Re: CHAT: Place names (was: Pascua)

Marcus Smith wrote:
>
> Barry Garcia wrote:
>
> >However, Antelope Valley may have been named after the Prong Horn
> >Antelopes that are native to California.
>
> Sounds reasonable.  Many of the old folk like to say they remember when there
> were antelope in the valley.  My archeology professor, on the other hand, told
> us that he has never seen a single antelope bone, hide, or carving in the
> decades he has been studying the area -- not a single sign that they were ever
> there.
>
> Marcus
In and of itself not convincing to me.  I used to live in an area that
once held huge concentrations of passenger pigeons.  I have never spoken
to anyone who has ever seen or heard of any sign they had ever been
there, yet they darkened the skies.
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Brad Coon
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