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Thread #10508   Message #73321
Posted By: arkie
25-Apr-99 - 03:10 PM
Thread Name: Place names
Subject: RE: Place names
Here are a few places of interest in the Bear State, otherwise known as Arkansas. Accident School, Apt, Back Gate, Birdeye, Blue Ball, Blue Eye, Big Scuffle Church, Cow Faced Hill, Devil's Den, Dogpatch, Fifty Six (fifty-sixth school district), Forty Four (forty four names on the petition to get a post office), Fly Gap, Frog Level, Hogscald Hollow (hogs scalded in a natural basins created by erosion), Ink, Lost Corner, Marked Tree, Nail, Oil Trough (where bear grease was rendered and transported to the White River via hollow log troughs), Pair O'Geese Lake, Peel, Pee Dee, Pickle Gap, Possom Grape, Romance, Rough and Ready, Smackover, Sweet Home, and Toad Suck. Toad Suck Days are celebrated annually and was recognized by Jay Leno who referred to it as Toad Sucking Days.