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Across the Fence:  Small Town Name Stories  |
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kydeere40744
True Blue Farmgirl
1132 Posts
Jessica
Kentucky
USA
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 Posted - Jan 02 2008 : 09:56:03 AM
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One of our local papers (actually from the big city of Lexington, KY) does a series called "Project Dateline". It features photographs and stories of the townfolk of Kentucky's unique small towns. I've actually been through several of them. The stories and photos are refreshing. I know one of the photographers and he usually lets me know of some great photo opportunities. You don't know beautiful until you've seen our beautiful countryside here in Kentucky.
Thankfully, the project has put up a blog with the photos and stories. here is the link:
http://www.projectdateline.com/
To view the next photo, just click on the photo. to see the new town, click on "next page" at the very bottom.
Be sure to bookmark the website - it's a keeper!!
~Jessica in Kentucky & Miss Wilma's Niece~
Gardening is a way of showing that you believe in tomorrow... |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Jan 02 2008 : 10:07:03 AM
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That's great, Jessica--thanks for sharing this link. We have a postal zip code book for all the towns, villages, etc...in Kentucky and it gives the origin of the town name, post office and if it's still existing. We've found SO many different names like "Hell's half acre" which, incidentally, is very aptly named. Don't EVER want to wander there again!!!!
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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kydeere40744
True Blue Farmgirl
1132 Posts
Jessica
Kentucky
USA
1132 Posts |
Posted - Jan 02 2008 : 10:15:59 AM
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You are welcome Jonni! We do have some funny town names. I remember going through Garfield on my way to Hardinsburg a long time ago. Oh and every Christmas, you can send a card to Bethlehem, KY and get their special Christmas postmark. And for the 4th of July, you can go through Liberty...I have some friends down that way. Some of the towns mentioned in the articles/blog I hadn't heard of and it makes ya want to go driving through those small little communities.
~Jessica in Kentucky & Miss Wilma's Niece~
Gardening is a way of showing that you believe in tomorrow... |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Jan 02 2008 : 10:18:32 AM
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Yep--this will be great for my husband and I--we wander a lot in the winter, looking here and there for things we haven't seen yet. There are so many roads, I just worry about missing things!!!!!
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
http://www.buyhandmade.org/ |
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kydeere40744
True Blue Farmgirl
1132 Posts
Jessica
Kentucky
USA
1132 Posts |
Posted - Jan 02 2008 : 10:24:55 AM
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Oh....a good "road trip" is going to see the old covered bridges through Kentucky. I've taken some photographs over the past year at a few of the 'local' ones in Franklin and Scott county. Fleminsburg has a few up that way too. Let me see if I can find that website that gives you detailed directions on how to get to them.
~Jessica in Kentucky & Miss Wilma's Niece~
Gardening is a way of showing that you believe in tomorrow... |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Jan 02 2008 : 10:45:46 AM
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Oh, no need--when I say we wander, we wander  We've already covered all of them in a two day trip over Memorial day weekend two years ago. We also have taken our little honda civic through rushing creek beds that wash out with early spring rains, and have found places romantically and aptly called,"Ruddle's Mill" in Bourbon County, where it looks like the Union and Confederate armies will meet at the crossroad anyday now, and when we go to Pleasant Hill, like we'll be doing the first of February, we usuall take the 4-5 hour drive home, instead of the 2, following the Kentucky River as close to the banks as you can get, all the way to where it empties into the Ohio near Milton.
The only thing we're not great about is taking photos--these places are certainly fixed in our mind's eye, though!
You may like this Jessica...I'm providing a link to my husband's song (it's my favorite)...it's kind of a love song to the gorgeous and wonderful places we've seen while tramping around our lovely state.
http://www.myspace.com/wojotherockband
It's the second song down, called Borderlands.
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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Peanut
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Jennifer
Waverly
Virginia
USA
603 Posts |
Posted - Jan 02 2008 : 11:11:05 AM
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That's really interesting Jessica!
We have a "Disputana" - the railroad man and his wife were going down Hwy 460 and he was letting her name the towns along the way. They couldn't agree on the name for that town, so "DISPUTana" it was.
"What is a farm but a mute gospel?"
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
4331 Posts
Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Jan 02 2008 : 11:39:41 AM
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My poor little Irvington, KY got it's name because, when the railroad decided there needed to be a stop at that location, someone with the railroad was originally from Irvington, New York. So they just waved a magic wand and decreed that plot of land, "Irvington, Kentucky"! So unromantic! And kind of unimaginative, too!
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
2099 Posts |
Posted - Jan 02 2008 : 11:55:09 AM
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There's a town called Onoville, NY. The story I've heard is that when they held a town meeting to choose a name, every suggestion was met with, "Oh, no, not that one..."
I've also been through the town of Show Low, AZ, which supposedly is named after the winning hand in a poker game. One early settler won the land off another in a card game and built the town there.
I don't know if either of those stories is true, but they certainly are memorable. |
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miss wilma
True Blue Farmgirl
3410 Posts
Wilma
Knob Lick
Ky
USA
3410 Posts |
Posted - Jan 02 2008 : 12:41:55 PM
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Hey Jessie dont forget Bug Tussel, Black Knat,and chicken brissol, marrow bone now what kinda creature did that come from ? mud lick aunt wilma
I am a farm girl married to a sewing machine
http://misswilma.blogspot.com/ |
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lovelady
True Blue Farmgirl
533 Posts
Toni
Indiana
USA
533 Posts |
Posted - Jan 02 2008 : 1:18:44 PM
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| Don't forget Bear Wallow, I think it is in Hart Co. I was also going to suggest Marrow Bone, but Miss Wilma beat me to it! |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Jan 02 2008 : 1:47:48 PM
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And, my personal favorite, Rabbit Hash! You know I couldn't go without naming that one. We also have a plethera of "Stringtowns" up this way. Interesting...
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
http://www.buyhandmade.org/ |
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kydeere40744
True Blue Farmgirl
1132 Posts
Jessica
Kentucky
USA
1132 Posts |
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miss wilma
True Blue Farmgirl
3410 Posts
Wilma
Knob Lick
Ky
USA
3410 Posts |
Posted - Jan 02 2008 : 3:33:27 PM
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Jessie these little towns are wonderful up in the mountains every thing was a crick
I am a farm girl married to a sewing machine
http://misswilma.blogspot.com/ |
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JessieMae
True Blue Farmgirl
702 Posts
Jessie
Raleigh
North Carolina
USA
702 Posts |
Posted - Jan 03 2008 : 5:42:33 PM
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| My grandparents grew up in Braggadocio, Missouri, which isn't funny but is fun to say, and is also near Weiner, Arkansas. When I lived in Pennsylvania I lived near a town named Yellow Breeches. Someone told me it was named after a nearby creek, also called Yellow Breeches. |
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miss wilma
True Blue Farmgirl
3410 Posts
Wilma
Knob Lick
Ky
USA
3410 Posts |
Posted - Jan 03 2008 : 9:37:02 PM
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T oni are you from KY? If so where Miss WILMA
I am a farm girl married to a sewing machine
http://misswilma.blogspot.com/ |
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