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FOLK COLLECTION 8a

Group 7: Etiological Legends

Utah State University Student Folklore Genre Collection

Introduction

Date of Items: 1960 to present
Collection Processed by: Originally processed by Barbara [Garrett] Walker and William A. Wilson and updated over the years by Fife Folklore Archives staff. Most recently updated by Sarah Casperson.
Register Prepared by: Randy Williams and Tricia Harrison
Date Last Updated: February 2005
Linear Feet: .5
Restrictions: Patrons must sign and comply with the USU Special Collections and Archives Use Agreement and Reproduction Order form as well as any restrictions placed by the collector or informant(s).

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Please cite this collection in the following manner:

FOLK COLL 8a: Group 7: EL: box and item number
collector
Fife Folklore Archives, Special Collections and Archives
Utah State University Libraries, Logan, Utah


Historical Note

The USU Student Folklore Genre Collection consists of folklore items collected by undergraduate students in Utah State University folklore classes from the early 1960s to the present and by undergraduate students in Brigham Young University folklore and anthropology courses during 1960 to 1978. The items are arranged by themes. The collection continues to grow. Click for complete USU Student Genre Collection history.


Provenance

The items in the Student Folklore Genre Collection were collected by USU and BYU students in folklore and anthropology classes as part of course requirements and deposited in the Fife Folklore Archives by the instructor. Duplicates of BYU student items are housed at BYU’s William A. Wilson Folklore Archives. The materials in Group 7: Etiological Legends cover the period from the early 1960s to the present. The collection was created in 1978 by William A. Wilson and Barbara [Garrett] [Walker] Lloyd.


Scope and Content

The Student Folklore Genre Collection: Group 7: Etiological Legends consists of approximately 750 individual items of legends collected by undergraduate students. Most items include informant, context, text (the folklore item), texture (stylistic notation), and collector data. The materials reflect both insider (esoteric) and outsider (exoteric) views of a folk group and may be prejudiced or stereotyped. Click here for collection disclaimer. The collection is part of a larger student genre collection that is separated into ten distinctive categories. The materials do NOT circulate. Major breakdowns include:

Celestial Phenomena and Meteorological Events
Origin of Earth and Geographic Features
Origin of Animals/Animal Characteristics
Origin of People/Human Characteristics
Origin of Plants
Origin of Beliefs
Origin of Customs
Place Names
Other Names
Origin of Products, Items, Objects


Inventory

Box 17

5. Etiological Legends
5.1. Celestial Phenomena and Meteorological Events
5.1.1. Sun (Folder 1)
5.1.2. Moon (Folder 2)
5.1.3. Stars (Folder 3)
5.1.4. Wind (Folder 4)
5.2. Origin of Earth and Geographic Features
5.2.1. Creation of Earth (Folder 5)
5.2.2. Mountains (Folder 6)
5.2.3. Rocks (Folder 7)
5.2.4. Oceans, Rivers, Lakes (Folder 8)
5.2.5. Canyons (Folder 9)
5.2.6. Countries, Cities, Islands (Folder 10)
5.3. Origin of Animals or Animal Characteristics
5.3.1. Fish and Sea Animals (Folder 11)
5.3.2. Land Animals (Folder 12)
5.3.3. Birds (Folder 13)
5.4. Origin of People or Human Characteristics
5.4.1. Creations of Races or Nations (Folder 14)
5.4.2. Creation of Man and Woman (Folder 15)
5.4.3. Human Characteristics or Traits (Folder 16)
5.4.4. Creation of Individuals (Folder 17)
5.5. Origin of Plants
5.5.1. Flowers (Folder 18)
5.5.2. Trees (Folder 19)
5.5.3. Edible Plants (Folder 20)
5.6. Origin of Beliefs
5.6.1. Christ (Folder 21)
5.6.2. Gods (Folder 22)
5.6.3. Spirits (Folder 23)
5.6.0. Miscellaneous (Folder 24)
5.7. Origin of Customs
5.7.1. Dance (Folder 25)
5.7.2. Songs (Folder 26)
5.7.3. Speech (Folder 27)
5.7.4. Origin of Holidays and Festivals (Folder 28)
5.7.5. Origin of Holiday Customs (Folder 29)
5.7.0. Miscellaneous (Folder 30)

Box 18

5.8. Place Names
5.8.1. Utah (Folders 1-4)
5.8.2. Other States
5.8.2.1. Alabama (Folder 5)
5.8.2.2. Alaska (Folder 6)
5.8.2.3. Arizona (Folder 7)
5.8.2.4. Arkansas (Folder 8)
5.8.2.5. California (Folder 9)
5.8.2.6. Colorado (Folder 10)
5.8.2.7. Connecticut (Folder 11)
5.8.2.8. Delaware (Folder 12)
5.8.2.9. Florida (Folder 13)
5.8.2.10. Georgia (Folder 14)
5.8.2.11. Hawaii (Folder 15)
5.8.2.12. Idaho (Folder 16)
5.8.2.13. Illinois (Folder 17)
5.8.2.14. Indiana (Folder 18)
5.8.2.15. Iowa (Folder 19)
5.8.2.16. Kansas (Folder 20)
5.8.2.17. Kentucky (Folder 21)
5.8.2.18. Louisiana (Folder 22)
5.8.2.19. Maine (Folder 23)
5.8.2.20. Maryland (Folder 24)
5.8.2.21. Massachusetts (Folder 25)
5.8.2.22. Michigan (Folder 26)
5.8.2.23. Minnesota (Folder 27)
5.8.2.24. Mississippi (Folder 28)
5.8.2.25. Missouri (Folder 29)
5.8.2.26. Montana (Folder 30)
5.8.2.27. Nebraska (Folder 31)
5.8.2.28. Nevada (Folder 32)
5.8.2.29. New Hampshire (Folder 33)
5.8.2.30. New Jersey (Folder 34)
5.8.2.31. New Mexico (Folder 35)
5.8.2.32. New York (Folder 36)
5.8.2.33. North Carolina (Folder 37)
5.8.2.34. North Dakota (Folder 38)
5.8.2.35. Ohio (Folder 39)
5.8.2.36. Oklahoma (Folder 40)
5.8.2.37. Oregon (Folder 41)
5.8.2.38. Pennsylvania (Folder 42)
5.8.2.39. Rhode Island (Folder 43)
5.8.2.40. South Carolina (Folder 44)
5.8.2.41. South Dakota (Folder 45)
5.8.2.42. Tennessee (Folder 46)
5.8.2.43. Texas (Folder 47)
5.8.2.44. Vermont (Folder 48)
5.8.2.45. Virginia (Folder 49)
5.8.2.46. Washington (Folder 50)
5.8.2.47. West Virginia (Folder 51)
5.8.2.48. Wisconsin (Folder 52)
5.8.2.49. Wyoming (Folder 53)
5.8.2.0. Miscellaneous (Folder 54)
5.8.3. Countries - Other than U.S.A. (Folder 55)

