I lived in the Imperial Valley for a few years, from the way they talk about John Glenn I thought he was born and raised there. Nope, he's from Ohio. He passed

I lived in the Imperial Valley for a few years, from the way they talk about John Glenn I thought he was born and raised there. Nope, he's from Ohio. He passed over the valley (El Centro, specifically, IIRC) when he re-entered the atmosphere, it was just a claim to fame to attract tourists to the middle of nowhere.