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What is your town named for?
Posted on 7/22/21 at 11:26 pm
Posted on 7/22/21 at 11:26 pm
The cancel culture got me thinking about how most every place in America is named for something or someone from the old times. Most places have some sort of cool historical tale for how it was named. But just about every name has some sort of ties to slavery or the indians. I dont care to discuss the cancel culture so much as i like to hear cool stories about how places got their name. For instance I have no idea what Baton Rouge means and I couldn't find old Orleans on a map of the old world.
My town was named after a guy who made his fortune building cotton gins. The county was named after the local band of Creek Indians.
Montgomery, Alabama was named after a general in the continental army. He was an Irishman who led an invasion of Quebec. There is a statue of him outside the courthouse that looks just like Elvis (with a sword).
My town was named after a guy who made his fortune building cotton gins. The county was named after the local band of Creek Indians.
Montgomery, Alabama was named after a general in the continental army. He was an Irishman who led an invasion of Quebec. There is a statue of him outside the courthouse that looks just like Elvis (with a sword).
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Posted on 7/22/21 at 11:27 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
Red Stick
Posted on 7/22/21 at 11:27 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
For being in the middle of a place that is northeast of somewhere else.
This post was edited on 7/22/21 at 11:28 pm
Posted on 7/22/21 at 11:33 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
Named for a rich guy that dug the Atchafalaya bay shipping channel.
Posted on 7/22/21 at 11:33 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
A real estate speculator/minor political hack.
Posted on 7/22/21 at 11:34 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
For the state it's located in.
Posted on 7/22/21 at 11:35 pm to PacoPicopiedra
Prayer sent for living in Texas City.
Posted on 7/22/21 at 11:36 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
Uniting upper and lower Egypt.
Posted on 7/22/21 at 11:37 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
A boundary marker so stained by the blood of public torture and executions of captured rival gang members that 100’s of years later, the psychic echoes of the horrors still ebb and flow in a continuation of the cycle of violence that it seems destined to never cease.
There is nothing new, under the sun.
There is nothing new, under the sun.
Posted on 7/22/21 at 11:39 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
Both my hometown and current town are named after native American tribes.
Posted on 7/22/21 at 11:40 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
Robert E Lee’s house (previously his father in law)
Posted on 7/22/21 at 11:43 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
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What is your town named for?
Pine trees. Lots and lots of pine trees.
Ask me what my high school mascot is named for (it's my screen name). I'm very proud of them for not giving in to cancel culture so far.
Posted on 7/22/21 at 11:45 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
My hometown was named after a French military leader who had a lot of fame during the French Revolution. And he was supposably short.
Posted on 7/22/21 at 11:45 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
A city in Italy
Posted on 7/22/21 at 11:46 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
A beautiful mountain.
Posted on 7/22/21 at 11:47 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
I bet I know your hometown and county.
Posted on 7/22/21 at 11:48 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
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For instance I have no idea what Baton Rouge means
Stick Red
Posted on 7/22/21 at 11:48 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
A train company. The train stop was the start of the city/town
Posted on 7/22/21 at 11:49 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
A former president
This post was edited on 7/24/21 at 10:03 am
Posted on 7/22/21 at 11:52 pm to Jim Rockford
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Prayer sent for living in Texas City.
Ha! Thanks! Yeah it's a shithole. Born and raised there and its only gotten worse over the years. No longer live there. Same general area though.
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