Re: FW: OT:MISS SALTILLO
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- Subject: Re: FW: [iris-talk] OT:MISS SALTILLO
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- Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 07:50:37 -0600
> From: wmoores@watervalley.net
>
> I don't know how Saltillo is pronounced in TN, but it is
> pronounced sal TILL' uh in MS. This is, of course, quite different
> from the Spanish saw TI' yo. During the Mescan Wah, it seems
> there were a number of suthrners fighting for the cause. They were
> esctatic over the exotic sounding place names they found and
> where they fought. So much so, the returning soldiers wanted to
> name new communities for these faraway places.
Walter,
It was not just Suthners who fought in the Mexican War and brought back
exotic names to bestow on local settlements. MISS SALTILLO was hybridized
by Mrs. Raymond S. Thomas of Saltillo, Pennsylvania.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2, AHS Zone 7)
jcwalters@bridgernet.com
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