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ROAD TRIP: A BBM Game
Meryl:
Naborachic, Mexico
Welcome to Road Trip, jstephens9 8)
jstephens9:
Cambria, Wyoming
Cambria is now a ghost town.
Cambria, Wyoming, northwest of Newcastle, was established in 1887 as a company owned coal mine by the Cambria Fuel Company, a subsidiary of Kilpatrick Brothers and Collins, contractors to the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad. Construction of the railroad had come to a halt near Alliance, Nebraska, due to the high cost of providing eastern coal for the locomotives. With the discovery of a reliable source of coal in Little Oil Creek Canyon renamed Cambria Canyon, railroad construction was able to resume with a spur line reaching the canyon in 1889. In June of 1889, patents for initial properties were issued to Joseph M Kilpatrick and Robert J. Kilpatrick.
MaineWriter:
Ackerly, TX
The town had been part of the Slaughter Ranch before it was broken up and sold for small farms in 1923. Ackerly was named for it's founder, a Georgian named Paul Ackerly.
A post office opened in 1924 and a school district was formed. Because of the vastness of the area and the scattered children, the district included parts of Dawson, Borden, Martin, and Howard counties, but the school was built at Ackerly.
In 1948 the population was 500 with as many as four cotton gins opperating at one time. The population had fallen to 317 by 1980 and the town declined further - reaching just 243 by 1990. There are encouraging signs of an upswing in Ackerly's population. The population has increased by 2 over the last 15 years.
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Meryl:
Vulcan, AB
The town of Vulcan is located midway between the cities of Calgary and Lethbridge, in southern Alberta, Canada.
An air force training base, RCAF Station Vulcan, was located near the town during World War II. Many of the old hangars still exist and the runways can still be seen.
The town was named by a surveyor for the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1915 after the Roman God of Fire - Vulcan. Originally all the streets of the new town of Vulcan were named after gods and goddesses of the classical world.
In 1926 a major tornado destroyed many homes and the new curling rink of the town. At one time in the 1970s the town could also boast of having more grain elevators than any location west of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Sadly due to the changing economics of the agricultural industry one by one the original elevators were taken down. Today Vulcan has only one of the original "prairie skyscrapers" left that once could be seen miles away.
Its name has brought the town a notoriety that has helped it become a tourist attraction. In Star Trek, it is the name of the fictional homeworld of the alien Vulcans.
Capitalizing on this coincidence, the town has built a Star Trek-themed tourist station, a replica of the original starship Enterprise, and hosts the annual Star Trek convention Galaxyfest/Spock Days (formerly VulCon), which attracts hundreds of Star Trek fans from around the world, not to mention the space murals and alien signage that grace the walls and street corners of this little town on the Canadian prairies. The town has tried for many years, without success, to arrange a visit from Leonard Nimoy — the man who made Mr. Spock and Vulcans famous.
In the spring of 2007 Vulcan, Alberta added another "Star Trek" inspired attraction: The Vulcan Space Adventure virtual reality game. The “Vulcan Space Adventure” uses GestureTek’s patented “multi-camera” technology which, combined with holographic images, light and sound effects and even a transporter, creates a virtual reality experience that puts visitors squarely into the black boots of a starship officer. In the game, up to 3 Trekkers at a time can step through a set of swishing doors and onto the bridge of a Starship. Using the “point & click” gesture-based computer interface, players face a large holographic screen on which they receive instructions from command, and fight off alien invaders by moving their hand through thin air to point and shoot their weapons.
nova20194:
New Caney, TX
New Caney is an unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Texas. In 1980 population reached estimated 8000. It grew rapidly in the 1980s because of its proximity to the Houston, Texas metropolitan area. More detailed information can be found at the Handbook of Texas Online.
New Caney was originally named Presswood since its establishment in 1862. The community was founded by Austin and Sarah Waters Presswood. In 1877 the town received a railroad from the East and West Texas Railway. In 1882, Presswood received its first post office and was renamed New Caney.
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