Ridge and Valley / Piedmont Famous People
There are many famous people who were born in the Piedmont and Ridge and Valley region. Some are George Catlin, Lee Iacocca , Robert Fulton , George R. Stibitz , and Taylor Swift. Below you will learn a little more about Taylor Swift and Robert Fulton.
Taylor Swift
Taylor Was born December 13, 1989 in Reading, Pennsylvania. She sang the National Anthem at the Philadelphia 76ers basketball game when she was only 11. She moved to Nashville when she was only 13 so she could get into the music business. Taylor wrote her first song "Tim McGraw" when she was only 16. Before she was even 18, she was touring nationally with top stars such as Brad Paisley and Rascal Flatts. Her 2008 album Fearless produced 2 hits, "Love Story" and "You Belong With Me".
Robert Fulton
Robert Fulton was a man with many talents like painting, engineering, and inventing. He was a gunsmith expert during Revolutionary times. Later in 1782, Robert turned to painting landscapes and portraits in Philadelphia. In England and France, Robert's paintings gained some attention but he became interested in canal engineering and the invention of machinery. He worked on making underwater torpedoes and submarines as well as other mechanical devices. Later he contracted to build a steamboat for Robert R. Livingston and became the first person to be commercially successful in American waters, and Robert was therefore popularly considered the inventor of the steamboat.
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