Elwood City (city)

Map of Elwood City

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> “Thus, I declare the city named Elwood City open, and its work completed.”
>
> — President Theodore Roosevelt declared the area known as Elwood an official city.

**Elwood City** or **City of Elwood** is a city with a medium population founded on November 25, 1903 by Jacob Katzenellenbogan. Located in Pennsylvania, United States. On November 25, 2003, Elwoodians celebrated the centennial of Elwood City. Elwood City has since grown to a population of 60,000. The metropolitan area is home to a number of businesses, attractions and festivals, all of which serve the community and its residents.

## History

### 19th Century

In 1885, Buffalo Bill and Lakota Chief Sitting Bull visited what is now Elwood City to perform for local crowds. The show was affiliated with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, which was traveling the country at the time. The show was held on the banks of Mill Creek, near a tree that still stands today at the edge of the Mill Creek Mall parking lot.

### 20th Century

Elwood City thrived decades before 1903 as a logging town. The first sawmill was built on the shores of Bear Lake under the supervision of Jacob Katzenellenbogan. In 1903, a crippled Katzenellenbogan attended the official declaration of Elwood City's incorporation. President Theodore Roosevelt declared the area known as Elwood an official city. Prominent businessmen of the day, Henry Ford and J.P. Morgan, were recognized for turning 50 acres of swampland into a thriving timber town. They donated a statue in honor of the town's founder, but Katzenellenbogan did not appreciate this generous contribution, simply because he wanted the town's name to be Elmwood. The name was never changed, and so it has remained ever since. His last name was also misspelled on the plaque below the statue. With the industrialization of the area, the green-tailed grebe eventually disappeared, although recent sightings have been rumored.

The high schools were founded by Bartolomeo Katzenellenbogan, the son of Jacob and Karen Katzenellenbogan, the Jacob Katzenellenbogan High School was the first high school that was founded in late 1942, he named it after his father to honor him and the Hervey Stevenson High School built in 1947 two years after the completion of the Jacob Katzenellenbogan High School and ended in 1950. He named it after his best friend, Hervey Stevenson, the founder of Melwin Harrington College. For schools, Lakewood School was built in 1953 by Henry Lakewood and end in 1957, he put in name that his last name. Arthur began attending this school in September 1993. Arthur met a new Lakewoodian, named Sue Ellen Armstrong. In second grade, he had Mr. Marco, one day on a test, sitting next to Francine, Arthur couldn't see the board then asked Francine if he could copy on his paper.

### 21th Century

100 years later, on November 25, 2003, Elwoodians celebrated the centennial of Elwood City, Jacob Katzenellenbogan High School was chosen to do a musical, with their former third grade teacher, Nigel Ratburn. For this musical there were famous personalities like Fred Rogers or Marc Brown.

## Places

The geographic area of Elwood City consists of mountains to the north, Moose Mountain the south, Bear Lake and Button Island to the west, and farmland to the east. The city itself is located in the formerly swampy valley between the mountainous areas. The city is in an area affected by tropical weather, as at least two hurricanes have impacted the region, but all four seasons are experienced throughout the year.

### Schools

* Lakewood Elementary School
* Mighty Moutain Elementary School
* Estabrook Elementary School
* Theodore Roosevelt Middle School
* Melwin Harrington Middle School
* Jacob Katzenellenbogan High School
* Elwood City University
* Greenlemon Academy
* Redleaves Academy
* Sunnylight Academy
* Bleudemer Academy

### Buissness

* Salon de Beauté
* Read Recipes
* Anderson Cars
* Crosswire Motors
* Sticky Chicken
* Billy's Burger Barn
* Al's Pet Shop
* Ice Cream Shop
* The Sugar Bowl
* Loring Cinema
* Bowl City

### Municipals

* Elwood City Katzenelenbogan Airport
* Elwood City Dump
* Elwood City Train Station
* Elwood City Planetarium
* Elwood City Times
* Elwood City Bus Station
* Elwood City Auto Shop

* Elwood City Supermarket
* Elwood City Hardware Store
* Elwood City Community Center
* Elwood City City Hall
* Elwood City Science Museum and Exploratorium
* Elwood City Animal Shelter
* Elwood City General Hospital

