<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">It says here that Moscow, PA, was named after Moscow, Russia.</SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">So, if Moscow, ID was named after Moscow, PA, and Moscow, PA was named after Moscow, Russia, what is the difference? Moscow, ID is named after Moscow, Russia, either directly, or indirectly. The difference is just a <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-0><SPAN>technicality</SPAN></SPAN>.</SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Donovan Arnold</SPAN></div>
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<nchaney@ci.moscow.id.us>; Lois Blackburn <loisb@q.com>; Tom Lamar <tlamar@ci.moscow.id.us> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Saturday, March 3, 2012 8:10 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Vision2020] Moscow, <SPAN id=misspell-4 class=mark>Pennsylvana</SPAN><BR></FONT></DIV><BR>
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<DIV><SPAN>Nope, Moscow PA named in 1830's:</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV>Moscow history: </DIV>
<DIV>"Once part of Drinker's Beeches, Moscow was named in the 1830s by Drinker for its many immigrants from Moscow, Russia. Well, that's the myth. The only problem is, where's the evidence? Where are Russian family names, Russian churches, Russian street names, etc.? Regardless, several other towns in the state share their names with European cities, among them Versailles, Berlin, Manchester, Dublin, Belfast, Hamburg, Athens, and Rome. "<BR>(from <A href="http://www.lastsite.com/towns.html" rel=nofollow target=_blank>Name Origins of Northeast PA Towns</A> by Mike O'Hara) <BR><FONT size=1>Return to <A href="http://www.usacitiesonline.com/pacountymoscow.htm#index" rel=nofollow target=_blank>Index</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Look on the bright side-- we could have been named Drinker's Beeches! Or Drinker's Breeches...<BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Ron Force<BR>Moscow Idaho USA<BR></DIV>
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<loisb@q.com>; Tom Lamar <tlamar@ci.moscow.id.us> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Saturday, March 3, 2012 6:51 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Vision2020] Moscow, <SPAN id=misspell-8 class=mark>Pennsylvana</SPAN><BR></FONT></DIV><BR>
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<DIV><SPAN><SPAN id=yiv1265993309misspell-0><SPAN>Time-lines</SPAN></SPAN> don't seem to match. 1875 was when Moscow was named Moscow and Moscow, PA wasn't established as Moscow until 1891. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>As I understood the case to be, Moscow, ID, Moscow, VT, and Moscow, PA, were all named after Moscow, Russia. When the Moscow area was named Hog Heaven and the city Paradise Valley because the soil when wet was great for pigs, (guess it still is) people didn't like that name so the people in Hog's Heaven voted on changing it. A large number of residents in Moscow at the time were immigrants from Russia, so Moscow got the largest backing for a new name. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN> I think the confusion on the <SPAN id=misspell-9 class=mark>orgin</SPAN> of the name comes <SPAN id=yiv1265993309misspell-0><SPAN>intentionally</SPAN></SPAN> because people like to deny Moscow was named after Moscow, Russia because we were at war with the Soviet Union for about 50 years in the Cold War, and nobody wanted to be <SPAN id=yiv1265993309misspell-0><SPAN>associated</SPAN></SPAN> with "The Evil Empire" as Reagan characterized it. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>The other story is five men decided the name, including <VAR id=yiv1265993309yui-ie-cursor></VAR>one from Russia, and a postmaster who was born in Moscow, PA, picked the name. However, since I don't believe that Moscow, PA existed yet, in 1875, I don't see how a postmaster could be born in a town yet to exist. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>In either case, Moscow was named directly or indirectly after the Moscow, Russia, which was named after the Moscow River in 1154, and either means Bear River, Mother River, or Marshy River, take your pick. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>Russia is a beautiful country with beautiful people and a long rich history. I like the name Moscow, and I like that we have a name used by so few cities. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>Donovan Arnold</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=yiv1265993309hr></DIV><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Darrell Keim <keim153@gmail.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> Lois Blackburn <loisb@q.com>; Tim Brown <tbrown@ci.moscow.id.us>; Moscow Vision 2020 <Vision2020@moscow.com>; Walter Steed <wmsteed@ci.moscow.id.us>; Sue Scott <sscott@ci.moscow.id.us>; Wayne Krauss <wkrauss@ci.moscow.id.us>; Nancy Chaney <nchaney@ci.moscow.id.us>; Dan Carscallen <dcarscallen@ci.moscow.id.us>; Tom Lamar <tlamar@ci.moscow.id.us> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT:
bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Saturday, March 3, 2012 4:20 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Vision2020] Moscow, <SPAN id=misspell-13 class=mark>Pennsylvana</SPAN><BR></FONT></DIV><BR>
<DIV id=yiv1265993309>Just think: At this moment there could be another Tom Hansen in Moscow, PA pondering similar thoughts. (Cue Twilight Zone theme music)<BR><BR>
<DIV class=yiv1265993309gmail_quote>On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Tom Hansen <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=yiv1265993309gmail_quote>It is my opinion that Moscow, Idaho was named after Moscow, Pennsylvania; although Moscow, Pennsylvania was named after Moscow, Russia.<BR><BR>What makes me say that?<BR><BR>Moscow, Idaho's Postmaster (back in the 1870s when "Hog Heaven, Idaho" was renamed "Moscow, Idaho") migrated from Moscow, Pennsylvania.<BR><BR>Not only that, but look at the similarities . . .<BR><BR>Moscow Community Events<BR>http://www.moscowboro.com/html/events.html<BR><BR>Moscow Borough Information Guide<BR>http://www.moscowboro.com/html/guide.html<BR><BR>And <SPAN id=misspell-14 class=mark>jus</SPAN>' read . . .<BR><BR>The Moscow Borough Newsletter<BR>http://www.moscowboro.com/html/newsletter.html<BR><BR>Welcome to Moscow, Pennsylvania<BR><BR><BR><BR><SPAN id=misspell-15 class=mark>Whatcha</SPAN> think, Moscow (Idaho)<BR><BR><SPAN
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