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RailRoadDude
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Re: A So Cal place name primer
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bobrk
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I think this thread is meant to be added on as necessary. Thanks for the contribution.
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Desertlover
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Too bad this topic is so old.. I wish I had found it earlier!! I'm a native of Orange County (Anaheim) so here is a sorta Disney place name.
Disneyland sits on the corner Harbor Blvd and Katella Ave. Harbor Blvd is so named because it takes you to Newport Harbor. Katella is so named becuse it's rumored that the farmer that Disney bought the orchard from had two daughters (Kate & Ella). |
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Lark Ellen Avenue in Covina and West Covina, named after Ellen Beach Yaw aka Lark Ellen and the California Nightingale-
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Beach_Yaw
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said by CurtesyFlush  :♫♪ See Pearson Ford, they stand alone, at Clairmont and El Cajon ♫♪ ba-dump ...especially the "dump" part - I remember cleaning and supervising custodial crews at the LaVerne Person Ford, and how they brought out a doctored "original" invoice (we had already checked the same truck out at the Ford dealer out by the 71) - it was a scam all the way.
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CurtesyFlush
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Fontana, CA | reply to marcelle19
♫♪ See Pearson Ford, they stand alone, at Clairmont and El Cajon ♫♪
ba-dump
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said by Nutty Hiker :I don't know, Bill. Next time I'm at the library I'll look it up. It's spelled Claremont, BTW, not Clairemont. Oops! 
Clairemont
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Nutty Hiker
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I don't know, Bill. Next time I'm at the library I'll look it up. It's spelled Claremont, BTW, not Clairemont.
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marcelle19
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Did anyone get Montclair?
It used to be the Monte Vista Water District when I first lived there, but I think they took the "Mont," looked at Clairemont, and turned it around, sort of... |
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TwoFrogs
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In Latin, silva = "woods" or "forest", mar = "sea." As in Pennsylvania, Penn's woodlands. And Mardi gras, "sea of fat." |
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CurtesyFlush
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Sylmar was once the site of the world’s largest olive groves - hence its name, which means “Sea of Trees”.
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylmar,_Lo···lifornia
I don't know how they got "Sea of Trees" out of Sylmar, but oh well, there you go.
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machinegunke
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How about Sylmar up in the S.F.Valley. How did that name come about? I lived there from 1965 until I moved to Palmdale back in 1985.
On another note, do any of you old timers remember A.F.Wescott and sons chicken ranch on old Reseda Blvd. back in the 40's and 50's? That was my grandfather on my mothers side. |
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spg
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Re: Quiz time
Whirlybirds
Well that goes to show me what happens when you arrive at the party late!
Agoura was named after some shepherds named Aguirre. They misspelled the name.
Moorpark was named after the apricot, not the other way around. Just don't spell it backwards!
Fillmore was named after a SPRR superintendent, not the President.
Henry Mayo Newhall named Saugus after his home town in Massachusetts |
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PhiloVance
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Bakersfield, CA
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Re: A So Cal place name primer
How about this: »www.mydogspot.com/
Not really a place, but lotsa history. Actually I found it a few weeks ago but was reminded of it today.
Does CW still have his many commercials where he wing walks, etc? |
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Bane75
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Poway, CA | reply to CurtesyFlush
Placentia = Pleasant Place |
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CurtesyFlush
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Fontana, CA | reply to TwoFrogs
Or guano. |
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TwoFrogs
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said by maartena :Chapman and Glassell discussed the situation with 2 other civic leaders and decided on a name change. They agreed that the city should be named after the fruit that was grown there, however they could not agree on a name. Thank God no one was raising dangleberries. |
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maartena
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A nice tale, supposed to be true... but no one knows for sure.
The city of Orange, California was founded in 1871 by Mr. Chapman and Mr. Glassell and they dubbed it Richland. Soon after the first houses were built and people started receiving their mail, the city officials were contacted by the Post Office. Apperantly, there already was a city named Richland, California which was founded before 1871. This was in a time when there were no zipcodes, so two cities with the same name in the same state could be confusing.
Chapman and Glassell discussed the situation with 2 other civic leaders and decided on a name change. They agreed that the city should be named after the fruit that was grown there, however they could not agree on a name.
One wanted the name Orange, one wanted Lemon, another wanted Almond and the last wanted Olive. To decide on the name, they decided to do it the good-old wild west way: In a poker game.
Obviously we now know that the person who picked Orange won that pokergame. But to please the other three it was decided that the other three names would get a street name. And so there is a Lemon Street, Almond Street and an Olive Street right around the oldest part of the city.
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w6bi
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Simi Valley, CA | reply to CurtesyFlush
Simi Valley; from Wikipedia: "some writers think that the name of Simi Valley came from the Chumash word "Shimiji", meaning little white clouds."
Others say 'simi' in Chumash meant "windy" - which would fit... |
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Bolt Backer
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Escondido = Hidden |
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