Bugtussle Bug Tussle how were you named?

[Accidental_Martyr]

@impalachick

I live in a place called Wilburn, Alabama. It is only called Wilburn by Meteorologists who are about to warn us about the latest tornado coming through. To everyone else it is called Bug Tussle. The origin of the name Bug Tussle came from the town drunk in 1912. He became fascinated by two bugs fighting on top of a pile of horse dung and he dubbed the area “Bug Tussle”. It’s not dignified, but hey, rarely are the interesting things dignified. The most distinguishing landmark was a famous restaurant called the Bug Tussle Steakhouse. People came from other states to eat there because they had a 1 1/2 pound steak and if you could eat it, it was free. Local legends say that Earl Scruggs (of Flatt and Scruggs fame and writer/performer of the Beverly Hillbillies theme song) told the creators of the Beverly Hillbillies that since they would be driving through (it was located on a major highway that sees an amazing amount of traffic) they had to eat at the Bug Tussle Steakhouse. They loved it and asked the waitress about the area. It’s nestled in the valley of two mountains in the lower Appalachian mountains. They found out that the entire area was known as Bug Tussle and were inspired. And the rest, as they say, is history. True? I can’t say, but I’ve heard that my entire life and I know that the Steakhouse was still there and doing a crazy amount of business at the time. I also remember there being a signed picture of Earl Scruggs on the wall in the dining area of the restaurant. It burned down in the 1980s.

This is the one I was going to mention. I grew up in Blount County, AL and I think I went to the restaurant once with my parents when I was a kid.