Ever wonder how Rough and Ready got its name? Or what Stonesthrow is a stone's throw from? And surely the story behind Climax can't be…that thrilling, can it? The curious Georgian can't help pondering the seemingly endless supply of head-scratching place names that dot this state. Luckily, the intrepid Cathy Kaemmerlen stands ready to unravel the enigmas--Enigma is, in fact, a Georgia town--behind the state's most astonishing appellations. Cow Hell, Gum Pond, Boxankle and Lord a Mercy Cove? One town owes its name to a random sign that fell off a railcar, while another memorializes a broken bone suffered by a cockfight spectator. And just how many place names were inspired by insolent mules? Come on in to find out.
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Georgia Place-Names From Jot-em-Down to Doctortown
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HistoryTable of contents
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Resources
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- The Place-Name Stories
- 1. Sounds Like Greek, Roman, French, German and Irish to Me
- 2. Location, Location, Location
- 3. Towns Named for Women
- 4. From Cusseta to Sautee-Nacoochee: Native American Place-Names
- 5. Thar’s Gold in Them Thar Hills!
- 6. Little Brown Jug, How I Love Thee: Jug Taverns, Towns and Pottery
- 7. I’ve Been Working on the Railroad
- 8. From Bees to Cement to Silk: Georgia’s Industrial Place-Names
- 9. From Hardscrabble to Good Hope
- 10. Coinage
- 11. It Says So in the Bible
- 12. Bad Hombres, Notorious Towns, Boogery and…Fairylands
- 13. Mysterious Islands of the Okefenokee Swamp
- 14. Tales of Georgia’s Golden Isles
- 15. Ho Ho Ho and Silent Night
- 16. From Apples to Onions and Possums to Boars
- 17. Three Explorers and a Bunch of Bloody Battles
- 18. Springs, Spas, Resorts and Sighs
- 19. A Bit of Whimsy! A Bit of Oops!
- About the Author
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