I came up with the idea for this story in 2015, started doing some research in 2016. One of the things I mentioned to Jim7 (my editor) is that when using Wikipedia to research the landing site, they ADDED to the Wiki for Hutch in late 2020 that Hutch had a festival in 2013, where they had renamed the town to Smallville for a day, and have held a festival there annually since then. I went, wow, and then thought that maybe I should have had Cal crash somewhere else.
It's now October of 2021, and I JUST found THIS website:
https
hutchissmallville.wixsite.com/smallvillekansas/facts
I'm just going to shake my head and wonder how close I really am to reality - or perhaps I'm actually channeling thoughts FROM an alternate universe. :)