Largest Antique Engine and Tractor Show in the world [or so it's advertised as]
Leon Ames, actor, founder of Screen Actors Guild in 1933
Stephanie Arnold, competed in Women's Archery in the 2004 Olympics
Pete Brewster, professional football player
Kevin A. Ford, astronaut, piloted NASA space shuttle mission to International Space Station in 2009
Elwood Haynes (born in Portland, 1857) invented the clutch-driven automobile in 1894
Jack Imel, television producer, Lawrence Welk Show
Mary Meeker (born in Portland, 1960) investment banker, made Internet economically viable by promoting it to investors in the 1990s, (becoming known as the "Queen of the Internet")
Twyla Tharp, Emmy and Tony Award-winning choreographer
Richard T. James, Indiana State Representative, State Auditor 2x, Lt. Governor 44-48
Sheller Globe corp made steering wheels here for YEARS.
Moser Engineering.
Dillinger was known to frequent the area, camped in my woods for a summer, Grandad talked to him several times.
In the 80's it was known for having a happening streetracing scene.
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so many pontiacs, so little time..................
moderator is a glorified word for an unappreciated prick..................
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the
former." --Albert Einstein
"There is no such thing as a good tax."
"We contend that for a nation to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle."
- Winston Churchill
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