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Re:more wierd origins of place names
Posted By: bobby, on host 164.230.99.2
Date: Thursday, December 7, 2000, at 18:12:49
In Reply To: Re:more wierd origins of place names posted by Faux Pas on Friday, July 21, 2000, at 16:57:02:

> Cut-and-shoot, Texas. I don't know the origin of that name, but it's one of my favorite town names.
>
> -Faux "It's just north of Conroe." Pas

the name came from a near confrontation in 1912. right before the shooting that never happened, a boy yelled, "i'm gonna cut around the corner and shoot through the bushes in a minute!" the town is pretty cool, if you like things slow. i grew up there and left when i turned 17.