how did croswell michigan get it's name?
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in honor of Charles M. Croswell, Governor of Michigan from 1877 to 1878. In 1881, Croswell incorporated as a village, and became a city in 1905
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Actually, it was started by the steel workers in Pennsylvania. Why they started it, I don't know.
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I believe it was part of the huge overhaul in 1999/2000 which followed the investigation into Detroit Edison's (non-)compliance with the Electric Reliability Agreement which they had with the State of Michigan.\nSee work schedule A on  http://efile.mpsc.cis.state.mi.us/efile/docs/12269/0005.pdf
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They wanted to set themselves apart from Ohio University in Athens, plus they had to put stupida$$  Michigan fans in their place.  ...GO BUCKS!!!  And it's really not stupid its called trademark rights...profits...not really stupid if your making the cash and when did they put THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY on any shirt?  I don't have any like that...
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"Pommac" Was given to me in high school by my band class,because I was always drinking so many diet sodas named Pommac. So they named me Pommac. That was in 1965 and it stuck.
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Some believe it came from the abbreviation of Orrin Kendall biscuits, which soldiers ate during the civil war. Others say OK is short for Aux Cayes, a Haitian port that American sailors praised for its rum. Another legend suggests the word comes from Old Keokuk, a Native American tribal chief who was said to have signed treaties with his initials. \n\nWhat is known is that one of the first instances of OK appearing in print was in the spring of 1839 by the Boston Morning Post: \n\nIt is hardly necessary to say to those who know Mr. Hughes, that his establishment will be found to be 'A. No. One' -- that is, O.K. -- all correct. \n\nSo if OK stands for "all correct," wouldn't it be "AC"? Not exactly, says linguist Erin McKean, who points out that the word was intentionally misspelled. Much like the way people on the Internet shorten or abbreviate words when typing, OK was misspelled on purpose. \n\n"For instance, a lot of kids online spell "cool," "k-e-w-l," says McKean, senior editor for U.S. dictionaries at Oxford Press. "They know how to spell cool, but it just looks cooler to spell it "k-e-w-l." \n\nIt was cool in certain East Coast cities in the mid-19th century to substitute OK for "all correct." McKean says it was common for people of that day to use inside lingo -- shorthand full of puns, purposeful misspellings and abbreviations. For example, they'd use "SP" for "small potatoes," or "TBFTB" for "too big for their britches." \n\nOther abbreviations faded into obscurity, but the word OK stuck around. One of the reasons it weathered time is because it got a boost from then-president Martin Van Buren. \n\nVan Buren, a native of Kinderhook, N.Y., was popularly referred to as "Old Kinderhook" -- OK for short. Van Buren's 1840 reelection campaign became so heated that the word OK was widely used and abused by both sides. \n\nIn fact, to hurt the Democratic Party, an opponent started a rumor that it was former president Andrew Jackson who created OK, as an abbreviation of "all correct." The rumor implied that the rustic Jackson was a poor speller. That explanation for OK wasn't true, either, but it did have staying power. And it helped propel the use of OK even further. \n\nSo much, in fact, that it's used all around the world today. \n\n"To talk about the larger phenomenon as OK spread across the America and given to the world -- that implies that it has multiple origins; that people accept it for a variety of reasons," says Michael Adams, a linguist and an Albright College professor. \n\nAdams says there are words like OK in many other languages. In the West African language of Wolof, "waw kay" means "yes." In Choctaw, "okeh" means "indeed." \n\nWhile there isn't any proof that any of the words gave birth to the American OK, Adams says it's possible that the many non-English phrases helped the English one stick. \n\n"The influence of Choctaw, African American speech, political speech -- all of that came together in a kind of melting pot," Adams says. "There is a sense that the newspaper started it, but all those other influences came together to make OK probably the most popular American English word." \n\nMcKean says because OK has that sense of "jauntiness and belonging," people from all over the globe want a part of it. \n\nFamed journalist H.L. Mencken wrote about it. American soldiers took it to the places they were stationed. It was even taken into space, by astronauts like John Glenn, who excitedly exclaimed as the Friendship 7 launched, that "We're all OK!" \n\n"I'm trying to think what people would have said before OK," McKean questions. "If you had to go through a day without it, could you do it? Are you going to say, "right you are,&quo
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The computer's name was "HAL."\n\nThey chose the letters that come before IBM.
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That is the original name.
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This name probably comes from the name Griselda, which is derived from the Germanic elements gris "grey" and hild "battle".\n\nSee the link below for more info.\n\nWK
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From the advertising co. of that namesake)\n\n"O•gul•vee"
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If you're looking for the question of who invented the standard american hamburger aka Mcdonalds. It wasn't Ray Crock. Ray Crock was an inventor who had designed a milkshake machine and sold several to the Mcdonalds brothers for their restrsunts. Ray Crock stopped by to pay them a visit one day and well the rest is history.....
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Beginning with The USS Los Angles (SSN685), Fast attack subs were named after cities.  The last of the SSBN's were named after state capitals.\nOne sub, I don't remember the hull number, was supposed to be named "Corpus Cristi".  After opposition from the religious community it was changed to "The City of Corpus Cristi"\nHope this helps ;-)
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Why would it have any name other than Texas state government?
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The name is wrong it is Isambard Kingdom Brunel\n\nIsambard Kingdom Brunel, FRS (9 April 1806 – 15 September 1859), was an English engineer. He is best known for the creation of the Great Western Railway, a series of famous steamships, and numerous important bridges.\n\nI THINK YOU GOT THE ANSWER. OF YOU ARE SATISFIED. PLEASE MAIL ME ON shantanu_1975@yahoo.com and i will give you my private email id. i need to make friends like you.
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it was named after him LOL that is pretty funny question.
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There are a lot of Springfield in the US, and Matt Groening chose the name on purpose. Nobody knows it, and nobody will ever know.
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You know, that's a good question.  I don't think anyone's named it yet. So, since you were the first to notice it, you get to name it.  I'm thinking maybe toof (or teef-plural), dap, fwrist, scrid, falp, talange, topografeet, footop, etc.  If you decide to name it, let us know what you think of.