The area in Illinois known as “Half Day”, and its accompanying Half Day Road, wasn’t named as such because it marked a half day’s worth of travel between Chicago and Milwaukee. No, no: it was a cartographer’s error.
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The area in Illinois known as “Half Day”, and its accompanying Half Day Road, wasn’t named as such because it marked a half day’s worth of travel between Chicago and Milwaukee. No, no: it was a cartographer’s error.
Posted in Just Plain Odd
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jawad January 14, 2009, 4:07 pm
cartographer spelled it “Half Day”
What was it’s original name that he misspelled?
Paul March 24, 2009, 2:06 am
Read the link, pal.