* Elwood City Pool
* Elwood City Pharmacy
* Elwood City Cemetery
* Elwood City Gazette
* Elwood City Tribunal
* Elwood City Clothing Exchange
* Elwood City Police Station

### Houses

* Baxter's Condominium
* Esthood Apartments
* Westhood Apartments
* Crosswire's Mansion
* Anderson's Mansion
* Powers' House
* Barnes' House

* Walters' House
* Armstrong's House
* Lundgren's House
* Compson's House
* Tibble's House
* MacDonald's House
* Delacours' House

* Klappert's House
* Compson's House
* Camara's Condonium
* Datillo's House
* Morgan's House

## Residents

* D.W. Read
* Kate Read
* Jane Read
* David Read
* Thora Read
* Buster Baxter
* Bitzy Baxter
* Bo Baxter
* Francine Frensky
* Catherine Frensky
* Olivier Frensky
* Laverne Frensky
* Muffy Crosswire
* Chip Crosswire (anciennement)
* Edward Crosswire
* Millicent Crosswire
* Alain Powers
* Mary Powers

* Binky Barnes
* Daisy Barnes
* Jefferson Barnes
* Mei-Lin Barnes
* Suzie Armstrong
* Linda Armstrong
* Eddie Armstrong
* Fern Walters
* Doria Walters
* Wilson Walters
* George Lundgren
* Nael Lundgren
* Georgette Lundgren
* Prunella Deegan
* Rubella Deegan
* Wanda Deegan
* Walfroy Deegan
* Ladonna Compson

* Madison Compson
* Gussie Compson
* Cisely Compson
* Rufus Compson
* Andrew Anderson
* Keren Anderson
* Clinton Anderson
* Tommy Tibble
* Timmy Tibble
* Trixie Tibble
* Craig Tibble
* James MacDonald
* Molly MacDonald
* Shawn MacDonald
* Sally MacDonald
* Emily Delacours
* Sylviane Delacours
* Benjamin Delacours

## Trivia

* In Season 4, Arthur, Buster, Alan and Binky came across a non-fiction book about the history of Elwood City in the public library.
* It is shown in 99 Missed Calls and a *RangerZ* episode that there is a part of Elwood City is "Amazonian", this part was inspired by a place of Winx Club including the temple of Diana.
	+ The inhabitants of this part of the Amazon are ancestral spirits whose members are Faya, Fire Spirit, Wassa, Water Spirit, Tierra, Earth Spirit, Aria, Air Spirit, Estrela, Star Spirit, Soleya, Sun Spirit, Luna, Moon Spirit, Neva, Snow Spirit, Ciela, Sky Spirit and Data, Energy Spirit. The appearance of these spirits were modeled on Arcadia, the Fairy of the Golden Kingdom, The Forest Spirit and The Ethereal Fairies.
* The map of the Elwood City-Crown City region strongly resembles that of the Canadian city of Montreal, Quebec.
* Elwood City is nicknamed " The City of Strawberries" and has an annual Strawberry Festival.
* Elwood City has almost the same name as Ellwood City, and is very similar to the Boston area.
* In *Reunites*, it's revealed the city's population is 79,567.
	+ In *Arthur*, it's revealed the city's population is more than 60,000.
* It also bears strong resemblence to other locations throughout eastern U.S. and Canada:
	+ Ladonna Compson stated that the drive from Louisiana to Elwood City is 16 hours. This would mean that Elwood City may be in West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, and possibly southwestern Pennsylvania or northwestern Pennsylvania if they lived in eastern or northern Louisiana.
	+ In a part of Binky's biography, a five dollar bill given to Binky is blue and a twenty given to him is green, characteristics of Canadian paper money.
	+ Mill Creek Mall is a reference to Millcreek Mall in Pennsylvania, where Marc Brown was raised.
* Jacob Katzenellenbogan didn't like the way he pronounced Elwood City, he wanted Theodore Roosevelt to be called Elmwood City. The name has never changed until today.

## Gallery

Elwood City during daytimeTwilight at Elwood CityElwood City during the night