ROAD TRIP: A BBM Game

[Meryl]

Newark, TX

[jpwagoneer1964]

Kortes Dam, Wy

[moremojo]

Morelia, Mexico

--the capital of the State (estado) of Michoacan de Ocampo. Historic city founded by Spanish conquerors in sixteenth century, noted for its rich and beautiful architectural heritage. Central city protected as historic and artistic treasure by UNESCO.

[MaineWriter]

Arrowhead Springs, WY


Leslie

[jpwagoneer1964]

Sinclair, Wy

[Fran]

Rio Lagartos, Mexico

Rio Lagartos, located within an special Biosphere Reserve on the northern coast of Yucatan on the Gulf of Mexico, is an extraordinary natural refuge famous for its pink flamingos.

[memento]

Stranger, Texas

Stranger dates to the 1840s, although it is hard to imagine people settling such a remote area this early. Before it was given it's unusual name, it was connected to the community of Blue Ridge and was referred to as "Upper Blue Ridge".

A plaque near Stranger says the name was given to the town by a visiting Frenchman. That seems like an unusual way to get your town named, no matter how gracious your town is to visitors. We checked the Handbook of Texas Online and their version is that a post office representative was asking the local blacksmith (who may or may not have been French) what to name the town. Why he would be doing this is anyone's guess, but he supposedly asked the man (a newcomer) who answered that he shouldn't decide since he was a stranger. The agent wrote down at least this part of the man's reply and there you have it.


One of the two Stranger churches   The Stranger Cemetery

[jpwagoneer1964]

Riverside, Wy

As there is a Riverside in california there is one in Wyoming.

Previously known as Dogget, the town of Riverside came into being as a means of getting to the important town of Encampment. It was merely a stopping point along the way. A man named Dogget established a store and a few cabins where travelers could stay overnight. Along about 1900, the town changed its name to Riverside. A forty-room hotel was constructed, burned and was re-built. The hotel was about all Riverside had to offer. When Encampment started to decline because of low copper prices and eventually was abandoned, so was the hotel and Riverside.

[Meryl]

Ebano, Mexico

[Ellemeno]

Onoway, AB



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