ROAD TRIP: A BBM Game

[Meryl]

Huntley, WY

Huntley is a census-designated place (CDP) in Goshen County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 21 at the 2000 census.

Huntley-area historical tornado activity is significantly above Wyoming state average. It is 12% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/27/1955, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 23.8 miles away from the Huntley place center killed 2 people and injured 29 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 6/26/1955, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 12.2 miles away from the place center .

[nova20194]

Manyberries, AB


Manyberries is a hamlet of almost a hundred people located 71 km south of Medicine Hat.

The community was named for the local abundance of chokecherries and saskatoons.

[MaineWriter]

Stairtown, TX

Named after local landowner - Mr. Stair - the town came into being in the 1920s - just after the discovery of Edgar Davis' Luling oilfield. The proximity to Luling dictated that Stairtown would never thrive - and after the derricks were built there was little need of a work force. The workers left behind a few houses and fewer businesses to cater to some 20 people. The town did appear on maps in the 1940s but has since been removed. Thirty-five has been the estimate since the 1960s.

[Meryl]

Newt, TX

[nova20194]

Torrington, AB


Torrington is a small hamlet in central Alberta, Canada about 160 km northeast of Calgary at the junction of Highway 27 and Highway 805.

The main industry is agriculture.

The community is home to the Gopher Hole Museum, dedicated to stuffed Richardson's ground squirrels (technically not gophers) in anthropomorphic settings.

For those who seek out large roadside attractions, there is a very large outdoor gopher sculpture (12 ft high) named "Clem T. GoFur".

All 11 of Torrington's fire hydrants were painted to look like gophers.

[belbbmfan]

Urbana, Texas

URBANA, TEXAS. Urbana is on the Trinity River and U.S. Highway 59, sixty miles north of Houston in southeastern San Jacinto County. It was formed in the wake of the construction of the Houston, East and West Texas Railway through San Jacinto County and was named by S. P. Coughlan for his home town, Urbana, Ohio. The rich black soil in the area proved fertile to cotton growers, and many local residents found employment in the gravel and sand business established east of town in 1908. A post office was opened in 1914. The number of residents of Urbana decreased from seventy-five to ten between 1925 and 1975. Gas and artesian wells were located just west of the community center, and by 1985 the gas wells of the Urbana fields had produced well over 600 million cubic feet of natural gas. In 1990 the population was still reported as ten. The population reached twenty-five in 2000.

[Meryl]

Acambay, Mexico

[nova20194]

Peace River, AB

Peace River is a town in northwestern Alberta, Canada. It is located on the Peace River, at its confluence with the Smoky River and Heart River. It is located 486 kilometres (302 mi) northwest of Edmonton, Alberta, and 198 kilometres (123 mi) northeast of Grande Prairie, Alberta, along Highway 2.  In 2006, Peace River had a population of 6,315.

The original part of the town lies on a flood plain at the confluence of Peace River and Smoky River, while it has also expanded to areas on higher ground, mostly to the west of the town. The valley itself is nearly 1,000 feet (305 m) below the relatively flat terrain surrounding it. The principal industries in the area are agriculture, forestry, and oil and gas, while a pulp mill is also nearby (the DMI mill).

The Greene Valley Provincial Park lies just east of the town.

Peace River was the site of the 2004 Alberta Winter Games.

[Meryl]

Red Lick, TX




(Thanks for renewing the game, Bob, and with a holiday-themed city, too.  This one is as close to Christmasy as I found.)