Box 19

5.9. Other Names
5.9.1. Family Names (Folder 1)
5.9.2. Street Names (Folder 2)
5.9.3. Names of Institutions/Public Places (Folder 3)
5.9.4. Nicknames (Folder 4)
5.9.0. Miscellaneous (Folder 5)
5.10. Origin of Products, Items, Objects
5.10.1. Signs and Symbols (Folder 6)
5.10.2. Works of Architecture (Folder 7)
5.10.0. Miscellaneous (Folder 8)


Register

Box 17

5. Etiological Legends
5.1. Celestial Phenomena and Meteorological Events
5.1.1. Sun
5.1.1.1 Tane, a warrior, catches the sun and forces him to go slower, making the day 24 hours long. (Folder 1)
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5.1.1.2 Maui, Hawaiian demigod, catches the sun and forces him to go more slowly, providing his parents more
time to get their work done.
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5.1.1.3 Indians send out a rabbit that shoots down the sun to talk to him and make him stay out longer.
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5.1.1.4 Amateras-Ohmirami, the sun, hides behind a rock until the other gods trick her into coming out
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5.1.1.5 A hero shoots down nine suns leaving only one to circle the earth
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5.1.2. Moon
5.1.2.1 A young chieftain’s bride dies but he sees her in the evening in the pale moon. (Folder 2)
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5.1.2.2 The moon was jealous of the sun, so as a punishment, it was made smaller and less bright.
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5.1.2.3 Moon is chased by her old suitor, the Sun
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5.1.2.4 How the Moon keeps warm
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5.1.3. Stars
5.1.3.1 Indian wives leave husbands because of onions and climb rope into the sky and become the constellation
of “Taurus.” (Folder 3)
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5.1.3.2 Eight Indian sons dance and ascend into the sky; one decides to return but trips and is killed. The remaining
seven form the “Big Dipper.”
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5.1.3.3 Badger cuts out stars and coyote throws them into the sky forming the “Milky Way.”
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5.1.3.4 Pale Moon, because of her purity, is transformed into the evening star as a light for others to follow.
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5.1.3.5 Seven children walk away from their drinking, unkind mother and turn into the “Little Dipper.”
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5.1.3.6 Father Sky will not let his daughter stay on earth with an Indian boy, hurls them up into the sky where they
can be seen as Star Maiden and her lover.
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5.1.3.7 Seven sons of the creator want to be immortal, decide to turn into stars because they are always there; they
form the Big Dipper.
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5.1.3.8 An Indian climbs too high up a mountain to come down again, so his father turns him into the North Star,
and because he sits on the edge of a cliff, the North Star never moves.
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5.1.3.9 Herdboy and Weaver Princess are stars that are punished to circle on another until each July 7 when they meet
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5.1.3.10 A little girl is rewarded for kind deeds by her little dipper changing into heavenly stars
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5.1.3.11 An old prospector lost flour, sugar and coffee which became the "Milky Way"
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5.1.4. Wind
5.1.4.1 Hawaiians believed that when the wind shifts from its normal pattern, King Kamehameha is mad. (Folder 4)
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5.1.4.2 The Chinook wind got its name from a beautiful Indian maiden who was lost; when the warrior felt a warm breeze, they said it was her breath.
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5.2. Origin of Earth and Geographic Features
5.2.1. Creation of Earth
5.2.1.1 The Insect people leave their newly created world and fly to the human world above them. (Folder 5)
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5.2.1.2 The star gods fought with the moon god, and the moon god’s blood drops become the Japanese Islands.
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5.2.1.3 An Indian keeps sending out a coyote to survey the world until he is sure that the creation is finished.
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5.2.2. Mountains
5.2.2.1 An Indian prince and his girlfriend who died become the mountains Poxpocatepetl [Popocatepetl] and Ixtatcyeatl. (Folder 6)
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5.2.2.2 Vertical ridges on Hawaiian Mountains were formed by huge canoes.
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5.2.2.3 Chief of water and chief of mountain fight over king’s daughter.
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5.2.2.4 Sand dunes created by Pacific wind blowing sand.
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5.2.2.5 Mount Timpanogos.
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5.2.2.6 Earth does not become completely flat again after returning from talking to the sky, this is why there
are hills and mountains.
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5.2.2.7 Dinosaurs fall asleep in Utah, are covered up with dirt and rocks and come to form mountains.
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5.2.2.8 Teton Mountain Range was formed by an Indian as mounds in memory of his parents and sister who were
killed by a bear.
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5.2.2.9 Algonquin Indians believe that the Ramapo Mountains were formed by Manitou who dropped rocks
from his apron.
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5.2.2.10 Algonquins believe that the Palisades and the Hudson Highlands were built by Manitou to keep in the
wicked beings, but they escaped.
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5.2.2.11 An Eskimo wife waits by the sea for her husband; she is covered with snow and turns into Mount Susitna
(The Sleeping Lady) near Cook Inlet, Alaska.
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5.2.2.12 An Eskimo princess waits for her husband who never returns; after her death, the Gods turn her into
the “Sleeping Princess Mountain,” a part of the Talkeetna mountain range in Alaska.
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5.2.2.13 Big Rock Candy Mountain came into existence after a good witch let boil over a magical brew of candy
which covered and coated the mountain.
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5.2.2.14 Devil's Slide was formed when Satan was kicked out of heaven and slid down to hell
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5.2.2.15 Sleeping Giant Mountain on Kauai was formed by the death of a giant
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5.2.2.16 Squaws murdered and the braves' grief was so great that Squaw Butte was formed
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5.2.2.17 Squaw Peak was formed when an Indian maiden died so she could be with her lover
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5.2.2.18 An Indian princess becomes the face of the mountain rather than marry someone she didn't love
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5.2.2.19 Squaw kills herself over dead lover; this stains the cliffs red
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5.2.2.20 Sleeping Mother bear awaits cubs and forms dunes
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5.2.2.21 Thunder in the Hudson Highlands is cause by Henry Hudson playing tenpins
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5.2.3. Rocks
5.2.3.1 A Paiute brave jumps from a rock because of love for a Ute girl; the rock took the form of a broken heart. (Folder 7)
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5.2.3.2 A lady picked seaweed too long and turned into a rock.
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5.2.3.3 When Christ was crucified, little men cried tears that turned into crosses.
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5.2.3.4 Two luck rocks grow into big rocks when a young boy cuts his hair with them.
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5.2.3.5 A man and a woman, who committed adultery, were turned into stone and pushed off the path, but the
image reappears every year.
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5.2.3.6 Tear drops which turn to stone; origin of the Apache Tears.
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5.2.3.7 Woman waiting on the shore for her husband, who is really her brother, turns into the Forever Stone in the Gulf
of Ca Mau, Vietnam.
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5.2.3.8 A brave Indian saves a princess from a bear with the help of a magic stone which grows into a large rock,
Devil’s Tower.
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5.2.3.9 An eyehole in the ridge of Weber Canyon is where the devil tied a string to make a yo-yo out of the world.
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5.2.3.10 Rocky Peak on top of Lone Ridge was piled up by citizens of Laketown in order to hide the bodies of
killed Indians.
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5.2.3.11 Nun punished for falling in love and turned into stone "The Kneeling Nun"
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5.2.3.12 Origin of Paul Bunyan and other rock formations
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5.2.3.13 G-Hill Princess refuses to leave Gunnison and died on her hill; a boulder honors her memory
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5.2.3.14 Rock formations of an Indian mother and her child enter cave
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5.2.3.15 Natural bridge formed by two warring brothers
