The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-29
TOWNS WITH QUEER NAMES.


 
 Some of the towns in this country have funny names. in the choosing of which Uncle Sam has sometimes had hand. Others are of local origin and some are of Indian extraction. There is Rabbit Hash. ky, for in- stance. A building was being put up by the settlers for the first grocery for the place, and a man who was riding by refined up and said: T see you are starting a town. What are you going to name it?" A bibuious individual. somewhat of wag, who was watching the building operations, spoke up: We are going to call 1t Rabbit Hash," he said. And Rabbit Hash it Is to this day.
 Painted Post. N. T.. got It's name from a painted monument set up at the grave of an Indian chief. Die All. Cal, (not now a postofice), commentaries the fact that all the Indians on the island died. not one sur viving.
 Nameless. Ga, was so called because Postofice Department, all were reject ed as unsuitable or otherwise unsatis- | factory.
 Tombstone, Ariz., was named by the l first settler who, when setting out on | a prospecting tour. was banteringly assured that he would find his tomb- | stone" ff
 For Coon's Eye. Va, all the names proposed. were reJected by the Post office Department and resident de- scribed as "very old and eccentric" | suggested that Coon's Eye be tried. It was accepted. though entirely mean | ingless and irrelevant.
 Big Bone. Ky, was so named from the bones of mastadons found in the vicinity. Big Tooth. Pa., is from the Indian word mangfpirlnci<, the place where big teeth are found :"
 Half Pones Tenn, was named by a small party of pioneers who reached that point one day about noon with but half a pone of bread. | Blowing Rock. N. C., was so called because of a nearby cliff where the wind blows upward. Buzzard's Bay, Mass, got its name from a small hawk. Ca Ira, Va, named by refugees, is an | expression in French revolutionary song, meaning Tt shall go on" Brule, | Neb, is an Indian word meaning burnt" Broken Sword. O.. commem- crates the fact that General Crawford broke his sword on the bank of a stream at that place. Calaveras. Cal, (Spanish "skull), was named from the number of skulls found there. Happy Camp, In the same State, was so named by miners In the early flush times.
 Chickies. Pa, Is from the Indian word, Chikiswalungo, "the place of crabs" Cor crawfish) Wapwallopen, Pa, Is an Indian word, meaning "the place where the messengers were mur- | dered." Egg Harbor, N J., got it's name from the quantities of gulls' eggs | found near the bay.
 l Shin Bone. Ala. perpetuates the name of an Indian chief. Blow Out, Texas, was named for a cave in the mountain. In 1850 a par ty of Delaware Indians chased a bear | into a cave in the east side of the mountain, lighting their way with a torch. After killing the bear they threw the torch down, and this started a fire which ragged for many months | In 1852 a tremendous explosion oc- cured. blowing an opening In the west side of the mountain. Hence the name.
 Rat, Mo, Is said by the local post master to have been named by a post office inspector, who saw tailless rat there.
 For Get Up, Ala. the names first sub mitted to the Postof1ce Department were all rejected and the residents were told to Get up something else." Hap py thought! Get Up was proposed and was accepted
 Horse Heaven, Wash. When this section was first settled Jim Kinney. l WnO lS 5Ill AlNluBl hdeAS anu SoANS, appeared, bringing seven horses A severe winter came on, and, as Kinney | had no feed for the horses, they strayed away and could not be found. l In the spring the grass came out lux uriantly and the horses came back, rolling fat" and Kinney exclaimed: This country is certainly a heaven for horsesw Then when a postoffice was established. nothing more natural than that it should have that name.
 Nameless. Tenn. was so named by the Postoffice Department because the residents in petItioning for postof- flee failed to suggest a name for it. Fifty-eight. s. C.. Is ffty-eight miles from Charleston. Joe Gee. N. Y. was named for the last Indian who lived on the hill on which the place was built.
 Mauch Chunk. Pa, is from the Indian machk (bear) and tschunk (mountain) mountain where bears are found.
 Seacaucus, N. J.. was called by the Indians Sekkes. having reference to the numerous snakes thereabout
 Tin Cup. Col. was originally a min ing camp. where in the early days gold was so plentiful that it was measured in tin cups.
 In Virginia people have their mall addressed to Ash Cake, Gingaff Man, Nameless, Negro Arm. Non-interven- tion. Red Eye, Sambo. Spot Cash. Stony Man, Smoky. Ordinary and "a, while some West Virginia postoffices are Big Battle. Next. Pad, Pipestem, Raven 8 Eye. Squire Jim and Wildcat.
 Baby Head is in Texas as are Dime Box. Gun sight, Hay-rlck. Noodle, Pan- cake. Point Blank and Zigzag Cali fornia has Arrowhead, Bootjack and Hay Fork.
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