The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #10508   Message #73363
Posted By: Peter Fisher
25-Apr-99 - 07:50 PM
Thread Name: Place names
Subject: RE: Place names
Some years ago while living in South Dakota I was startled by a newspaper headline: "Porcupine Man Captured." Since this was the state that gave us Wall Drug and the postcards of Jackalopes, my imagination ran wild. Turns out a resident of the town of Porcupine, South Dakota, had been eluding police, and was finally nabbed.