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Article #3029Re: A better Valley name
From: David H Close
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 00:00
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 00:00
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MHigby@Primenet.com says...
>Actually, I wonder what the Indian name for the valley was before the Spanish
>named it after their king (Fernidad). That might be a nice name.
leem@tsunami.jpl.nasa.gov (Lee F. Mellinger) writes:
>While I don't know what it was in Chumash, translated it meant "Valley of the
>Smokes". It was called that for the haze that frequently covered it.
The local haze is also mentioned by Dana in {Two Years Before The Mast}.
But it isn't PC to mention that when anti-smog campaigns are underway.
--
Dave Close, Compata, Costa Mesa CA "Politics is the business of getting
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 106ed4,bbd8fd9eda670c0b X-Google-Attributes: gid106ed4,public X-Google-Thread: 1123cb,bbd8fd9eda670c0b X-Google-Attributes: gid1123cb,public X-Google-Thread: 10a942,bbd8fd9eda670c0b X-Google-Attributes: gid10a942,public X-Google-Thread: f59f9,bbd8fd9eda670c0b X-Google-Attributes: gidf59f9,public X-Google-Thread: 107d03,bbd8fd9eda670c0b X-Google-Attributes: gid107d03,public From: compata@shell.portal.com (David H Close) Subject: Re: A better Valley name Date: 1996/02/11 Message-ID: <4fmk9j$5jl@jobe.shell.portal.com> X-Deja-AN: 139016875 references: <MHigby.2395.039B5CAD@Primenet.com> <4f4c3h$6ri@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4f6sbf$a4r@gap.cco.caltech.edu> <MHigby.2408.0460E9F2@Primenet.com> <4fcvg3$cuu@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> organization: Portal Communications (shell) newsgroups: la.general,la.news,ca.general,la.transportation,alt.california