NFR Historical shenanigans in Idaho

Non-fishing related
Looking at a map, I noticed some bits in Idaho that has me wondering what kinds of shenanigans happened in this vast nothingness to have some names stick.

I could always look it up on the googles, but speculating with friends is more fun.

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Little known fact but Dry Forty was named by Eazy-E at the end of an obscure NWA gig held out in remote Owyhee County, but it was Dre who coined Dickshooter after the Po' showed up and caps started flyin'.
 
I'm partial to the repeated names

Walla Walla
Wagga Wagga
Loop Loop
Sing Sing
Bella Bella
Bora Bora

The kinds of places RayRay moves to when he wants to escape the PoPo (excepting Sing Sing that is) and live anonymously and by a different new name- Uncle or Cuz. A lot of the women Ray-Ray's circle are just known as JoJo or Auntie or Cuz, some of them just look out for Ray-Ray and some of them are more than friends and are maybe falling into a category of on-again/off-again/on-again/off-again Exes...
 
I'm partial to the repeated names

Walla Walla
Wagga Wagga
Loop Loop
Sing Sing
Bella Bella
Bora Bora

The kinds of places RayRay moves to when he wants to escape the PoPo (excepting Sing Sing that is) and live anonymously and by a different new name- Uncle or Cuz. A lot of the women Ray-Ray's circle are just known as JoJo or Auntie or Cuz, some of them just look out for Ray-Ray and some of them are more than friends and are maybe falling into a category of on-again/off-again/on-again/off-again Exes...
Is your favorite fish the Mahi Mahi?
 
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I could always look it up on the googles, but speculating with friends is more fun.
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^^100%. There's a time and place for everything. If the question is, "how do you extinguish a grease fire", the I want answers immediately. But much of the time I prefer pondering and bantering about questions. This is one of them.

Not really sure about the origin of those names and why male genatalia is involved. Something Freudian? I bet the surveyors were wearing neck ties.
 
I always avoided Bloody Dick Creek in the upper Big Hole. Then I learned it was named after a mountain man named Bloody Dick Leigh whose favorite expression was "Bloody," hence the nickname. He frequented the Montana/Idaho border in that general area and was also know as Beaver Dick.
 
Is your favorite fish the Mahi Mahi?
If I can afford Bora- Bora, Savusavu, Blup Blup or Kira Kira that would be one of the fish to eat, for sure. But when I'm hangin' in Lolo, it just doesn't make gastronomic sense.


There's so many good names out here- Point No Point, Cape Disappointment, Disappointment Clever, Dismal Nitch, Ape Caves, Mima Mounds, any of the S rivers, Humptulips, Klickitat, Clackamas, Bend, Boring, Nestucca, Tillamook, Hoh, Oso, Sedro-Wooley, Shi-Shi, Deception Pass...
 
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I always avoided Bloody Dick Creek in the upper Big Hole. Then I learned it was named after a mountain man named Bloody Dick Leigh whose favorite expression was "Bloody," hence the nickname. He frequented the Montana/Idaho border in that general area and was also know as Beaver Dick.
God's Country.
 
Some names were changed over the years for the original designations.

Rooster Rock in The Gorge doesn't look like a rooster and what I've heard, that was not the original name.

Mary's Peak outside of Corvallis has a specific look and from I've heard, that was not the original name.
 
Some names were changed over the years for the original designations.

Rooster Rock in The Gorge doesn't look like a rooster and what I've heard, that was not the original name.

Mary's Peak outside of Corvallis has a specific look and from I've heard, that was not the original name.
I live by Rooster Rock and know its history. I fish near it often in my boat. I'll say that the view from the river really shows you why the Lewis and Clark Expedition gave it its name.

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I'm partial to the repeated names

Walla Walla
Wagga Wagga
Loop Loop
Sing Sing
Bella Bella
Bora Bora

The kinds of places RayRay moves to when he wants to escape the PoPo (excepting Sing Sing that is) and live anonymously and by a different new name- Uncle or Cuz. A lot of the women Ray-Ray's circle are just known as JoJo or Auntie or Cuz, some of them just look out for Ray-Ray and some of them are more than friends and are maybe falling into a category of on-again/off-again/on-again/off-again Exes...
Hamma Hamma

I go there often.

😁
 
Rooster Rock in The Gorge doesn't look like a rooster and what I've heard, that was not the original name.
Iwash

During my time in Ellensburg I often wondered what athletic feats were performed at the Wiskey Dick Triathlon.

No one wants to eat Mola Mola.
 
Driving up to northern BC I always enjoyed the journey through Greater Spuzzum. Not sure I need to know exactly what a Spuzzum is. Edit: In looking at my photos I realized that it is not Greater Spuzzum but Lower Spuzzum which sounds slightly more anatomical.
 
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