Convention City (New Orleans nickname)
New Orleans began hosting many national conventions in the 1890s and in the early 1900s. "New Orleans Is a Convention City" was a headline in The Daily Picayune (New Orleans, LA) on May…
Cooperstown: Birthplace of Baseball (nickname)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Cooperstown, New YorkCooperstown is a village in Otsego County, New York, United States. It is the county seat. Most of the village lies within the town of…
Corning: Crystal City (nickname)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Corning (city), New YorkCorning is a city in Steuben County, New York, United States, on the Chemung River. The population was 11,183 at the 2010 census. It is…
Cortland: Crown City (nickname)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Cortland, New YorkCortland is a city in Cortland County, New York, USA. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 19,204. It is the county seat of…
Crawfish Town (New Orleans nickname)
New Orleans, Louisiana, has infrequently been called "Crawfish Town." The Daily Picayune (New Orleans, LA) printed on August 17, 1902: "Some residents of the upper part of the city…
Cream City (Milwaukee nickname)
Milwaukee (WI) has been nicknamed the "Cream City" because of the cream-colored bricks that were used in many of the buildings in the 1800s. The name "Cream City" was used on…
Creole City (New Orleans nickname)
Louisiana Creoles are persons descended from the inhabitants of colonial Louisiana during the period of both French and Spanish rule. New Orleans has frequently been called the "Creole…
Crescent City (Evansville, Indiana nickname)
"Crescent City" has also been the nickname of New Orleans, Louisiana, since the 1830s. Other Evansville nicknames include "Pocket City," "River City" and…
Crescent City (New Orleans nickname)
New Orleans has been called the "Crescent City" since at least 1835. The "crescent" refers to the curve of the Mississippi River. Joseph Holt Ingraham (1809-1860) probably…
Cutchogue: “Sunniest Place in New York State” (slogan)
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Cutchogue, New YorkCutchogue is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 3,349 at the 2010…
Debris (sandwich)
Mother's Restaurant, at 401 Poydras Street in New Orleans, opened in 1938. The "Debris" sandwich is defined on the restaurant's website as "The roast beef that falls into…
Eggs Hussarde
"Eggs Hussarde" ("Oeufs Hussarde") was popularized at Brennan's restaurant in New Orleans, Louisiana, from about 1950, but the dish dates to at least the 1890s. Poached…
Elmira: Queen City of the Southern Tier (nickname)
Elmira (a city in Chemung County, New York) was called the "Queen City of the Southern Tier" in the 19th century. Harper's New York and Erie Rail-road Guide-book (1851) stated:…
Endicott, Binghamton, Johnson City: Triple Cities
Several cities have been called "Twin Cities." Columbus (GA), Phenix City (AL) and Girard (AL) were called 'Triple Cities" by at least the 1890s. The western New York cities of…
Endicott: Magic City (nickname)
Endicott, a village in Broome County, New York, grew quickly in the early 1900s around its central business -- the Endicott Johnson show manufacturing company. Many cities in the United States took…
Erb City (New Orleans nickname)
The Angolite is an inmate-edited publication of the Louisiana State Penitentiary (Angola, LA). From 1954 until 1961, the publication called New Orleans "Erb City" and a New Orleans…
Etouffee (Crawfish Étouffée)
"Étouffée" is French for "smothered." "Crawfish Étouffée" (smothered crawfish) is a popular dish in Louisiana, especially in Breaux Bridge, the "Crawfish…
First City of the West (Minneapolis); Last City of the East (St. Paul)
The city of Minneapolis (MN) is on the west side of the Mississippi River, and St. Paul (MN) is on the east side. It's often said of these Twin Cities that Minneapolis is the "First City…
Gapers’ Block
Patrolman Irving Francis ("Irv") Hayden provided rush hour traffic reports on Chicago's WGN radio in the 1960s. He coined the term "gapers' block" (cited in print…
Garden City (Chicago nickname)
Chicago, Illinois has used the Latin motto "Urbs in Horto" (city in a garden) since 1837. There weren't many gardens and there wasn't much city, but Chicago had aspirations.…