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Utah's 'Negro Bill Canyon' renamed after years of debate [now Grandstaff Canyon]
Associated Press ^
| Oct 12, 2017 6:51 PM EDT
Posted on 10/12/2017 6:43:36 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: lee martell
I believe their used to be a Nig*er Bill Canyon and Lost mine in the Big Bend area of Texas. Frank J Dobie mentioned it in his works.
To: Olog-hai
the Utah Martin Luther King Jr. Commission called the name blatant racism. Yet, if I sent a check to the "United Negro College Fund" I'm sure they'd return it because I used the word "negro" on the "payable to" line.
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posted on
10/12/2017 8:00:12 PM PDT
by
LouAvul
(The most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.)
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Also muskeg vegetation clumps, a kind of winch on a boat, and a bit of a coral reef.
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posted on
10/12/2017 8:02:47 PM PDT
by
jjotto
("Ya could look it up!")
To: lee martell
“N***r Bill Canyon. “
Why censor the common historical term? Some might argue that you’re just being PC.
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posted on
10/12/2017 8:04:56 PM PDT
by
sagar
To: Olog-hai
From a NYC Metro area Esso (now Exxon) road map from 1938
This lake is approx 30 miles NW of NYC, probably named as such because of the "Jackson Whites" who lived there since the 1800's. They are of African and Caucasian descent to varying degrees and also have lineage to the Ramapo, Munsee and Lenape Indians. Just before WW2 it was renamed Negro Pond, since the the 50's it's been known as Potake Lake.
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posted on
10/12/2017 8:07:06 PM PDT
by
Impala64ssa
(Islamophobic? NO! IslamABHORic)
To: Redmen4ever
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posted on
10/12/2017 8:07:25 PM PDT
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure)
To: Impala64ssa
Known as Potato Latke? I like it. Sour cream.
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posted on
10/12/2017 8:11:21 PM PDT
by
jjotto
("Ya could look it up!")
To: Impala64ssa
This website claims it is now called Cranberry Pond.
There is also Negro Lake in Partlow.
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posted on
10/12/2017 8:12:51 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: Jamestown1630
ah yes, I remember Negro Mountain.
I went to Frostburg State College.
Back then, there was no controversy about the name of the mountain. It was a different time.
To: Olog-hai
Dont let the SJWs know what Grand Tetons or Cajon Pass means.
To: Dilbert San Diego
It’s an interesting story; and as someone mentioned regarding ‘Negro Bill’, if they changed the name to ‘Goliath’ or ‘Nemesis’, eventually nobody would remember the man or the story.
(That area is a beautiful part of Maryland.)
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posted on
10/12/2017 8:21:18 PM PDT
by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: Olog-hai
What’s strange is no one knows what this lake is OFFICIALLY called now, not even the NY DEC. They only know it was renamed from the older racial references. When I was a kid we used to swimming at nearby Sheppard Lake.
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posted on
10/12/2017 8:25:02 PM PDT
by
Impala64ssa
(Islamophobic? NO! IslamABHORic)
To: Flick Lives
If it’s Spanish, ‘cajon’ means a drawer, like in a chest of drawers; probably related to ‘caja’, or box.
You may be thinking of ‘cojon’;-)
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posted on
10/12/2017 8:28:09 PM PDT
by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: Olog-hai
The NAACP said the name is not offensive and preserves the history of the site, while the Utah Martin Luther King Jr. Commission called the name blatant racism.So a group of D.C. beaurcrats decided to be the tiebreaker. No surprise the beaurcrats decided to go the PC route.
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posted on
10/12/2017 8:30:04 PM PDT
by
Repeal 16-17
(Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
To: ClearCase_guy
To: Olog-hai
I’ve driven past Negro Bill many times when heading down to Moab. Grandstaff sounds too bland, IMO. Everything has to be sanitized and without character. :(
From Wiki:
Negro Bill Canyon (called Nigger Bill Canyon from the late 19th century until the 1960s) is a canyon in southeast Utah. It is part of the Colorado River watershed. Its stream flows directly into the main channel of the Colorado River within Moab Canyon.
To: 21twelve
Negro (together with related words such as Negress) has dropped out of favour and now seems out of date or even offensive in both British and US English Tough shiite, some of us were raised with the original adjectives as polite speech. The alternate back then was considered rude. I am out of date, sue me.
Being old now, I will not change my speech patterns to suit "modern" cultural BS. Nothing of current culture shows me the integrity to change.
To: beaversmom
Negro Bill Canyon (called Nigger Bill Canyon from the late 19th century until the 1960s) I KNEW it, seen it too many times before.
To: ClearCase_guy
I was thinking that too...
Negro Bill had a grand Staff!
To: Jamestown1630
As long as it is not “Cabron”................
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