Winsor Crosby wrote:
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> On / December 12, 2007 CE, at 9:48 PM, Paul Braun wrote:
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>> From Wikipedia (and I know this to be factual): Established in 1836
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>> the county seat of Portersville, it was renamed to Valparaiso in 1837
>> after Valparaíso, Chile, near which the county's namesake David Porter
>> battled in the War of 1812.
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> I thought it had to have an unlikely story
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>> Most of us here just refer to it as "Valpo".
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> Tsk. And I thought "Valdeez" , Alaska was bad. :-)
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Yeah, but that nickname was in place Looooonnnnggggg before I got here
in 1980. I usually try to avoid it, but once in a while it slips in
there...
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Paul Braun
Valparaiso, IN
"It's such a fine line between stupid, and clever." - David St. Hubbins
"Enjoy every sandwich." - Warren Zevon
"The Fountain of Youth is a state of mind." - The Ides of March
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