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The name of the road going to our local “refuse transfer station” (i.e. dump) is “Throwita Way.”
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Mike Mac, post: 401598, member: 2901 wrote: Shag Harbour
Home of the Shag Harbour Institute of Techonolgy, no doubt.
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Tom Adams, post: 401581, member: 7285 wrote: I always thought it would be cool to name a street “Easy Street”, and other similar names. I’ve seen a Noe Road. I think “No Way” would be cooler.
Easy Street in Mountain Brook, Alabama. It’s a private street with 4 multi million dollar homes on it.
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Mark Mayer, post: 401626, member: 424 wrote: Home of the Shag Harbour Institute of Techonolgy, no doubt.
Kind of like the South Lake Union Transit…
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We’ve got Dead Rattlesnake Rd. and further south is Flat Armadillo Rd. followed by Edge of the Earth Rd.
Sidearm protection is suggested….
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Dry Creek is popular in California. Usually it is a Creek with floodplains on the FIRM.
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Yep. Look at that, and you can picture what happened there.
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And then on the Southeast Side of I-285 going North you have Doolittle Creek and then Dooless Creek. I guess it is a competition.
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I had honestly wondered, once, about what the most common repeating name for creeks here in Texas would be. My bet was on a Turkey Creek or a Spring Creek, until Kris mentioned Dry, Big, and Little Creek, which sounded about right. Seems they would all be wrong. Here’s a map reportedly showing the most common creek names in each state said to be compiled from this USGS database search tool.
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That must be wrong. I honestly don’t believe I have ever seen a Spring Creek in Kansas. A short reach of Spring River, though, cuts across the very southeast corner of the state.
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I hear ya’ Cow, I would have guessed Kris was right about the Dry, Little, and Big Creek too. There’s a link to the USGS search function if you have the time.
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