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Re:Chinese surveillance balloon spotted over U.S., Pentagon ... by someemptyspace on Thursday February 02, 2023 @09:57PM (#34636583)
Reminder that the capital of Idaho, Boise, is (apochraphally) named for the trees (les bois) that surround the Boise river. French made it quite a ways west, and definitely made it as far as Idaho.
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Re:Chinese surveillance balloon spotted over U.S., Pentagon ... by milsorgen on Friday February 03, 2023 @12:36AM (#34637530)
The story goes Owyhee County is named after Hawaii. It's a county southwest of the Boise Area and home to the most beautiful wilderness I have ever seen. There is nothing like hiking mile after mile out there under the hot summer sun never seeing another living soul... But I digress. The story goes some Hawaiian goat herders entered the area to try their luck and were never to be seen again and hence the name. Owyhee = Hawaii How true it is I do it know but it's what I've always been told.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owyhee

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