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W. E. Tryon homestead. into the night. Anyone who has ever been involved in any public discussion of a civic nature around these parts will recognize the true Brown Countian character of this folk tale.
“ Oh, he was just running around there and when he shouted out that name, he was just a’ smartin’ off and they picked it up and adopted it.”
One detail that emerges from the mists of time for me is his age. it hadn’ t occurred to me that when he named Peoga, he was just a kid.
“ He was born in 1877 and I believe he was only eight or nine years old when the town was named,” Uncle Bob said.“ That would have been in 1885 or 1886.”
Eddie, W. E., would go on to become“ sort of a local legend around Brown County in the early days,” according to Uncle Bob.
“ He played the fiddle in the old fiddlers contest at the annual Old Settlers picnic, as it was called in those days, near what is now called Bean Blossom. However, Bean Blossom was called Georgetown then,” Uncle Bob said.
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