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Cut and Shoot, Texas, USA

This Texas town was named after a community confrontation that almost led to violence in 1912.  There are numerous versions of the story on whether it was a dispute over land claims, design of a new steeple for the town church or who should be allowed to preach at the church.  A boy at the scene of the dispute reportedly declared…

 … "I'm going to cut around the corner and shoot through the bushes in a minute!"

This apparently remained in residents' minds and was eventually adopted as the town's name.


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