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re: What is your town named for?
Posted on 7/22/21 at 11:53 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
Posted on 7/22/21 at 11:53 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
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What is your town named for?
The professional soldiers of Sparta.
Posted on 7/22/21 at 11:55 pm to Rebel
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Stick Red
Ok cool. I've heard the term Red Stick and i think that's a reference to a particularly brutal group of indians in that area.
This post was edited on 7/22/21 at 11:58 pm
Posted on 7/22/21 at 11:58 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
Abilius
Now known as Avilés
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés founded the oldest city in the United States, Saint Augustine (San Agustín).
Now known as Avilés
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés founded the oldest city in the United States, Saint Augustine (San Agustín).
This post was edited on 7/23/21 at 12:00 am
Posted on 7/22/21 at 11:59 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
A steamboat named after President James Monroe.
Not after the person.. but a boat.
Not after the person.. but a boat.
This post was edited on 7/23/21 at 12:05 am
Posted on 7/23/21 at 12:00 am to SECSolomonGrundy
Hometown:
Current town:
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In 1832, Captain John Patterson, a trader from Indiana, settled there. He built a store and became a prominent citizen. The town was renamed Pattersonville after the captain successfully moved the post office to Dutch Settlement.
Pattersonville was incorporated in 1907 as the Town of Patterson.[4]
Current town:
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Claimed first by France as part of Louisiana and later acquired by the United States with the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, it became part of Kansas Territory in 1854 and then the state of Kansas in 1861.[20][21]
The Wichita people returned in 1863, driven from their land in Indian Territory by Confederate forces in the American Civil War, and established a settlement on the banks of the Little Arkansas.[22][23][24] During this period, trader Jesse Chisholm established a trading post at the site, one of several along a trail extending south to Texas which became known as the Chisholm Trail.[25] In 1867, after the war, the Wichita returned to Indian Territory.[22]
In 1868, trader James R. Mead was among a group of investors who established a town company and surveyor Darius Munger built a log structure for the company to serve a hotel, community center, and post office.[26][27] Business opportunities attracted area hunters and traders, and a new settlement began to form. That summer, Mead and others organized the Wichita Town Company, naming the settlement after the Wichita tribe.[23] In 1870, Munger and German immigrant William "Dutch Bill" Greiffenstein filed plats laying out the city's first streets.[27] Wichita formally incorporated as a city on July 21, 1870.[26]
Posted on 7/23/21 at 12:03 am to SECSolomonGrundy
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I've heard the term Red Stick and i think that's a reference to a particularly brutal group of indians in that area.
Bull Frog told you what it why it was named that.
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In 1699 French visitors called the spot "red stick" baton rouge because of a boundary marker pole, stained with animal blood, standing on the river bluff.
Posted on 7/23/21 at 12:07 am to Rebel
You're right. But it's late and I'm toasted so there's gonna be some things that i miss.
Posted on 7/23/21 at 12:09 am to Pedro
A French-Creole American nobleman, playboy, planter, politician, duelist, writer, horse breeder, land developer, and President of the Louisiana State Senate between 1822 and 1823.
Posted on 7/23/21 at 12:09 am to SECSolomonGrundy
Lynchburg
Named after John Lynch who at the age of 17 started a ferry service across the James River in 1757. He was also responsible for Lynchburg's first bridge across the river, which replaced the ferry in 1812.
Named after John Lynch who at the age of 17 started a ferry service across the James River in 1757. He was also responsible for Lynchburg's first bridge across the river, which replaced the ferry in 1812.
This post was edited on 7/23/21 at 12:10 am
Posted on 7/23/21 at 12:12 am to reauxl tigers
quote:Well, they should change it because it might hurt some feelings.
Lynchburg
Posted on 7/23/21 at 12:13 am to SECSolomonGrundy
It’s named after a haircut
Posted on 7/23/21 at 12:16 am to SECSolomonGrundy
A river that was named after an Indian tribe that was found in the area a long time ago.
Posted on 7/23/21 at 12:17 am to SECSolomonGrundy
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no idea what Baton Rouge means
The local indian tribes used large poles painted red to mark the boundaries of their hunting lands. One particularly important one was located on the bluff where present day Southern University is located.
Orleans is a city in France, the birthplace of Joan of Arc. The Duke of Orleans was instrumental in financing the exploration and foundation of New Orleans, which was named in his honor.
Posted on 7/23/21 at 12:20 am to SECSolomonGrundy
A beautiful river separating two states
Posted on 7/23/21 at 12:25 am to SECSolomonGrundy
My town and mascot is named after a German children's tale about paying your debts. It ends with him marching a towns full of children off a cliff because the town residents refused to pay him for doing the same to all the rats the town was infested with.
Posted on 7/23/21 at 12:27 am to AllDayEveryDay
Krampus?
That is kinda awesome
I know there is a town in Indiana called Santa Clause.
That is kinda awesome
I know there is a town in Indiana called Santa Clause.
This post was edited on 7/23/21 at 12:34 am
Posted on 7/23/21 at 12:28 am to cubsfinger
There are 30-50 rivers that form borders. Only 5 states have borders that are not at least partially formed by a river.
Posted on 7/23/21 at 12:50 am to Jake88
I assume they are Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Alaska, and Hawaii?
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