Date:         Fri, 25 May 2001 22:58:52 -0500
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <jhrodgers@CHARTER.NET>
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From:         John Rodgers <jhrodgers@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: ...bozos   eh
Comments: To: Joel Walker <jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET>
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Hey, Joel, your comments about Remlap, Smuteye, etc, begs the questions
of the origins of some points in LA (lower Alabama for non-Alabamians),
places like Frogeye and Fleahop. Then if you really want to get weird,
drop down a bit and visit TwoEgg, FL.

There were also some strange but interesting little places in the North
Country, like Chicken, Alaska. I also stopped a couple of times in
Kokanok, and Tatitlik, AK. Or how about Eek, Alaska. Who knows how these
places got their names!

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver


Joel Walker wrote:
>
> > Here in South Carolina there is a town called  Irmo so named for the
> 2
> > builders of a nearby dam,  taking the first 2 letters of their
> names.
> > Iredell and Mosely.
>
> always wondered why that town was named that! :)
>
> in Amabala, there are two towns ... Guin and Winfield. grumpy
> expatriot dwellers of each town decided to move halfway in between and
> start their own town!! and their choice of name was ....
> Gu-Win. :)
>
> and moving closer to the center of the state, there's Remlap.
> why? cause the founder, a Mr. Palmer, didn't want to name it after
> himself. exactly. sorta. kinda. so he reversed the letters. ;)
>
> i won't even go into the history of Smuteye, AL. :)