Mine Run, So. Ill. Ran

[Dennis R. Preston]

>The drought-in-Northern-Illinois-in-the-mid-19th-Century story (with
>the idea that all of Northern Illinois had to go South where there
>was food) was the one offered.

dInIs



>In a message dated 3/24/2002 8:18:01 AM Central Standard Time,
>preston at PILOT.MSU.EDU writes:
>
>
>>  Well, the story of why the Salukis are the Salukis was given on TV
>>  the other night. Didn't that reference to "Little Egypt" get yalls
>>  lexico-etymological juices flowing?
>
>Ack!!!  I missed it!  What did the tv give as the reason?  There are lots of
>various stories floating around the campus and the area for the whole "egypt"
>thing.
>
>-dsb
>Douglas S. Bigham
>Southern Illinois University - Carbondale

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