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5.2.4. Oceans, Lakes, Rivers
5.2.4.1 A good Indian using holy water destroys his enemy when the holy water turns into a lake. (Folder 8)
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5.2.4.2 A princess cries a lake over the loss of her lover and drowns in it.
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5.2.4.3 Tequendama, the God, split a mountain to save his people from a great flood; the split formed the great waterfall.
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5.2.4.4 Bear Lake was formed by tears from the Great Bear
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5.2.4.5 An Indian maiden sacrificed herself to the God's and her face can be seen behind Multnomah Falls
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5.2.4.6 An Indian Princess was killed and nature honored her by placing a bridal veil over a cliff
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5.2.4.7 A tragic lover killed herself, which turned part of a lake red
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5.2.5. Canyons
5.2.5.1 A medicine man turns into a big serpent and causes the formation of Iguazu canyon in order to prevent an
Indian princess and her lover from running away. (Folder 9)
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5.2.5.2 Thistle Canyon was formed by a giant who fell and died
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5.2.6. Countries, Cities, Islands
5.2.6.1 When a goddess is plowing part of Sweden, a chunk of earth (the city of Copenhagen) is broken off. (Folder 10)
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5.2.6.2 Maui casts his net into the ocean and pulls up islands like Polynesia, Tahiti, New Zealand, and the
Hawaiian chain.
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5.2.6.3 Yellowstone earned its name after a large Indian tribe took a bathroom break together
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5.3. Origin of Animals or Animal Characteristics
5.3.1. Fish and Sea Animals
5.3.1.1 A mother and daughter jump into the sea; the mother becomes a turtle and the daughter a shark. (Folder 11)
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5.3.1.2 Kingfisher wear a War-Bonnet because the Napa made him angry
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5.3.1.3 When frogs croak they're really saying, "I'm in trouble!"
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5.3.2. Land Animals
5.3.2.1 The donkey is a protected, sacred animal among the Indians because Christ rode on a donkey once. (Folder 12)
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5.3.2.2 A horn snake eats people and then disappears.
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5.3.2.3 The coyote kills two deer which ate fruit from the coyote’s tree.
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5.3.2.4 The coyote steals food from an Indian, but is thrown into the fire and burns his paws. Because of that,
he howls and licks his feet.
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5.3.2.5 The monkey is afraid of the revenge of the wild cat, that is why he lives in trees.
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5.3.2.6 A dog gets angry about a cat because the cat loses the magic amber of their master; that is why they
are not friends.
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5.3.2.7 Unicorns were wiped out because Noah did not load a pair of them on his ark.
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5.3.2.8 Opossum burnt off the hair from his tail trying to turn it black
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5.3.2.9 Wicked people killed a helpful giant spider and were cursed with black evil spiders
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5.3.2.10 The King of Cats has god-like powers and is immortal
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5.3.2.11 Pandas received their coloring by rubbing soot on each other during mourning
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5.3.2.12 How Coyotes became bad luck
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5.3.2.13 Why the Minx Cat has a squashed face
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5.3.2.14 Tabby cats have a "M" on their face as a reward from Mary for keeping baby Jesus warm
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5.3.3. Birds
5.3.3.1 The birds were painting themselves, but the crow slept too long, so when he got there, there was only
black paint remaining. (Folder 13)
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5.3.3.2 The ring around the a loon’s neck is the beads that were tossed into the water by a dying Indian.
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5.3.3.3 Crow cheated in a contest and now says, "Caw, Caw" as punishment
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5.3.3.4 Robin fanned the fire to keep baby Jesus warm and burnt his chest
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5.3.3.5 How butterflies received their color
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5.3.3.6 The Great Spirit taught bird to sing to make the world less lonely
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5.3.3.7 Why Pelican have a large beak
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5.3.3.8 Parrots are green as a punishment for eating all a farmer's mangos
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5.4. Origin of People or Human Characteristics
5.4.1. Creation of Races or Nations
5.4.1.1 Creation of the Miztec kingdom after a great flood. (Folder 14)
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5.4.1.2 A king and queen gave birth to one hundred eggs which developed into people who populated the earth.
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5.4.1.3 The Paiute Indians originate from a tribe of giants who almost became extinct as punishment for treating
a crippled child badly.
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5.4.1.4 The Digger, Washoe, and Paiute were created by the wolf, coyote, jack rabbit, sage hen, lizard, and
yellow hammer. The humans received the hand of the lizard.
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5.4.1.5 God created blacks by over baking, whites by under baking, and Indians by baking man just right.
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5.4.1.6 At first, all men were black, so God made a white bath so the people could become white; some people
were late, so only the palms of their hands and soles of their feet are white.
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5.4.1.7 Navajos believed that there were originally twelve tribes; one tribe got lost, but returned as the Mormon people.
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5.4.1.8 The Navajos believe that they came across the great water in a bamboo tube.
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5.4.1.9 Abraham was fed by Gabriel the angel to save his life because a king had decreed all male children be slain.
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5.4.1.10 Aryan nation started by a man with unrealistic projections
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5.4.1.11 Coyote accidentally scatters the Maker's sticks which becomes the people of the world
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5.4.2. Creation of Man and Woman
5.4.2.1 The first man and woman left the presence of the Great White Spirit without permission and had to
live away from him forever. (Folder 15)
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5.4.2.2 Satan tried to complete one of God’s men but failed; the result was woman.
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5.4.2.3 Men and women started as one circle, were broken and now search for their missing half
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5.4.2.4 Bear eats garlic and grass for 30-40 days and turns into a woman and starts the human race
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5.4.3. Human Characteristics and Traits
5.4.3.1 The Tongan stopped being cannibalistic because they feared the spirits of the dead would molest them. (Folder 16)
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5.4.3.2 A Russian woman started wearing a veil to hide a kiss mark she received while her husband was away.
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5.4.3.3 Men have bulging throats because when Adam ate the apple in the Garden of Eden, he couldn’t swallow it,
but rather it got caught in his throat.
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5.4.3.4 “Outtie” belly buttons are the sign that the babies were not yet ready to be sent out.
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5.4.4. Creation of Individuals
5.4.4.1 Navajo legend about Changing Woman, the daughter of Earth and Sky, who is taken care of by First Man and
Woman. (Folder 17)
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5.5. Origin of Plants
5.5.1. Flowers
5.5.1.1 The hibiscus has a dark red spot because a fairy jabbed her finger while sewing in the center. (Folder 18)
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5.5.1.2 Forget-me-not flowers grow where a hawk stopped an Indian from drinking poisoned water.
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5.5.1.3 Warrior pulls flower in half, gives one piece to a princess as a sign that he will return; but he never does,
and so the naupaka plant has only half a blossom.
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5.5.1.4 God is moved by and transforms the girls’ blue bonnets into flowers so that they will never be forgotten.
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5.5.1.5 Indian paint brush stained by blood of murdered Indian woman
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5.5.1.6 Indian paint brush used when Indians painted themselves for war
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5.5.1.7 Narcissus fell in love with his own image and became a flower
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5.5.2. Trees
