The railroad era brought tourists, and hotels were built on the lakes and ponds ; however, with 19th-century migration to the Midwest, the town's population dwindled.

In Missouri ( which we are including in our general Midwest region ) you can glance into Mark Twain's birthplace at Hannibal, see the landmarks of his life and writings and visualize where Huck Finn hatched his boyish mischief.

Some of the churches originating during this period are historically connected to early-19th century camp meetings in the Midwest and Upstate New York.

The Canadian Great Lakes region has similarities to that of the Upper Midwest & Great Lakes region and / or Yooper dialect ( in particular Michigan which has extensive cultural and economic ties with Ontario ), while the phonological system of western Canadian English is virtually identical to that of the Pacific Northwest of the United States, and the phonetics are similar.

Members are concentrated in the lower Midwest and parts of the South.

These dishes, while not all exclusive to the Midwest, are typical of Midwestern foods.

27 twisters of great strength are reported in the Midwest, including the strongest November tornado, an estimated F4, that devastates Heber Springs, Arkansas.

The terms are used in the United States and Canada to describe the flight of people from rural areas in the Great Plains and Midwest regions, and to a lesser extent rural areas of the northeast and southeast.

They are touring in support of it, with dates on the East Coast, Midwest, and West Coast.

The Midwest Urban Newspaper and Toledo Journal are African-American owned newspapers.

These have become increasingly popular over the years especially in conservative states like Utah, and are catching on around Midwest and Southern states.

Fayette County is ranked at 26th in the Midwest list of “ Best Places to Live .” Student-faculty ratio is 14: 1 ; teaching is by tenured or full-time faculty of whom nearly 75 percent have doctorate degrees ; advising is done by faculty ; there are free on-campus tutor centers ; and there are more than 40 registered fraternities, sororities, clubs and organizations on campus.

In the United States, many vodkas are made from high-proof base spirits produced in large quantities by industrial giants Archer Daniels Midland and Midwest Grain Processors.

** An outbreak of tornadoes strikes the upper Midwest section of the United States ( in particular the Chicago area, including the suburbs of Belvidere and Oak Lawn, Illinois, where 33 people are killed and 500 injured ).

* Aeolian processes ( movement by wind ) are capable of moving silt and fine sand many hundreds of miles, forming loess soils ( 60-90 percent silt ), common in the Midwest of North America and in Central Asia.

The infected mosquito species vary according to geographical area ; in the US, Culex pipiens ( Eastern US ), Culex tarsalis ( Midwest and West ), and Culex quinquefasciatus ( Southeast ) are the main sources.

Most, though not all, are named after two brothers: military hero George Rogers Clark in the Midwest, and explorer William Clark in the West.

Many fast food operations have more local and regional roots, such as White Castle in the Midwest United States, along with Hardee's ( owned by CKE Restaurants, which also owns Carl's Jr., whose locations are primarily on the United States West Coast ); Krystal, Bojangles ' Famous Chicken ' n Biscuits, Cook Out, and Zaxby's restaurants in the American Southeast ; Raising Cane's in Louisiana ; Hot ' n Now in Michigan and Wisconsin ; In-N-Out Burger ( in California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and Texas ) and Original Tommy's chains in Southern California ; Dick's Drive-In in Seattle, Washington and Arctic Circle in Utah and other western states ; Halo Burger around Flint, Michigan and Burgerville in the Portland, Oregon area.

Several people on The Current's initial staff are well known in the area for previous work at stations that highlight music from Minnesota and the Upper Midwest.

The two halves are separated by the Midwest League All-Star game.

Prehistoric earthworks by mound builder cultures are common in the Midwest, but only in southern Wisconsin, northeast Iowa, and small parts of Minnesota and Illinois exist mounds in the shape of mammals, birds, or reptiles, known as effigies.

In regions of the country where apples are widely grown, especially the Northeast and Midwest states, cider doughnuts are a harvest season specialty, especially at orchards open to tourists, where they can be served fresh.

Novelty attractions are not limited to the American Midwest, but are part of Midwestern culture.

In February 2004, the FBI announced it would review its investigation after learning that agents in the investigation of the Midwest Bank Robbers ( an alleged Aryan-oriented gang ) had turned up explosive caps of the same type that were used to trigger the Oklahoma City bomb.

The word levee, from the French word levée ( from the feminine past participle of the French verb lever, " to raise "), is used in American English ( notably in the Midwest and Deep South ).

For decades after the sociological study by Robert Lynd and Helen Lynd Middletown appeared in 1929, commentators used Midwestern cities ( and the Midwest generally ) as " typical " of the nation.

The most common definition currently used colloquially is that the Midwest proper includes, for the most part, only the East North Central States of the Great Lakes region, specifically Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Minnesota, and in addition Iowa and Missouri are also usually understood to share the same regional characteristics.

Its fruit is traditionally eaten in a special steamed pudding in the Midwest and sometimes its timber is used as a substitute for ebony ( e. g. in instruments ).

SWTPC's SS-50 backplane bus was also supported or used by other manufacturers: ( Midwest Scientific Inc, Smoke Signal Broadcasting, Gimix, Helix, Tano, Percom Data, Safetran ), etc.

The Enco brand name was still used on locations in the Midwest until 1977 when they were sold to Cheker Oil Co.

They are solid, well-built horses with good dispositions that are also used under saddle for a variety of equestrian activities, particularly in the Midwest and eastern United States.

The Congregationalists were used to a more formal, less evangelistic form of worship than Christian Church members, who mostly came from rural areas of the South and the Midwest.

Most often, however, the term " American West " is used for the area west of the Mississippi River during the 19th century. Thus, the Midwest and parts of the American South, though no longer considered " western ," have a frontier heritage along with the modern western states.

A small trident type spear with a long handle is used in the American South and Midwest for gigging bullfrogs with a bright light at night, or for gigging carp and other fish in the shallows.

The locomotive was used during the MCRR's three operating sessions ( the Midwest Old Threshers ' Reunion, Midwest Haunted Rails, and the North Pole Express ).

** a regional airline brand used by the regional airline Air Midwest, a subsidiary for the regional airline holding company Mesa Air Group

During the Hopewell and Mississippian periods of the American Southeast and Midwest goods of repoussé copper were fashioned as ritual regalia and eventually used in prestige burials.

Towns or townships are used as subdivisions of a county in 20 states, mostly in the Northeast and Midwest.

Between 1994 and 1995 these four, together with other members of the ARA ( known in the media as the Midwest Bank Robbers ), were responsible for a series of 22 bank robberies totaling over $ 250, 000 in the American Midwest, which they used to finance white supremacist causes.

The game was used by college professors and their students, and another variant, called The Fascinating Game of Finance, was published in the Midwest in the late 1920s and early 1930s.

Since the book Middletown appeared in 1929, sociologists have often used Midwestern cities ( and the Midwest generally ) as " typical " of the entire nation.

The accident investigation determines that the crash resulted from improper maintenance and because the aircraft was overweight, Air Midwest having used Federal Aviation Administration-approved estimated passenger weight tables that had not been updated since 1936, when the average weight of an American passenger was 20 pounds ( 9 kg ) lighter than in 2003.

Later that season, he would earn a promotion to the Fox Cities Foxes, where he was used exclusively as a starting pitcher in six matches for the eventual Midwest League champions.

Since the underground construction makes them cool and dark, storm cellars on farmsteads in the Midwest are traditionally used as root cellars to store seasonal canned goods for consumption during the winter.