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[Opinions] Re: First + Middle = New Name
Do you know the story behind the sisters names and the city’s name? It’s another way to honour someone that I hadn’t thought of before.Thanks for your suggestions!
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In about 1883, Josephus Daniels, a newspaper editor in a nearby town, came up with the name based on his friends, sisters, Lucy, Carrie, and Mary Borden. Lucama's claim to fame is it was the home of Vollis Simpson, a whirligig folk artist. He used scrap metal to make kinetic structures up to 50 feet tall. https://www.wral.com/story/hidden-history-the-wwii-origins-of-wilson-s-whirligig-park/19877192/