Kokomo, Indiana aka "City of Firsts"
Kokomo has quite the impressive list for a 50,000 pop. Midwest town:
"City of firsts" inventions
1894 - Elwood Haynes makes the first successful trial run of his "Horseless Carriage" on Pumpkinvine Pike.
1894 - The first Pneumatic Rubber Tire was invented by D.C. Spraker at the Kokomo Rubber Tire Company.
1895 - The first Aluminum Casting was developed by William "Billy" Johnson from the Ford and Donnelly Foundry.
1902 - The first Carburetor was invented by George Kingston.
1906 - The first Stellite Cobalt-Base Alloy was discovered by Elwood Haynes.
1912 - Stainless Steel was invented by Elwood Haynes as a response to his wife's desire for tableware that wouldn't tarnish.
1918 - The Howitzer Shell, used in World War I, was created by the Superior Machine Tool Company.
1918 - The first Aerial Bomb with Fins was first produced by the Liberty Pressed Metal Company.
1920 - The Mechanical Corn Picker was created by John Powell.
1926 - Carl Molin developed Dirilyte Golden Hued Tableware.
1928 - The first canned tomato juice was created by Walter Kemp from Kemp Brothers Canning Company in response to a physician's need for baby food.
1938 - The first Push-Button Car Radio was created at Delco Radio Division of General Motors Corporation.
1941 - Globe American Stove Company manufactured the first all metal life boats and rafts.
1947 - The first Signal Seeking Car Radio was created by the Delco Radio Division of General Motors.
1957 - Delco Radio Division of General Motors developed the first All Transistor Car Radio.
We are also home to this guy named "Big Ben" who was named the largest calf in the world in 1902.
I've also heard we have more restaurants per capita than most other cities in the United States.