A Historical Past

I listening to the reading today about Derek and his childhood as a pig farmer just outside Walbash. I enjoyed hearing it, and it made myself think of anything that my hometown was well known for. I come from a small town about 40 minutes north of muncie called Portland. Portland is not the town it once was, back in the 70's it was booming with industry and was a happening place, but as the years past industry has slowed and we now only have a few big businesses left. We are now more known to be an agricultural community. A place that probably the most famous in Portland would have to be Fisher Meat Market. They have great meat and there success is well known, people will come from state away to get a side of beef done or just to stock up on meats for their deep freeze. The business has been family ran for about 40 years and that is the one place that puts Portland on the map. I am not a farmer or a hunter or a factory kid. I grew up in town with my dad being a carpenter and my mother working a secrectary position. I wish we had something that was a bigger piece of history that people of Portland could be proud of.