Scratch Ankle, U.S.A.: American Place Names and Their Derivation

390 pp. Have you ever stopped to wonder where your home town got its name' The people and legends involved in its beginning' If home for you is Scratch Ankle or Baby Head, and you're human, chances are good that you are curious. As you drove through Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, Wytopitlock, Maine, or Alamogordo, New Mexico, didn't you wonder where that particular town got its name' If you want to know, you'll find the answers in this delightful and informative book, along with over sixteen hundred other names. In Scratch Ankle, U.S.A. the author not only tells you how hundreds of American cities, towns, villages, and hamlets got their names, but in many cases gives you a lesson in the history of the country itself. Many fascinating facts are revealed about some of the most populous cities.