[tobyhill]

Niggerhead

Nig”ger*head`\, n. A strong black chewing tobacco, usually in twisted plug form; negro head.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

[FryingPan101]

“Nig”ger*head`\, n. A strong black chewing tobacco, usually in twisted plug form; negro head”

Wow! Are you brilliant. That says it all and I bet there are oter signs around the old west like that. Hmmmm. Thanks.

[World'sGoneInsane]

Also: An antiquaited logging and trucking term used to define a large round rock or outcropping of rocks usually on an unpaved road bed that could damage a vehicle.

Actually, there was a peak of the same name in Australia. The name was changed in 2008. The Aborgines protested the name change. There were a number of geographic locations with the same name that were changed prior to this.