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To: blam; TroutStalker; martin_fierro
Allegheny River -- "beautiful water".
Monogahela River -- "steep banks along the water".
Ohio River -- "fair waters"
Youghiogheny River -- "circuitous or winding stream"
Susquehanna -- "Long, Winding River"
Juniata River -- "a projecting rock" or "Standing Stone"
Shenango River -- "bull thistles"
Kishacoquillas Creek -- "The snakes are already in their dens"
Tuscarora Creek -- "hemp gatherers"
Ohiopyle -- "water whitened by froth"
Pymatuning Creek -- "crooked mouthed man's dwelling place"
Kinzua Creek -- "they gobble"; referring to wild turkeys frequenting the watershed
Punxsutawney -- "gnat town"

Many more (PDF)

21 posted on 03/11/2003 8:05:49 PM PST by Willie Green (Go Pat Go!!!)
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pingiminetas!
23 posted on 03/11/2003 8:14:21 PM PST by martin_fierro (FRUCK FANCE!)
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