The regular large influx of tourists and sightseers is recognised by most of the town's business operators as being the major source of prosperity.

The town's prosperity started after a plan to build a London-Portsmouth railway line through nearby Kingston was rejected by Kingston Council, who feared that it would be detrimental to the coaching trade.

This, combined with a severe decline in steamboat travel on the St. Johns due to increased availability of rail travel signaled the end of the town's prosperity and prominence.

Almost all of the inhabitants of Golden were employed by the sawmill, and its decline corresponded with a decline in the town's prosperity.

One of the first of the new industries secured for the town was a silk factory, which, as Pelgram & Meyer, and, later as Van Raalte, Inc., contributed materially to the town's prosperity.

The addition of two water-powered mills and a dam in 1855 furthered the town's prosperity.

The pamphlet's authors, glancing back at the difficult economic times of the previous decade, asked and answered the question of the town's future prosperity:

The town's period of prosperity ended with a number of feudal conflicts in 12th century.

The old town ( Altstadt ) of Lüneburg lies above a salt dome which is the town's original source of prosperity.

The town's prosperity at this time is also evident from its two temples, one dedicated to Apollo and the other to Aphrodite, and from the rich archeological finds dating from the Hellenistic period excavated within the present-day town limits.

In the aftermath of the war with Muscovy in 1655, both castles were demolished and the town's prosperity ended.

Hotel manager Rafferty ( Michael Currie ) reveals the source of the town's prosperity is Irishman Conal Cochran and his factory and that the majority of the town's population are descendants of Irish immigrants.

The heyday of the town's prosperity as a trading port in the late 18th and early 19th century is shown by the large number of town houses of that period, many of which are now used for other purposes such as offices and shops.

The town's 19th century prosperity is still evident in its architecture, including its town hall, library, several churches and private homes.

At first, they are repulsed by the idea of sacrificing a popular local figure's life in exchange for wealth and prosperity, but as their subconscious desires are fed by the slow rise in their standard of living, and once it becomes clear that Ill is the cause of the town's suffering, the townspeople come to the decision that it is just, fair, and reasonable to kill Ill. By slaying Ill, they will both appease a powerful figure and restore the town's well-being.

The town's later prosperity was facilitated by the low cost of living, and favourable legal status enjoyed by English debtors and half pay officers.

Also, the Russian authorities built the Warsaw – Saint Petersburg Railway, which added to the town's prosperity.

However, the newly built Warsaw-Petersburg railway passed by Suwałki and the town's prosperity diminished.

This led to yet another period of prosperity, with the town's population rising from 16, 780 in 1921 to almost 25, 000 in 1935.

However, several plagues and fires halted the prosperity and the town's growth was eventually halted as well.

Evidence of the town's growing prosperity is still visible today in the Dale House, once the home of the Hincks family and 33 Market Place, the home of the Clemsons, both maltsters.

Between 1920 and 1960, Azuaga experienced major activity in mining lead and ( to a lesser degree ) silver, which brought renewed prosperity to the region, fluctuating between 16, 000 and 18, 000 inhabitants, but after that the population fell off rapidly as workers migrated elsewhere, nearly half of the town's population departing.

The publicity that Cuero received following this event has led to some suggesting changing the town's mascot.

On the quayside may be seen the Pier Hotel of 1860 and Great Eastern Hotel of 1864, both reflecting the town's new importance to travellers following the arrival of the railway line from Colchester in 1854.

Although the official feast day of St. Joseph, the town's patron saint, is March 19, it's celebrated in Bagheria the first Sunday of August ; religious celebrations are held throughout the week leading up to Sunday, when more solemn ceremonies are initiated ; the following Monday evening festivities conclude with a fireworks display.

* Frank Tuohy ( 1925 — 1999 ), novelist and short-story writer, lived in Shepton Mallet following his retirement, and died in the town's hospital on 11 April 1999.

Standup comedian Henry Cho, whose wife is from Arab, shares the alternate explanation that the town's name was changed following a misspelling on the water tower.

For this, the town's charter was revoked again in 1872, and the town was administered as a police district by the state legislature for the following year.

An 1881 history offers the following description of the town's businesses:

The motto for the town's centennial was picked following a contest.

JFK Park hosts the town's annual Christmas tree lighting, Easter egg hunt, Halloween parade, summer concerts and on occasions ceremonies following town parades.

The following is a complete list of the town's hamlets as listed in the New York Gazetteer, as well as other localities of interest:

In the town's first week, the following stores were established: four general merchandise, two hardware, one 5 & 10 cent store, three drug stores, four grocery stores, three wagon yards, four lumber yards, three cafes, one bakery, two millinery stores, four livery barns, three blacksmiths, two dairies, two cotton gins and two weekly newspapers.

The following year the town's previous name of Averille was changed to Bandon after the town of the same name in Ireland.

The town's population was distributed in the following way: 12. 0 % under the age of 18, 4. 0 % from 18 to 24, 36. 0 % from 25 to 44, 32. 0 % from 45 to 64, and 16. 0 % who were 65 years of age or older.

The town's name was changed to Alpine on February 3, 1888 following a petition by its residents.

The City of Hewitt was established following the donation of land by John A. Warren, the town's first businessman, in the 1880s.

The inhabitants voted to dis-incorporate in 1923 due to difficulty in raising sufficient taxes to finance town operations following the demise of the town's main source of revenue, the lumber mill.

The town's police chief, Michael Miller, has since been fired again, and was rehired again after a citizen's action committee insisted that Miller was only following the directions of the police commissioner as he carried out his duties.

At some point in Sunnydale's history, the following mystic artifacts were hidden throughout the town's cemeteries and perhaps elsewhere:

Palmers employed as much as 80 % of the town's working population until its closure in 1934 following purchase by National Shipbuilders Securities Ltd. ( NSS ).

Macclesfield RUFC, the town's rugby union club, play in National League One, following promotion from National League 2 ( North ) in the 2009-2010 season.

Much of the city was destroyed during World War II and for several years during the following reconstruction the Soviet authorities prohibited the return of any of Narva's pre-war residents ( among whom ethnic Estonians had been the majority, forming 64. 8 % of the town's population of 23, 512 according to the 1934 census ), thus radically altering the city's ethnic composition.

50 % of the town's population of 2000 died of the Black Death in the four months following October 1348.

and blaming the town's decrepit state for his death – much in a similar vein as editorials and comments following the Hillsborough disaster.

The town's local football club is Stocksbridge Park Steels, founded in 1986 following the merger of Stocksbridge Works FC and Oxley Park FC.

The town's first official guide book was published in 1860 and the Queen's Hotel opened on the seafront the following year.