To: Young Werther
"During the Civil War, many of the DC-ites would leave that "swamp infested hole" aka Washington D.C. In fact, Abe Lincoln was known to summer at the "Joisy shore" at a place called Atlantic City!" The "Air Conditioner" was invented in Appalachacola, Florida by a doctor who was treating malaria.
57 posted on
07/23/2002 5:34:52 PM PDT by
blam
To: blam
That was John Gorrie. Actually he invented the ice making machine as opposed to what we now think of as the air conditioner. By the way, it's Apalachicola
To: blam
And.... Salt Water Taffy was invented in Atlantic City.
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