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To: IYAS9YAS

I’ve been in Owyhee County (which doesn’t look at all like what I’ve seen of Hawaii...bleak desert...the size of mainland Massachusetts but only has 11,000 people) and thought that “Owyhee” was just a 19th-century variant spelling of Hawaii.


10 posted on 08/30/2009 4:20:12 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

It was a variant. Apparently, there were some native Hawaiians who traveled with some French explorers. I’d have to double check my Idaho history.


11 posted on 08/30/2009 5:33:48 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS (The townhalls were going great until the oPods showed up.)
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