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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Didn't Die: Built its comeback on tourism--visitors drawn to the culture of the area's 2,500-member Amish community...
...Didn't Die: It has been called Pontiac's Second Rebellion (the first began in 1763, when the eponymous Indian chief made war against the English). People here rose up against high-volume discounters draining the life from downtown. The old city hall was turned into a low-rent "business incubator" for successful niche shops that went on to colonize Main Street...
...Didn't Die: Once home to one of the world's largest sawmills, the town moved from wood chips to microchips, attracting supercomputer maker Cray Research...
...Didn't Die: Mark Twain's "white town drowsing" on the banks of the Mississippi was regularly swamped by floods until a breakwater was built in 1992. When it held during the Great Flood of 1993, downtown's comeback was assured...
...Didn't Die: When the oil refinery closed down in 1982, this boomtown went bust--22,000 of its 30,000 residents moved away, J.C. Penney and other retailers shut down, and arsonists torched parts of downtown. But in 1986 it joined the Main Street program, began renovating 200 buildings and cashed in on the "heritage tourism" craze (Okmulgee is the capital of the Muskogee Indian Nation...