SC - SCA placenames
Bonne
oftraquair at hotmail.com
Fri Jul 31 20:36:20 PDT 1998
Stefan li Rous wrote:
>
> Bonne de Traquair said:
>
> >Buckston-on-Eno, Windmasters' Hill (Durham, NC)
> >Durham was built because of Duke Tobacco, Duke Tobacco was founded by James > >B.Duke = "Buck" Duke; therefore Buck's Town on the Eno (River). Cool, huh?
>
> >As for the derivation of Windmasters' Hill, it is something to do with men
> >trying out some flying contraption near the sea.
>
> Thank you Bonne for this explanation of this name. Is this a canton
> associated with the Barony of Windmasters' Hill?
So much so that Baron Wulfbrand Lurkr makes his home here.
>And is Duke Tobacco a place?
A company created to satisfy the craving Union and Confederate soldiers
developed for flue-cured tobacco during the encampment at Bennett's Place to
sign the papers putting an end to the ACM. Eventually became part of American
Tobacco, but anti-trust laws split it up again and what's left is known as
Liggett & Myers. Aaah! the smell of tobacco processing! It beats the paper
factories near my hometown in Florida.
> For those interested in SCA placenames, there are a number of stories of
> these names in this file in the SCA-STORIES section of my Florilegium.
Of course there are! (sounds of the modem dialing so I can go read all about it.)
The Florilegium, it's not just for food and feast references anymore.
Bonne
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