City nicknames lists (1881, 1883, 1884, 1889, 1894)

[Bob Fitzke]

Just in case you don't have them, Battle Creek, MI has two nicknames:
"Cereal City" and "Fighting River".

Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter A. McGraw" <pmcgraw at LINFIELD.EDU>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 2:40 PM
Subject: Re: City nicknames lists (1881, 1883, 1884, 1889, 1894)


> Do you have "Stumptown" for Portland, OR?  I haven't seen documentation
for
> its origin, but it apparently arose in the early days when the city was
> rising where forest had been only a short time before.  Most Portlanders
> are familiar with it today (it's still used without elaboration or
> explanation), and clearly it isn't your chamber-of-commerce-style moniker.
>