A Lesson in Gehography

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Porky LeSwine

A big tip of the snout to Eric “Cracklin’s” Calhoun for sending along a link to the below picture of a map from the Library of Congress archives.  The 1884 map shows the nicknames of the United States in spectacular form.  It is truly an impressive lesson in gehography.

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2 Responses

  1. Robert, on January 11, 2012 at 7:38 am said:

    Some of those are understandable, but “fly up the creek” for Florida? Weird.

  2. Porky LeSwine, on January 12, 2012 at 2:52 pm said:

    Agreed. Still, better than “Puke” in Missouri!

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