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  • Madi V:)Mitchell
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    hahahhah!!!!!

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  • goon
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    Originally posted by Madi V:)Mitchell View Post
    ha you spelled source wrong....and i like your opinion
    Umm that's how wikipedia spells source. J\K.

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  • Madi V:)Mitchell
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    Originally posted by goon View Post
    Its probably not the best to use as a legitimate refrence or sorce, just it is a place you can find anything....and take it with a grain of salt.
    ha you spelled source wrong....and i like your opinion

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  • goon
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    Originally posted by Madi V:)Mitchell View Post
    theres some stuff on there that is just dumb though. i get the popular subject part...but i just dont like it. our teachers and the senior high in mitchell dont even let us use it
    Its probably not the best to use as a legitimate refrence or sorce, just it is a place you can find anything....and take it with a grain of salt.

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  • Madi V:)Mitchell
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    theres some stuff on there that is just dumb though. i get the popular subject part...but i just dont like it. our teachers and the senior high in mitchell dont even let us use it

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  • goon
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    Originally posted by Madi V:)Mitchell View Post
    i hate wikipedia...it's so inaccurate...and i already got my answer
    I actually had college professors who recommended to use it. If its a popular subject its probably pretty accurate and if anything they have sources listed which can further take you to more reliable scources.

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  • Madi V:)Mitchell
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    Originally posted by Roy View Post
    Google it. Tar Heel - Wikipedia
    i hate wikipedia...it's so inaccurate...and i already got my answer

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  • Roy
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    Originally posted by Madi V:)Mitchell View Post
    will someone tell me where Carolina came up with the Tar Heels? And will you tell me what a Tar Heel is? My friend Emily and I just decided it was a heel with tar on it
    Google it. Tar Heel - Wikipedia

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  • Madi V:)Mitchell
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    Originally posted by joeboo22 View Post
    Actually that is pretty much it. It has to do with the Civil War and Tar was being produced in North Carolina. Two versions I've heard. 1 was they were really good and stayed and people say they must have tar on their heels to stay in battle so well. The other one was they said the Viriginians needed to put Tar on their heels because they fled right away.
    my brother told me that NC is famous for the track team and their running...so he said it had something to do with that.but ya know he's 11 and he's a dork so i don't usually believe him ever. :P

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  • Nidaros
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    Originally posted by BitsTD View Post
    Pet Peeve alert:

    Please stop before you hurt yourself. I have lived in SD my entire life and have never heard a duck honk. Ducks quack and geese honk.
    Sorry about that I should have said geese and not ducks, my bad. Claremont is in Brown County and has a 125 anniversary.

    http://claremontsd.com/

    I do not nor never did hunt in my life so ducks and geese are pretty much the same

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  • BitsTD
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    Originally posted by Nidaros View Post
    Claremont is located close to Britton and is near to many lakes or/and sloughs that are famous for honking ducks. Thus the name.

    Btw what does the Tea area use for a nickname? Tea Bags?
    Pet Peeve alert:

    Please stop before you hurt yourself. I have lived in SD my entire life and have never heard a duck honk. Ducks quack and geese honk.

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  • Prairiehaas
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    Tea Titans. Titans in Greek mythology came before the Olympian gods.

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  • goon
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    Originally posted by West-River_Jack View Post
    I tend to think that the Scoopers were named after those who ran the gambling houses, the drinking establishments, and the houses of ill repute.
    So scoopers = small business owners\entrepneurs? Interesting.

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  • West-River_Jack
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    Originally posted by joeboo22 View Post
    No, that is not it. Most people think that is it, but Sturgis was a "scooptown" to fort Meade. Calvary members claimed they were "scooped" every payday from the Merchants in Sturgis.

    This is how it was explained to me in South Dakota History and what it says on Sturgis' website.
    I have always assumed that the cavalry members had their basic needs taken care of by the army; things like food, clothing, and their horses. So who were those merchants that the Scoopers were named after. Perhaps they were the ones in the various entertainment businesses. I tend to think that the Scoopers were named after those who ran the gambling houses, the drinking establishments, and the houses of ill repute.

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  • Nidaros
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    Originally posted by goon View Post
    I actually made a HAH sound reading that. No matter how you slice it. Its a funny name. You can't say it with out smiling.
    Claremont is located close to Britton and is near to many lakes or/and sloughs that are famous for honking ducks. Thus the name.

    Btw what does the Tea area use for a nickname? Tea Bags?

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