What items are made in your state?

[arminnie]

Originally posted by stinkerbelle
Connecticut - corrupt mayors.

Arkansas - "colorful" President

 

[Sandy51]

Fiesta Ware and Fenton Glassware



Sandy

 

[KristiKelly]

I can't think of anything made in USA, much less NC. Isn't everything made in China now

 

[Planogirl]

In Texas...

Dell and Texas Instruments stuff
lots of Tex-Mex items
Blue Bell ice cream
Presidents

 

[Boo'sMom]

Originally posted by phorsenuf
Don't forget Mount Monadnock. The 2nd most climbed mountain in the world. Mt. Fiji in Japan is the 1st!

and don't forget Segway!

 

[Deb in IA]

Amana appliances

Magtag washers and dryers

Pella windows and doors

 

[makaylee]

Salt City candles. And Yankee lovers please do not flame me, but they smell just as good or better while burning but they last quite abit longer. The wax is harder and it burns slower.

 

[JayCT]

Connecticut also makes:

Sikorsky Helicopters
Pratt & Whitney Engines
Corporate Offices (General Electric, Xerox, United Technologies, plus a hundred others)
Yale
UConn (Men and Women National Basketball Champs)
Insurance Companies galore (Travelers, Aetna, The Hartford, Phoenix, Cigna, plus hundreds more)
Electric Boat Submarines
Remington Electric Razors
Duracell Batteries

And the two largest Indian Casinos in the world.

 

[luv2nascar]

PA also has lots of other great things

Zippo lighters
Woolrich
Surefit slipcovers
Penn State creamery
Keystone snacks
Rodal Publishing (prevention magazine)
Yuengling beer

 

[nealymouse]

Ayah we have Lobsta.



Famous Maine Lobster
Maple Syrup (like N.H. and VT)
Toms of Maine ( soaps and toothpastes)
Stephen King (ok guys so we dont have alot Im reaching for stuff LOL)
Snow

 

[Jolie C]

Originally posted by makaylee
Salt City candles. And Yankee lovers please do not flame me, but they smell just as good or better while burning but they last quite abit longer. The wax is harder and it burns slower.

 

[antnee]

Lets see in NJ
we grow the best tomatoes and Corn
Campbells Soup
Tropicana OJ
and BMWs

 

[Jenn Lynn]

Wisconsin:
Osh Kosh B'Gosh
Leinenkugel's Beer
Kohl's (Originated in WI and the corporate headquarters is here)

 

[Poohlovr]

Originally posted by UncleKyle
Kentucky:

Corvettes
Ford Explorers
Ford Super Duty Trucks
Ford Excursions
Toyota Camry
GE Appliances
Amazon.com (don't make anything but largest distribution center in the US)
UPS World Port (like 60% of all UPS packages pass through Louisville, Ky)
Girl Scout Cookies (yes all of them )
Jim Beam
Makers Mark
Wild Turkey
Heavenly Hill
Knob Creek
Woodford Reserve
Early Times (should I keep going on how much we like bourbon?)
Tobacco
Horses

Funny how we produce 3 of america's vices: gambling, liquor, and cigarettes.

Uncle K--I can't believe you forgot:

Louisville Slugger Bats
Coal (well, we don't make it, but we sure do mine it and export it)
Ky Bluegrass

and corporate headquarters to --

YUM brand foods (KFC, Pizza Hut,A&W, Taco Bell, Long John Silvers)
Papa Johns Pizza (started in a broom closet in Johns dad's bar)
Lexmark


"If you lead a good life and say your prayers at night, when you die you' ll find yourself in Kentucky--The home of good bourbon,fast women and beautiful horses! "
"

 

[ilovepcot]

"Happy People" are made in my state....they visit WDW!!!!!!!!

 

[Megan's Mom]

Mercedes SUV's are made in Vance Alabama.
Coal
Some aerospace machinery
cotton
peanuts

I'm sure I will think of others

Kpgclark I'm glad someone else has tried Dreamland. They opened one here in Huntsville this fall and it is so nice. Not the unique place that the one in Tuscaloosa is but the food just as good.

 

[UncleKyle]

Originally posted by Poohlovr
Uncle K--I can't believe you forgot:

Louisville Slugger Bats
Coal (well, we don't make it, but we sure do mine it and export it)
Ky Bluegrass

and corporate headquarters to --

YUM brand foods (KFC, Pizza Hut,A&W, Taco Bell, Long John Silvers)
Papa Johns Pizza (started in a broom closet in Johns dad's bar)
Lexmark


"If you lead a good life and say your prayers at night, when you die you' ll find yourself in Kentucky--The home of good bourbon,fast women and beautiful horses! "
"

Yeah I knew as soon as I typed it I was missing some. And my uncle worked at Louisville Slugger for 37 years!

 

[Pooh's Pal]

What I can think of now.....What we have or what we have had....

Ocean Spray Cranberries
Indian Motorcycles
Smith & Wesson
Nantucket Baskets
Yankee Candles
Milton Bradley(acquired by Hasbro in 1984)

We are also the home to:
Basketball Hall of Fame
Salem Witches
Plymouth Rock
And the famous Super Bowl Champions-The New England Patriots!
I know there is surely more...Any MA. DISer's that can add???

 

[hercamore]

Minnesota,

IBM Computers

Medical parts manufacturers SE Minn.

Those little advertising cards in magazines that fall out when you open a mag are big business in SE Minn.

soy products

Milk production

3M Manufacturing in Cities (post it notes, etc)


herc

 

[Dee & Greg]

Coachman Motor Coaches (motor homes)
Eli Lilly (pharmaceuticals.. developer of insulin)
Steak n Shake (corporate headquarters.. steakburgers, yum!)