Woody Guthrie, and that my friend is one amazing thing to come from a state.
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Old 08-02-2008, 12:44 AM
 
Location: Rural Northern California
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Alright, I guess I will start, and with a state I don't even like too much.

Oklahoma.



WHAT? Yeah, you heard me man, Oklahoma! Yep, nothing really beats Woody Guthrie, and that my friend is one amazing thing to come from a state.
Hmm, I'll continue the theme of country greats...California (Bakersfield even) gave us: Merle Haggard (and the Bakersfield sound).

And, now for a state I've never been to...Massachusetts gave us: Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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Old 08-02-2008, 02:38 AM
 
Location: Huntersville/Charlotte, NC and Washington, DC
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Virginia.

EIGHT US presidents.
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Old 08-02-2008, 06:29 AM
 
Location: Kentucky
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Kentucky... Fried Chicken

Seriously, cervical cancer vaccine
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Old 08-02-2008, 07:27 AM
 
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Pennsylvania. Art(ists).

ie:
Thomas Eakins
Andy Warhol
Andrew Wyeth
Mary Cassatt
Alexander Calder
Man Ray
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Old 08-02-2008, 07:38 AM
 
Location: Twin Cities, Minnesota
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South Dakota:

Cheryl Ladd
Catherine Bach the original Daisy Duke
Adam Vinateiri
Tom Brokaw
Joe Foss
Hubert Humphrey
Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Spill Canvas (band)
Calamity Jane
Wild Bill Hickok
Chief Sitting Bull
Chief Red Cloud
Chief Crazy Horse

Sturgis Motorcycles
B-1 Bomber Plane
"Sue" the first T-Rex
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Old 08-02-2008, 09:59 AM
 
Location: Marietta, GA
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California...most illegal aliens
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Old 08-02-2008, 11:36 AM
 
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Florida.....Gatorade
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Old 08-02-2008, 11:37 AM
 
Location: Western Hoosierland
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Indiana.....Racing!
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Old 08-02-2008, 11:44 AM
 
Location: Chandler, AZ
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I'll keep it with musicians...

California (Oakland) - The Coup
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