> You might be interested in a book called California's Spanish Place-Names by Barbara & Rudy Marinacci. It was published in Palo Alto by Tioga Publishing Co. It has a great deal of California history in it and I usually carry it when I travel in California. I wish somebody would write one about Indian place names in Tennessee or the whole country for that matter. Hawaii has some really neat place names, too.
> Howard

I remember reading a book about place names when we were studying Tennessee history. If I can get hold of the reference (it WAS 35 years ago!), I'll post it.
You've probably heard a lot of references to Unicoi and Unaka in E. TN. The Unicoi were a tribe of the Cherokee nation. Unaka is variation of Unicoi.
Some strange names around Johnson City are Haire Town, Shake Rag, Copperhead Road (yep, sung about in the C/W song), Slab Town, and, my favorite, Pot Likker. That was the name of the area in JC where Science Hill HS, Steve Spurrier's alma mater, now stands.