Thursday, October 15, 2009

A Change of Name

Old frontier towns, especially those mining cities that grew up fast in the 1870s were less that politically correct. They were changed in order to attract respectable citizens

Bedbug becomes Ione
Hangtown becomes Placerville
Negro Bar becomes Tolsom

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