What's a "Small Town?"
An incorporated city/town of 25,000 people or less.
What constitutes a "Claim to Fame?"
There are no hard, fast rules, but some good examples...
A famous person. Egs. athlete,
actor, politician.
Events. Egs. battle, crime,
accident, sporting, legal, music,
festivals, filming of movie.
Most extreme... oldest, largest,
smallest, etc.
Industry/Business
Geographical/Transportation
Notable structures, organizations.
egs. museum, recreation, schools, restaurants, historical place, zoo, statue/marker.
Oddities
Creatures
Geological. egs. caves
Jamison Huhner
This Month's Claim to Fame
NEWTON, AL
On December 3, 1864, a local Methodist minister and Confederate soldier named Bill Sketoe was lynched just north of Newton by local Home Guard elements led by Captain Joseph Brear. Since Sketoe was a tall man, a hole had to be dug beneath his feet to accommodate his large frame. Local legend insists that "the hole that won't stay filled" never vanished—even after being filled in numerous times during the decades that followed. Though covered in 1979 by a new bridge and tons of rip-rap, "Sketoe's hole" remains a local attraction, and was immortalized by Alabama writer Kathryn Tucker Windham in her 13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey. A monument to Sketoe was dedicated near the hanging site in 2006, and the local museum displays items of Sketoe memoribilia
