Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Most Gothic Place Names in the United States--Montana



[For the previous entry, see yesterday's post.]

A double dose of this feature this week, since it was preempted last Tuesday by Scream Week.

Montana gives us such appropriate appellations as Crow Agency (psychopomps in flight), Anaconda Trailer Court (residents are really feeling squeezed), Barker (a good spot to take in a Great and Secret Show), Singleshot (sniper paradise), Castle Mobile Home Park (medievalism on wheels), and Cavetown (talk about living primitively).  But even if this list were longer, the easy winner would still be...

Blazing Place.  Sounds like a place given to Wicker-Man-type paganism (or fiery execution of suspected witches).  Where plenty of candles can be found burning in upstairs windows of residential homes.  And a town that teems with jack-o'-lanterns every October.

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