by MaCRi December 20, 2007
Get the town unicyclemug. Excerpt on History from Southwest Daily News and historian:
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ORIGIN: Oscar and Corrina Elender Portie married in 1884 and lived in Hackberry until Oscar died. Corrina moved to Sulphur in 1902 with her eight children. In 1908 Corrina moved her children to a home built for the family on what is now Crocker Street. Many of her children (Sim; Mag, then married to Amar Granger; Jake; Jeff) and Corrina’s brother, Simon Elender all built homes within a couple of blocks of one another. This area became known as “Portie Town,” encompassing the area of Sulphur north of West Burton St. and west of North Huntington St. (the old city hall). HISTORY: It has a proud history of hard working families, starting with the Portie’s. George Simeon Portie, Sr.’s old homestead is the patch of woods directly across the street from Jake Drost School for Exceptional Children. The land where LeBlanc Middle School and Jake Drost are located was donated by the family to the community for the schools. “There’s been a lot of negative things said about Portie Town, but I’d like people to know that George Simeon Portie, Sr., my grandfather, was the oldest of Corrina’s children and went to work at the Sulphur Mines to support a fatherless family. He bought property as he could and the area became known as Portie Town,” said Judye Portie Foy of Sulphur, the Portie family historian, so to speak
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ORIGIN: Oscar and Corrina Elender Portie married in 1884 and lived in Hackberry until Oscar died. Corrina moved to Sulphur in 1902 with her eight children. In 1908 Corrina moved her children to a home built for the family on what is now Crocker Street. Many of her children (Sim; Mag, then married to Amar Granger; Jake; Jeff) and Corrina’s brother, Simon Elender all built homes within a couple of blocks of one another. This area became known as “Portie Town,” encompassing the area of Sulphur north of West Burton St. and west of North Huntington St. (the old city hall). HISTORY: It has a proud history of hard working families, starting with the Portie’s. George Simeon Portie, Sr.’s old homestead is the patch of woods directly across the street from Jake Drost School for Exceptional Children. The land where LeBlanc Middle School and Jake Drost are located was donated by the family to the community for the schools. “There’s been a lot of negative things said about Portie Town, but I’d like people to know that George Simeon Portie, Sr., my grandfather, was the oldest of Corrina’s children and went to work at the Sulphur Mines to support a fatherless family. He bought property as he could and the area became known as Portie Town,” said Judye Portie Foy of Sulphur, the Portie family historian, so to speak
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by Sulphur Native September 18, 2023
Get the Poche townmug. A very loving caring person,work driven,career oriented, over 6’3 amazing athletes and extremely good looking, usually best dressed and a future D1 athlete
by Wqlliam November 23, 2021
Get the William Townesmug. The college town of San Luis Obispo, California. San Luis Obispo is roughly half way between SF and LA on 101 near the beach. It is populated mostly by students and retired rich people. There is little if any economy outside of the local university and a large state prison. The town is sometimes referred to as SLO or much to the chagrin of locals "San Louie"
by petroliam February 10, 2017
Get the slo townmug. When you drive around town in your car simply because you can't think of anything else to do.
Usually performed by teenagers in small towns because of the lack of things to do and the fact it takes only a few minutes to drive around the entire town. The passenger(s) usually attempt to find something to do or someone else for them to hang out with while the driver drives.
Usually performed by teenagers in small towns because of the lack of things to do and the fact it takes only a few minutes to drive around the entire town. The passenger(s) usually attempt to find something to do or someone else for them to hang out with while the driver drives.
"What do you guys want to do?"
"I don't know."
"Let's just do some town laps."
-proceeds to drive around town-
"Did anyone text you back?"
"Nope."
-drives around again-
"I don't know."
"Let's just do some town laps."
-proceeds to drive around town-
"Did anyone text you back?"
"Nope."
-drives around again-
by Silver G. December 15, 2010
Get the town lapmug. by feners February 12, 2015
Get the shanti townmug. by Indust20 July 25, 2018
Get the Rearview townmug.