[or-roots] chat

[Bob & Diane]

The original settlement was not Paisley, but Chewaucan.  That area was 
located several miles south of Paisley.  What person wanted to live by a 
river, infested by mosquitoes and a rocky bank?  Prone to flooding.  But in 
time, the river was dredged to the  north side of what is now Paisley, banks 
built along the river banks (still will flood tho!!) and homes built. 
Chewaucan was abandoned except now for a cemetery on private land with a few 
boards still in the area as a reminder of days gone by.
Diane


rom: "Chris & Bill Strickland" <lechevrier at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 4:37 PM
Subject: Re: [or-roots] chat


> Harguess, Dale wrote:
>
>>I wonder if it was named after Paisley, Scotland?
>>
>
> That is one 1873 theory, but McArthur easily debunks it, so it makes one 
> wonder ...  another theory is named by another Scotsman, Steele, reason 
> unknown -- of course, those earlier Paisly settlers called it something 
> else 10,000 years before it was ever seen by the white guy's eyes, and 
> probably many, many other native names in between ...
>
> Bill Strickland
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