5.5.2.1 A tree grows where a young girl killed herself out of grief for her dead brother; the tree leaves fall because she
cries for her brother, and the leaves are red because of the spilt blood of the innocent boy. (Folder 19)
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5.5.2.2 Christ makes the dogwood tree grow smaller so that it can never again be used to make crosses; he also
causes the blossoms to have the form of the cross, with a crown of thorns in the center.
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5.5.2.3 A stick thrown away by a man becomes a cottonwood tree.
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5.5.2.4 Trees change color in the fall to make the world bright again
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5.5.2.5 Quaking Aspens quake because of the role they played in Jesus's death
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5.5.2.6 All trees and shrubs killed leaving a lone bristlecone tree
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5.5.2.7 Trees are in groves because they dance and sing together at night
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5.5.2.8 Pioneers carried Box Elder Trees across the plains
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5.5.2.9 Pine cones have a tiny handprint inside because a pine tree sheltered baby Jesus
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5.5.2.10 Origin of Trees around the Logan temple
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5.5.2.11 In the fall one grove turns a red heart shape to honor tragic lovers
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5.5.2.12 Why Pine Trees have Needles
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5.5.2.13 The Widow Maker tree
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5.5.3. Edible Plants
5.5.3.1 A princess’ lover was killed, so his head was buried, and a tree grew where it was buried. Coconuts were
the fruit of the tree to remind the princess of his face. (Folder 20)
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5.5.3.2 God sent a starving people a rainbow. One man walked across the rainbow and brought back rice.
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5.5.3.3 A plant grew where a king’s son had been buried. The king named the plant “Kava” after his son and made a
beverage from the plant.
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5.5.3.4 A kava plant grew where a sacrificed girl had been buried; chief comes to use it at a ceremony after
observing the plant’s impact on a rat.
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5.5.3.5 King of Hawaii stole pineapples and planted them by apple trees to make them grow
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5.5.3.6 Sego Lily was a gift from the Great Spirit to starving Indians
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5.5.3.7 Indian princess apples were stained red by the blood of a slain princess
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5.5.3.8 Selu the Mother of Corn
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5.6. Origin of Beliefs
5.6.1. Christ
5.6.1.1 When Christ saw the wickedness of the people he cried a great flood of tears which made the
Grand Canyon. (Folder 21)
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5.6.1.2 Apaches believe the Christ appeared to them and that his foot prints are visible.
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5.6.2. Gods
5.6.2.1 The coyote took the baby of the water which caused a great flood. (Folder 22)
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5.6.2.2 Fire crackles because Loki, the fire god, is beating his children as punishment for the naughtiness.
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5.6.2.3 A great white god appeared to the Chigran Indians and teaches them how to live.
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5.6.2.4 A great “White Butterfly” visited the Navajos, taught them how to live, and gave signs of his return.
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5.6.2.5 Gods turn little girl into eagle to punish her scornful grandmother
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5.6.3. Spirits
5.6.3.1 How Ganesh became the First Lord of Worship in India. (Folder 23)
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5.6.3.2 In an Indian town, the people believe that the spirits of wicked people haunt the town after sunset.
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5.6.3.3 Aztec given sign of where to build a city
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5.6.3.4 Kakazbal, spirit of evil
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5.6.3.5 Sacrifice a pizza to Big Wag, swimming God
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5.6.3.6 The Celestial nymph's Hagoromo
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5.6.0. Miscellaneous
5.6.0.1 Those desiring strength and courage must climb a mountain where a great chief was buried by his son
who then became a great chief. (Folder 24)
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5.6.0.2 How a couple decides that if a dog pants on “Dog Tongue Day,” it would be an indication of a short spring.
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5.6.0.3 Fountain of Youth
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5.6.0.4 An Elf tells a little girl that four leaved clovers are lucky
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5.6.0.5 Why putting a cowboy hat on a bed brings bad luck
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5.6.0.6 Suicide rock (Salt Lake City)
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5.6.0.7 Indians believe beaver brings luck
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5.7. Origin of Customs
5.7.1. Dance
5.7.1.1 The San Juan Indians do a deer dance to honor the son of a virgin who turned into a deer. (Folder 25)
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5.7.1.2 In a dream, a buffalo tells an Indian how to do a Sundance to cure the people of illness.
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5.7.1.3 A tribe of Indians sends out a brave to find a way to celebrate spring. The brave meets a bear
that teaches him the Bear Dance.
.1-.2
5.7.2. Songs
5.7.2.1 The town drunk was accidentally thrown into a pit with the bodies of those who died from the black plague;
when he awoke, he sang the Augustine Song. (Folder 26)
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5.7.3. Speech
5.7.3.1 The Spanish “Theta” sound originated from a king with a hair lip; the people copied his way of speech
out of respect. (Folder 27)
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5.7.3.2 Tikkit Tikki Tembo
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5.7.4. Origin of Holidays and Festivals
5.7.4.1 On April 1, 1572, Belgian and Dutch men beat their opponents in a religious war by means of tricking.
This is why the day came to be April Fool's Day. (Folder 28)
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5.7.4.2. Onam, an Indian harvest festival, marks the annual return of a King from the underworld.
.1-.2
5.7.4.3 E moGee - The dragon snake.
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5.7.4.4 Symbolism of "Something old, Something new..." wedding custom
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5.7.4.5 Origin of Valentine's Day.
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5.7.4.6 La Befana, the Christmas Witch (Italy).
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5.7.4.7 April Fools.
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5.7.4.8 Halloween.
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5.7.5. Origin of Holiday Customs
5.7.5.1 Jack-o-Lanterns are put out to light the way for a man who can go neither to heaven nor to hell. (Folder 29)
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5.7.5.2 Christmas trees were first used by people in the Northlands in order to give them hope during winter
time until the sun would return.
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5.7.5.3 Originally, the Christmas tree was decorated with a rainbow by God’s angels. After an angel dropped
and shattered the rainbow one year, they started to use the shimmering pieces for decoration.
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5.7.5.4 We hang tinsel on Christmas trees to celebrate the Christmas Spider
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5.7.5.5 The Easter Bunny comes bring eggs so children know Spring has arrived
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5.7.0. Miscellaneous
5.7.0.1 A Japanese son was throwing his mother off a mountain because she was old. She broke tree branches on the
way up so he would not get lost. Because of her kindness, he did not throw her off. (Folder 30)
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5.7.0.2 Sego lily becomes Utah state flower after a man who promised to find something beautiful in southern
Utah produced the sego lily for his wife.
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5.7.0.3 The custom to paint houses red in Sweden derives from the discovery that red copper dust protects the wood.
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5.7.0.4 The habit of the English to drive on the left side of the road comes from a time when people found out that it is
easier to defend oneself with the sword if walking on the left.
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5.7.0.5 How Samoan kings got their names
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5.7.0.6 How Irish peasants started eating roast chicken
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5.7.0.7 Origin of flowers on lapels
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5.7.0.8 High School Spirit Rocks
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5.7.0.9 Why Barber Poles are red and white
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5.7.0.10 Woods Cross Wildcats
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5.7.0.11 Woman cuts the end off of a ham because her mother did
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Box 18

