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Category Archives: Wiki Travel
The article in which Somebodyisfromhere.com talks about a town in Ohio and then rambles on about Ghosts and synagogues in Pennsylvania for awhile.
Defiance got its name from General Anthony Wayne during the French and Indian War.
“General Wayne surveyed the land and declared to General Scott, “I defy the French, Indians, and all the devils of hell to take it.” Continue reading
Posted in Georgia, Ghosts, Long Titles, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Wiki Travel
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Harlan County.
So Somebodyisfromehere.com goes to law school and anybody that goes to that kind of institution has to learn about the Constitution. When studying that subject the names Harlan becomes pretty significant. Two Harlans served in the Supreme Court (1877-1911, 1955 -1971). … Continue reading
Sleepy Eye
Alright, granted it’s pretty cool to have a town named after you. Somebodyisfromhere.com wonders, though, if it’s cool when the town name is basically making fun of you. Take this town in Minnesota:
Sleepy Eye is named after Chief Sleepy Eye, or Ishtakhaba, who was known as a compassionate person with droopy eyelids…
Other than his name though he seem Continue reading
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War, West Virginia
War. What is it good for? Well, it seems like it was good for mining once. Not much now. There are less than 1000 people there and the poverty rate is nearly half. According to Wiki, there is only one … Continue reading
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The Colony, Texas.
Colonies might be becoming things of the past, but The Colony has been doing alright for itself lately. New Jersey Nets point guard and Olympic gold medalist Deron Williams played for The Colony High School, as did Los Angeles Angels outfielder Torii Hunter. Dweebs … Continue reading
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Parachute, Colorado.
Meet the descriptively named Parachute Colorado. The origin story: The name comes from the appearance on a map of several streams converging on the town as do the shroud lines of a parachute combined with the arc of the ridge line above … Continue reading
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Aloha
Having an island name in the Mainland is pretty cool. It’s not inexplicable like Grand Island, Nebraska. It’s just sorta quirky like giving your child a name that doesn’t match child’s ethnicity. That’s the coolness of Aloha, Oregon. Or, at … Continue reading
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Somebodyisfromhere.com Goes Climaxing (and misses a layup title opportunity)
You might not be surprised that there is town named Climax. People name places some strange things. You might be surprised there are several of them. Continue reading
Posted in Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Wiki Travel
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Cape Fear
Well, most people are at least fairly sure an area called “Cape Fear” exists. More people know a couple of prominent movies were made to capitalize on the name. Perhaps, enough time has passed from the production of these films (and DeNiro’s menacing stares) that we can step back and figure out what the area name means.
The name comes from the 1585 expedition of Sir Richard Grenville. Sailing to Roanoke Island, his ship became embayed behind the cape. Some of the crew were afraid they would wreck, giving rise to the name Cape Fear. It is the fifth-oldest surviving English place name in the U.S. Continue reading
Snowflake, Arizona.
You might think that the people who named the town of Snowflake in Arizona just might not have been properly informed of the subtleties that could be enjoyed using irony. It’s not that it never snows in Arizona – they … Continue reading
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