My Hometown

[judyb57]

Just a little aboiut where I live. Please feel free to share your town with all of us, we would love to see and hear about it!
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Chewelah WA

Chewelah is located in central Stevens County, Washington, approximately 45
miles north of Spokane and 50 miles south of the Canadian border, on U.S.
Highway 395. The town is situated on the floor of the Colville Valley at an
elevation of 1,671 feet. The immediate surrounding area consists of productive farm land. The general terrain is mountainous bench land, forested mostly by conifers including cedar, larch (tamarack), fir and pine. The city has a population of 2,186.

Mining was the reason Chewelah prospered as a town in the early 1880s. In
1883 silver and lead deposits were discovered, it wasn’t long and 20 such miners were operating in the area. In the early 1900s Chewelah’s population was in the neighborhood of 1,500 people. Unlike other mining towns the mines in and around the area Chewelah kept producing well into the 1950s.

Our Park (This is from winter so it does not show the true beauty of our park

Downtown

 

[sorcer3ss (RETIRED)]

What a great idea Judy, I would love to hear and see pics of everyones hometown. I love the mountain in the background of your town and the park looks beautiful. I will have a hunt around later to find some stuff on my area too.

 

[CareyG]

Wow what a nice place to live Judy!! I live in Brooklyn NY, really not much to see!! ​

 

[judyb57]

No matter which way I look I see mountains. I love it!

 

[labell]

Wow mountains! Thanks for starting this thread Judy! I'm in a small city but your idea here sent me off to look for info. I was amazed at how large our small city is lol... Can't find a good picture of the town though... once I do I'll post!

 

[iustin78]

nice indeed,i live too into a city surrounded by mountains , i like mountains and forests

 

[Fefefamo]

Great idea!


This is where a used to live, a couple or years ago. The city is called Santiago and it's located in South America.

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I miss the colonial architecture of my neighborhood, specially because nowadays I'm living in Vancouver, where everything seems to be new.

 

[sorcer3ss (RETIRED)]

I live in a suburb called Briar Hill which is approximately 15 miles from Melbourne, there is not a long in Briar Hill itself. One of the suburbs next to me - 5 mins drive is Eltham, which has been a popular location for artists since the early 1900s. Eltham is famous for the Montsalvat artist community which built a rustic set of medieval-style buildings in the 1930s.

Another suburb that borders me which is about 3 mins drive is my local shopping centre and my favourite coffee shop

Montmorency village shopping centre, banyule vic australia melbourne - elocal.com.au

Will add more later

 

[judyb57]

Thanks for sharing sorcer3ss!