5.8. Place Names
5.8.1. Utah
5.8.1.A1 Argyle Canyon
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5.8.1.A2 Atoka
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5.8.1.B1 Birdseye (Folder 1)
.1-.2
5.8.1.B2 Bridal Veil Falls
.1-.8
5.8.1.B3 Boiler
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5.8.1.B4 Ballywats Canyon
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5.8.1.B5 Bear Lake
.1-.2
5.8.1.B6 Beer Flat
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5.8.1.B7 Blacksmith Fork Canyon
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5.8.1.B8 Blanding
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5.8.1.B9 Bogus Canyon
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5.8.1.B10 Bottle Hollow
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5.8.1.B11 Beaver Mountain
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5.8.1.C1 Cache Valley
.1-.3
5.8.1.C2 Camp Red Cliff
.1-.2
5.8.1.C3 Crow Mountain
.1-.2
5.8.1.C4 Coonville
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5.8.1.C5 Cockcomb
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5.8.1.C6 Chocolate Peak
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5.8.1.C7 Camel Sock Corner
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5.8.1.C8 Castle Valley
.1-.2
5.8.1.C9 Coalville
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5.8.1.C10 Centerfield
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5.8.1.D1 Deseret
.1-.2
5.8.1.D2 Dividend
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5.8.1.D3 Draper
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5.8.1.D4 Dip-N-Vat
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5.8.1.D5 Dead Horse Point
.1-.5
5.8.1.D6 Dead Man’s Corner (College Ward)
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5.8.1.D7 Dead Man’s Hollow
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5.8.1.D8 Dead Man’s Rock
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5.8.1.D9 Devil’s Slide
.1-.6
5.8.1.D10 Dead Man's Cave
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5.8.1.D11 Duchesne
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5.8.1.D12 Devil's Soup Bowl
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5.8.1.D13 Dangling Rope
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5.8.1.D14 Devil's Hand Mountain
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5.8.1.E1 Elberta (Folder 2)
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5.8.1.E2 Emery
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5.8.1.E3 Eureka
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5.8.1.E4 Echo
.1-.2
5.8.1.E5 Erda
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5.8.1.E6 Eagle's Roost Canyon
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5.8.1.F1 Fairfield
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5.8.1.F2 Fountain Green
.1-.2
5.8.1.F3 Fairview
.1-.2
5.8.1.F4 Farr West (photos incl.)
.1-.2
5.8.1.F5 Fruitland
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5.8.1.G1 Goshen
.1-.3
5.8.1.G2 Grandpa’s Hollow
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5.8.1.G3 Gravity Hill (Salt Lake City)
.1-.2
5.8.1.H1 Helper
.1-.4
5.8.1.H2 Hobble Creek Canyon
.1-.3
5.8.1.H3 Hurricane
.1-.10
5.8.1.H4 Hall’s Cave
.1
5.8.1.H5 Honeyville
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5.8.1.H6 Happy Valley
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5.8.1.J1 Joe’s Valley
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5.8.1.J2 Jail Rock
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5.8.1.K1 Kanab
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5.8.1.K2 Koosharem
.1-.2
5.8.1.K3 Kaysville
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5.8.1.L1 Layton
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5.8.1.L2 Levan
.1-.5
5.8.1.L3 Loa
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5.8.1.L4 Liberty
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5.8.1.L5 Lewiston
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5.8.1.L6 Lightning Ridge
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5.8.1.L7 Lyman
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5.8.1.M1 Magna (Folder 3)
.1-.2
5.8.1.M2 Mammoth
.1-.2
5.8.1.M3 Marmalade District
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5.8.1.M4 Midvale
.1-.2
5.8.1.M5 Monument
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5.8.1.M6 Moore
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5.8.1.M7 Mosida
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5.8.1.M8 Midway
.1-.2
5.8.1.M9 Molly’s Nibble/Nipple
.1-.3
5.8.1.M10 Mantua
.1-.3
5.8.1.M11 Minnie Maud
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5.8.1.M12 Moab
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5.8.1.M13 Memorial Hill
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5.8.1.N1 Newton
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5.8.1.N2 Nine Mile
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5.8.1.N3 Nigger-Bill Canyon
.1-.3
5.8.1.N4 Nephite Canal
.1
5.8.1.O1 Ophir
.1-.2
5.8.1.O2 Orangeville
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5.8.1.O3 Orderville
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5.8.1.P1 Paragonah
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5.8.1.P2 Parowan
.1-.4
5.8.1.P3 Payson
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5.8.1.P4 Peoa
.1-.3
5.8.1.P5 Point of the Mountain
.1
5.8.1.P6 Pond Town
.1
5.8.1.P7 Provo
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5.8.1.P8 Paradise
.1-.2
5.8.1.P9 Plain City
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5.8.1.P10 Pleasant Grove
.1-.2
5.8.1.P11 Poison Creek
.1
5.8.1.P12 Promise Rock
.1
5.8.1.P13 Providence
.1-.2
5.8.1.P14 Pete McElprang Canyon
.1
5.8.1.R1 Riverton
.1
5.8.1.R2 Red Bridge
.1
5.8.1.S1 Salem
.1-.3
5.8.1.S2 Sandy
.1-.4
5.8.1.S3 Santaquin
.1-.2
5.8.1.S4 Soldier Summit
.1
5.8.1.S5 Spanish Fork
.1-.2
5.8.1.S6 Spring City
.1
5.8.1.S7 Sugarhouse
.1
5.8.1.S8 Sardine Canyon
.1-.8
5.8.1.S9 Shoot’em a Ring Canyon
.1-.2
5.8.1.S10 Squaw Peak
.1-.3
5.8.1.S11 Swasey’s Leap
.1-.2
5.8.1.S12 Spirit Lake
.1
5.8.1.S13 Squaw Spring
.1
5.8.1.S14 Sunset
.1
5.8.1.S15 Squaw Cave
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5.8.1.T1 Thead’s Peak(Folder 4)
.1
5.8.1.T2 Thistle
.1
5.8.1.T3 Tintic
.1
5.8.1.T4 Tooele
.1-.12
5.8.1.T5 Toquerville
.1-.3
5.8.1.T6 Toronto’s Cave
.1
5.8.1.T7 Tub
.1
5.8.1.T8 Trenton
.1
5.8.1.T9 Tithing Hill
.1
5.8.1.T10 Tony's Grove
.1
5.8.1.V1 Vernal
.1
5.8.1.V2 Vernon
.1
5.8.1.W1 Woods Cross
.1-.10
5.8.1.W2 Walker’s Flat Missing
.0
5.8.1.W3 Wellington
.1
5.8.1.0. Miscellaneous
5.8.1.0.1 Utah places named after the Swasey’s.
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5.8.1.0.2 Panguitch, Paragonah, Parowan
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5.8.1.0.3 How did towns of area get their names?
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5.8.2. Other States
5.8.2.1. Alabama
5.8.2.1.H1 Horse Pen Forty (Folder 5)
.1
5.8.2.2. Alaska
5.8.2.2.A1 Anchorage(Folder 6)
.1
5.8.2.2.K1 Kachemac Bay
.1
5.8.2.3. Arizona
5.8.2.3.E1 Elephant's Feet(Folder 7)
.1
5.8.2.3.L1 Lee's Ferry
.1
5.8.2.3.M1 Marble Canyon
.1
5.8.2.3.P1 Phoenix
.1
5.8.2.3.P2 Pipe Springs
.1-.3
5.8.2.3.S1 Show Low
.1-.3
5.8.2.3.S2 Snowflake
.1-.6
5.8.2.3.T1 Tuba City
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5.8.2.4. Arkansas
5.8.2.4.C1 Christmas Tree (Folder 8)
.1
5.8.2.5. California
5.8.2.5.A1 Azusa (Folder 9)
.1
5.8.2.5.E1 Eagle Rock California
.1
5.8.2.5.K1 Keeler
.1
5.8.2.5.L1 Lover's Leap
.1
5.8.2.5.M1 Mount Diablo
.1
5.8.2.5.O1 Ono
.1
5.8.2.5.R1 Running Deer Mountain
.1
5.8.2.5.S1 Squaw Rock
.1-.2
5.8.2.5.S2 Suicide Rock
.1
5.8.2.5.V1 Van Nuys
.1
5.8.2.6. Colorado
5.8.2.6.C1 Cimmaron(Folder 10)
.1
5.8.2.6.E1 Elephant Rock
.1
5.8.2.6.S1 Sleeping Ute Mountain (photos incl.)
.1
5.8.2.6.T1 Telluride
.1
5.8.2.7. Connecticut
5.8.2.7.M1 Moodus (Folder 11)
.1
5.8.2.7.W1 Wolfpit Road
.1
5.8.2.8. Delaware (Folder 12)

