Sorry folks, I misspelled ORONGO in my first mailing......A kind person gave me the correct town in Jasper Co. Viola in CA

No problem... It has lots of O's, Oro ' nogo. I added another one so you'd have Oronogo. http://thelibrary.springfield.missouri.org/lochist/moser/jasperpl.html Oronogo (first Leadville Hollow, q. v.; then Center [Centre] Creek, q. v.; next Minersville, q. v.; then Oronogo) Both local history and tradition account for the name with the following story: "At a public meeting held to change the name of Minersville, after many names Had been suggested, a man in the back of the room, well filled with the spirit of golden grain arose and said, "Boys, by-----its Ore or no go." Colonel J. M. Young, linguist, got the idea. By taking the Spanish "Oro" for ore and by dropping the "or" the word became euphonius. He pronounced it "Oronogo" and the audience accepted the name." (--Place Names.) It is located at Sections 1 & 6, Township 28 N, Range 33 W, on Highway MM, south of 96 and west of D & DD. Orlena ~~~~~ Viola Lawrence <violalawrence@verizon.net> wrote: Sorry folks, I misspelled ORONGO in my first mailing......A kind person gave me the correct town in Jasper Co. Viola in CA -------------------------------

Thanks for this information. My mother, now deceased , was born, went to school and married in Oronogo. I am happy to have this story about how the town was named. Rosemary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Orlena" <orlena@swbell.net> To: "Viola Lawrence" <violalawrence@verizon.net>; <mojasper@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 1:39 PM Subject: Re: [MOJASPER] Percy Howe, "ORONOGO, MO" > No problem... It has lots of O's, Oro ' nogo. I added another one so you'd > have Oronogo. > > > http://thelibrary.springfield.missouri.org/lochist/moser/jasperpl.html > > Oronogo (first Leadville Hollow, q. v.; then Center [Centre] Creek, q. > v.; next Minersville, q. v.; then Oronogo) Both local history and > tradition account for the name with the following story: "At a public > meeting held to change the name of Minersville, after many names Had been > suggested, a man in the back of the room, well filled with the spirit of > golden grain arose and said, "Boys, by-----its Ore or no go." Colonel J. > M. Young, linguist, got the idea. By taking the Spanish "Oro" for ore and > by dropping the "or" the word became euphonius. He pronounced it "Oronogo" > and the audience accepted the name." (--Place Names.) It is located at > Sections 1 & 6, Township 28 N, Range 33 W, on Highway MM, south of 96 and > west of D & DD. > > Orlena > ~~~~~ > > Viola Lawrence <violalawrence@verizon.net> wrote: > Sorry folks, I misspelled ORONGO in my first mailing......A kind person > gave me the correct town in Jasper Co. > Viola in CA > > ------------------------------- > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOJASPER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >