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11-08-2007, 08:18 AM
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Small town names and where did they come from
Thought this would be fun topic..
If you know the reason for the name.. that would be great.. if not that is OK too.
Arab.. was suppose to be Arad but the Post office misread the name and called it Arab
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11-08-2007, 08:51 AM
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Countdown to CHRISTMAS!!!!!
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I keep hearing about a community called Bug Tussle ~ what's that?? Is it a city? Very cool name I must say!
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11-08-2007, 09:05 AM
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ROLL TIDE!!!!
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Bug Tussle was a steak restaurant up around Cullman, Al...........it closed years ago. People would drive from other states to eat there. They had gigantic steaks. It was a hole in the wall type of place! Not sure why it closed and not sure if it is even a city!
I found a link...............
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11-08-2007, 10:49 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Historic Bessemer
Bug Tussle was a steak restaurant up around Cullman, Al...........it closed years ago. People would drive from other states to eat there. They had gigantic steaks. It was a hole in the wall type of place! Not sure why it closed and not sure if it is even a city!
I found a link...............
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Yes I ate there....a 1 1/2 pound steak was commonplace and they had some larger than that...you'd float out of there like a tub of beef... |
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11-08-2007, 03:34 PM
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Guin was a family name, the town incorporated in 1893. Nearby Gu-Win wasn't a group of folks who didn't like the pronunciation, but was originally called Ear Gap. Guin threatened to annex it in the 1950s so Ear Gap incorporated as a town. The township had a new drive-in theatre, and since that theatre was located between Guin and Winfield, the big expensive theatre sign said Gu-Win Drive-In. After some cajoling from the owner of the drive-in, the town took that name, sparing him the expense of a new marquee. The drive-in since closed and has re-opened as the Blue Moon Drive-In.
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11-08-2007, 07:26 PM
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Eufaula
Eufaula was the capital of the Creek nation. The word "eufaula" means "high bluff" in Creek. The Creeks and the white settlers lived in realtive peace. Then the Trail of Tears forced the Creeks to move to Oklahoma and they settled next to another lake/river on a bluff and called it Eufaula. There's still alot of Indian influence in Eufaula,AL.
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11-09-2007, 06:44 PM
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I've read that the town of Reform in Pickens county was once a very rough and rowdy place. Word was the town precher told the people he was leaving and would return when the town "Reformed". Scratch Ankle is in either Monroe or Clarke county, supposedly the place was bug infested and when the stage coach would go through everyone would be scratching their ankles. Burnt Corn is on the Monroe/ Coneceh county line. It's said that whoever first arrived there came upon a pile of burned corn. Slapout is in southeast Alabama, I'm not sure what county. Word was that when people would go to the towns only store that the shopkeeper would always say that he was "slap out" of whatever they needed.
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11-09-2007, 06:48 PM
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Tuscaloosa means Black Warrior. Apparently cheif Tuskalusa was a very large darkskinned Indian. The river got the English translation, the city and county is known by it's Indian name.
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11-09-2007, 08:14 PM
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Guess we can figure out how hog jaw and chigger hill must have gotten their names.
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05-15-2009, 03:15 PM
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Slapout is in Elmore county northeast of Montgomery. The acual name of the town is Holtville but must people refer to it as Slapout. HipLib is correct in how it came to be known as Slapout.
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