5.8.2.9. Florida (Folder 13)

5.8.2.10. Georgia (Folder 14)
5.8.2.10.S1 Savannah
.1-.2
5.8.2.11 Hawaii
5.8.2.11.K1 Kauai(Folder 15)
.1
5.8.2.11.K2 Kailua
.1
5.8.2.12 Idaho
5.8.2.12.B1 Blackfoot(Folder 16)
.1-.2
5.8.2.12.B2 Bloomington
.1-.2
5.8.2.12.B3 Bread Loaf Rock
.1
5.8.2.12.B4 Bone
.1
5.8.2.12.B5 Black Bear Corner
.1
5.8.2.12.C1 Clifton
.1
5.8.2.12.C2 Caribou
.1
5.8.2.12.C3 Cub River
.1
5.8.2.12.D1 Devil’s Hand
.1-.2
5.8.2.12.D2 Dirty Head
.1
5.8.2.12.D3 Dingle
.1
5.8.2.12.G1 Gooding Missing
.0
5.8.2.12.G2 Georgetown
.1
5.8.2.12.G3 Gentile Valley
.1-.2
5.8.2.12.G4 Giraffe Hill
.1
5.8.2.12.H1 Horseshoe Canyon
.1-.2
5.8.2.12.I1 Idaho Falls
.1
5.8.2.12.I2 Indian Woman Rock
.1
5.8.2.12.J1 Jack Ass Mine
.1
5.8.2.12.L1 Lost Cave
.1
5.8.2.12.L2 Lago
.1-.2
5.8.2.12.L3 Lanes Grave
.1
5.8.2.12.L4 Little Butte Cemetery
.1
5.8.2.12.M1 Malad
.1-.2
5.8.2.12.M2 Menan
.1-.3
5.8.2.12.M3 Mink Creek
.1-.2
5.8.2.12.M4 Mound Valley
.1
5.8.2.12.N1 Nampa
.1-.2
5.8.2.12.O1 Ovid
.1-.2
5.8.2.12.O2 Oxford
.1
5.8.2.12.O3 Owyhee
.1
5.8.2.12.P1 Preston
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5.8.2.12.P2 Pocatello
.1
5.8.2.12.P3 Pinch Gut Lane
.1
5.8.2.12.P4 Peg Leg Slaugh
.1
5.8.2.12.R1 Rolling Thunder Mountain
.1
5.8.2.12.S1 Soda Springs
.1
5.8.2.12.S2 Suzie's Nipple
.1
5.8.2.12.S3 Strawberry Canyon
.1
5.8.2.12.S4 Squaw Leap
.1
5.8.2.12.U1 Ucon
.1-.2
5.8.2.12.V1 Victory Mountain
.1
5.8.2.12.W1 Willow Flat
.1
5.8.2.12.0. Miscellaneous
5.8.2.12.0.1 Dead Horse Cave, Teakettle Cave, etc.
.1
5.8.2.12.0.2 Idaho
.1-.2
5.8.2.13. Illinois
5.8.2.13.S1 Salt Creek (Folder 17)
.1
5.8.2.13.S2 Starved Rock
.1
5.8.2.14. Indiana
5.8.2.14.0 Miscellaneous (Folder 18)
.1-.4
5.8.2.15. Iowa (Folder 19)

