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From Red Hot to Monkey's Eyebrow : unusual Kentucky place names /
"" Of course you'll find Paradise in Kentucky, but it's only one of the many unusual place names in the Commonwealth. Meeting these names for the first time, visitors and residents alike assume that some clever or funny stories lie behind them. So they ask, how did Elkhorn Creek...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington, Ky. :
University Press of Kentucky,
©1997.
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| Colección: | UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "" Of course you'll find Paradise in Kentucky, but it's only one of the many unusual place names in the Commonwealth. Meeting these names for the first time, visitors and residents alike assume that some clever or funny stories lie behind them. So they ask, how did Elkhorn Creek get its name? Were the roads to Red River really Hell each way? Did bugs really tussle in Monroe County? Why was everyone whooping for Larry? To be hospitable and helpful, Kentuckians have come up with convincing -- if not always truthful -- answers to these and other questions about how places got their names. Some. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 80 pages :) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 63-73) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813146133 0813146135 9780813146140 0813146143 |