5.8.2.16. Kansas

5.8.2.16.U1 Udall(Folder 20)
.1

5.8.2.17. Kentucky

5.8.2.17.0 Miscellaneous (Folder 21)
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5.8.2.18. Louisiana
5.8.2.18.B1 Baton Rouge (Folder 22)
.1
5.8.2.19. Maine
5.8.2.19.S1 Skowhegan (Folder 23)
.1-.2
5.8.2.20. Maryland
5.8.2.20.C1 Cabin John (Folder 24)
.1
5.8.2.20.S1 Silver Spring
.1
5.8.2.21. Massachusetts
5.8.2.21.0 Miscellaneous (Folder 25)
.1
5.8.2.22. Michigan (Folder 26)

5.8.2.23. Minnesota
5.8.2.23.A1 Apple Valley (Folder 27)
.1
5.8.2.23.W1 Winona
.1
5.8.2.24. Mississippi (Folder 28)

5.8.2.25. Missouri
5.8.2.25.C1 Creve Coeur (Folder 29)
.1
5.8.2.25.P1 Peculiar
.1
5.8.2.26. Montana
5.8.2.26.B1 Bearmouth
.1
5.8.2.26.C1 Chief Mountain (Folder 30)
.1
5.8.2.26.S1 Song of the Singing Sirens
.1
5.8.2.27. Nebraska
5.8.2.27.P1 Plattsmouth (Folder 31)
.1
5.8.2.28. Nevada
5.8.2.28.D1 Devil's Corral(Folder 32)
.1
5.8.2.28.E1 Elko
.1
5.8.2.28.T1 Tonopah
.1
5.8.2.29. New Hampshire (Folder 33)

5.8.2.30. New Jersey
5.8.2.30.B1 Basking Ridge (Folder 34)
.1
5.8.2.30.B2 Bare Hill
.1
5.8.2.30.N1 New Providence
.1
5.8.2.31. New Mexico
5.8.2.31.A1 Array(Folder 35)
.1
5.8.2.31.B1 Bathtub row
.1
5.8.2.31.L1 Las Cruces
.1
5.8.2.31.M1 Messilla Valley
.1
5.8.2.31M2 Matlock Squeeze
.1
5.8.2.31.S1 Shiprock
.1
5.8.2.31.T1 Tucumcari
.1
5.8.2.31.W1 Wichita Falls
.1
5.8.2.32. New York
5.8.2.32.F1 Freeport (Folder 36)
.1
5.8.2.32.H1 Horse Stable Rock
.1
5.8.2.32.H2 Hoosick
.1
5.8.2.32.M1 Middletown
.1
5.8.2.32.P1 Pearl River
.1
5.8.2.32.S1 Spiten Dival [Devil]
.1
5.8.2.32.S2 Statton Island
.1
5.8.2.32.S3 Sodus
.1
5.8.2.33. North Carolina (Folder 37)

5.8.2.34. North Dakota (Folder 38)

5.8.2.35. Ohio

5.8.2.35.B1 Blind Horse Turn(Folder 39)
.1
5.8.2.36. Oklahoma
5.8.2.36.A1 Alfalfa (Folder 40)
.1
5.8.2.36.A2 Altus
.1
5.8.2.36.B1 Broken Arrow
.1
5.8.2.36.B2 Burbank
.1
5.8.2.36.G1 Glenpool
.1
5.8.2.36.K1 Keota
.1
5.8.2.36.N1 Needmore
.1
5.8.2.37. Oregon
5.8.2.37.G1 Grande Rounde Valley (Folder 41)
.1
5.8.2.37.G2 Goat Island
.1
5.8.2.37.O1 Oswego
.1
5.8.2.37.S1 Sleepy Hollow
.1
5.8.2.37.T1 Thief Valley Missing
.0
5.8.2.38. Pennsylvania
5.8.2.38.I1 Intercourse (Folder 42)
.1
5.8.2.38.P1 Plumsock
.1
5.8.2.38.P2 Prosperity
.1
5.8.2.39. Rhode Island (Folder 43)

5.8.2.40. South Carolina (Folder 44)

5.8.2.41. South Dakota

5.8.2.41 Dead Cow(Folder 45)
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5.8.2.42. Tennessee (Folder 46)

5.8.2.43. Texas

5.8.2.43.D1 Deaf Smith County(Folder 47)
.1
5.8.2.43.F1 Friendswood
.1

5.8.2.44. Vermont (Folder 48)

5.8.2.45. Virginia 5.8.2.45.F1 Forks of Buffalo(Folder 49)

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5.8.2.46. Washington
5.8.2.46.L1 Lebam (Folder 50)
.1
5.8.2.46.L2 Little Rock
.1
5.8.2.46.M1 Mount Rainier
.1
5.8.2.46.P1 Puyallup
.1
5.8.2.46.S1 Sumner
.1
5.8.2.46.S2 Seattle
.1
5.8.2.46.W1 Walla Walla
.1
5.8.2.46.Y1 Yakima
.1
5.8.2.47. West Virginia
5.8.2.47.B1 Big Ugly (Folder 51)
.1
5.8.2.47.S1 Seneca
.1
5.8.2.48. Wisconsin
5.8.2.48.S1 Sheboygan (Folder 52)
.1-.3
5.8.2.49. Wyoming
5.8.2.49.A1 Afton (Folder 53)
.1
5.8.2.49.A2 Auburn
.1-.5
5.8.2.49.B1 Bedford
.1
5.8.2.49.B2 Blind Bull Creek
.1
5.8.2.49.C1 Cokeville
.1-.3
5.8.2.49.C2 Cabin Creek
.1
5.8.2.49.C3 Cedar Creek
.1
5.8.2.49.C4 Coffee Pot Flat
.1
5.8.2.49.C5 Cody
.1
5.8.2.49.C6 Crowheart Butte
.1
5.8.2.49.D1 Dead Man Creek
.1-.3
5.8.2.49.D2 Devil's Gate
.1
5.8.2.49.E1 Etna
.1-.2
5.8.2.49.F1 Freedom
.1-.7
5.8.2.49.F2 Fairview
.1
5.8.2.49.G1 Grand Tetons
.1-.2
5.8.2.49.I1 Isa Lake
.1
5.8.2.49.J1 Jackson Hole
.1
5.8.2.49.K1 Kemmerer
.1
5.8.2.49.O1 Osmond
.1
5.8.2.49.P1 Prater
.1
5.8.2.49.P2 Poker Hollow
.1
5.8.2.49.S1 Smoot
.1
5.8.2.49.S2 Star Valley
.1-.10
5.8.2.49.S3 Sweetwater
.1
5.8.2.49.S4 Skull Creek
.1
5.8.2.49.S5 Squaw Creek/Squaw Flat
.1
5.8.2.49.S6 Stewart
.1
5.8.2.49.S7 Strawberry Creek
.1
5.8.2.49.S8 Sublette County
.1
5.8.2.49.S9 Screaming Woman Rock
.1
5.8.2.49.T1 Ten Sleep
.1
5.8.2.49.T2 Thomas Lee Creek
.1
5.8.2.49.T3 Tincup Creek
.1-.3
5.8.2.49.W1 Willow Creek
.1
5.8.2.49.W2 Wailing Canyon
.1
5.8.2.49.Y1 Yellowstone
.1
5.8.2.0. Miscellaneous
5.8.2.0.A1 Amesville (Folder 54)
.1
5.8.2.0.B1 Bakersfield
.1
5.8.2.0.B2 Beef Canyon
.1
5.8.2.0.C1 Cut Foot Sioux
.1
5.8.2.0.C2 Christine's Run
.1
5.8.2.0.D1 Diana's Pool
.1
5.8.2.0.D2 Dover Lake
.1
5.8.2.0.E1 Eufaula
.1
5.8.2.0.E2 Eagle Pass
.1
5.8.2.0.E3 Everett's Peak
.1
5.8.2.0.E4 El Cajon
.1
5.8.2.0.E5 Estes Park
.1-.2
5.8.2.0.F1 Funk's Lake
.1
5.8.2.0.H1 Hell’s Canyon
.1
5.8.2.0.H2 Hyenga, William (named after)
.1
5.8.2.0.L1 La mesa
.1
5.8.2.0.L2 Latitudes
.1
5.8.2.0.L3 Lost Hammer Canyon
.1
5.8.2.0.L4 Lucky Dog Silver Mine
.1
5.8.2.0.M1 Mary’s Nipple
.1
5.8.2.0.M2 Monsey
.1
5.8.2.0.M3 Maria's Rock
.1
5.8.2.0.N1 Nigger Dan Hollow
.1
5.8.2.0.P1 Pomona
.1
5.8.2.0.P2 Pickett's Ridge
.1
5.8.2.0.P3 Pelican Pond
.1
5.8.2.0.R1 Rooster Rock
.1
5.8.2.0.R2 Robin
.1
5.8.2.0.S1 Sands Springs
.1
5.8.2.0.S2 Skiatook
.1
5.8.2.0.S3 Sloatsburg
.1
5.8.2.0.S4 Sawdust lane
.1
5.8.2.0.S5 Salley's Peak Hole
.1
5.8.2.0.S6 Snobakye
.1
5.8.2.0.T1 T’aa Buchiidii
.1
5.8.2.0.T2 Thief Valley
.1
5.8.2.0.T3 Terrace Canyon
.1
5.8.2.0.T4 Targhee Forest & Ski Resort
.1
5.8.2.0.T5 Tai taa
.1
5.8.2.0.W1 Workman Lake
.1
5.8.2.0.Y1 Yahuarcocha
.1
5.8.3. Countries - Other than U.S.A.
5.8.3.A1 Africa (Folder 55)
.1
5.8.3.A2 Argentina
.1
5.8.3.C1 Canada
.1-.2
5.8.3.E1 England
.1-.2
5.8.3.G1 Germany
.1
5.8.3.I1 Italy
.1
5.8.3.J1 Japan
.1
5.8.3.M1 Mexico
.1
5.8.3.N1 New Zealand
.1
5.8.3.S1 Switzerland
.1
5.8.3.T1 Tonga
.1-.2

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5.9. Other Names
5.9.1. Family Names
5.9.1.A1 Applenaut(Folder 1)
.1
5.9.1.B1 Barfus
.1
5.9.1.B2 Bilbao
.1
5.9.1.C1 Costello/Kastelic
.1
5.9.1.D1 Drabble
.1
5.9.1.H1 Hay
.1
5.9.1.P1 Price
.1
5.9.1.P2 Pugmire
.1
5.9.1.P3 Pinegar
.1
5.9.1.S1 Sondereggar
.1
5.9.2. Street Names
5.9.2.1 Treasure Drive (Boise, Idaho) (Folder 2)
.1
5.9.2.2 Streets in Hyrum, Utah
.1
5.9.2.3 Devil's Bridge (Zurich, Switzerland)
.1
5.9.3. Names of Institutions/Public Places
5.9.3.1 Peteetneet School (Payson, Utah) (Folder 3)
.1
5.9.3.2 Bluebird Restaurant (Logan, Utah)
.1
5.9.3.3 Chapel in Germany guilt by Prince as sign of remorse for killing his brother
.1
5.9.3.4 USU Anthropology Museum
.1
5.9.4. Nicknames
5.9.4.1 Bora Bora (Folder 4)
.1
5.9.4.2 “School in the Swamp” (Spring Valley, New York)
.1
5.9.4.3 “KKK” (Kankakee River, Illinois)
.1
5.9.4.4 “River of No Return” (Salmon River)
.1
5.9.4.5 Gringos
.1
5.9.4.6 Bowlers
.1
5.9.4.7 "Hotel California" is really Camarillo State Hospital
.1
5.9.4.8 California Mule Deer
.1
5.9.0. Miscellaneous
5.9.0.1 Bologna rocks named after tradition of warming pieces of bologna on them. (Folder 5)
.1
5.9.0.2 The Lovin’ Tree got name from numerous pieces of women’s garments that are found hanging in tree.
.1
5.9.0.3 Porches named “widow walks” because sailors’ wives used to stand on them and wait for husbands who
often never returned.
.1
5.9.0.4 Vaseline
.1
5.9.0.5 Hush puppies
.1
5.9.0.6 A cowardly person is "chicken"
.1

5.10. Origin of Products, Items, Objects
5.10.1. Signs and Symbols
5.10.1.1. Flags
5.10.1.1.1 Swedish Flag (Folder 6)
.1
5.10.1.1.2 Danish Flag
.1
5.10.1.2 “Watch for Falling Rock” signs were put up when an Indian named Falling Rock did not return to his
tribe.
.1-.34
5.10.1.3 Procter and Gamble symbol.
.1
5.10.1.4 Knighthood of John Stark
.1
5.10.2. Works of Architecture
5.10.2.1 Extraordinary staircase of church in Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Folder 7)
.1
5.10.2.2 Three legends explaining why tower of Kitziegen [Kitzingen] in German is crooked.
.1
5.10.2.3 Crosses on Lamoille Rock
.1
5.10.3. Decorations
5.10.3.1 Tommy Mather table
.1
5.10.3.2 Schwibbogens Arch
.1
5.10.0. Miscellaneous
5.10.0.1 Meat tenderizer (Folder 8)
.1
5.10.0.2 Origin of the Oquirrh bucket which is won by the in-state college basketball champion.
.1
5.10.0.3 Doughnuts
.1
5.10.0.4 Filk music
.1
5.10.0.5 Scooby-Doo
.1
5.10.0.6 Old Bus of Creamy Hollow
.1
5.10.0.7 Colors on a Map
.1
5.10.0.8 Boy's and girl's shirts
.1
5.10.0.9 Mother Goose
.1-.6
5.10.0.10 Twin Falls reservoir
.1
5.10.0.11 Datsun automobile
.1



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