Significance of "French Lick", Indiana?

[I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter]

I’m guessing that there must be some banal reason for a name that, with me, tends to suffer behind a barrier of sophomoric wit?

[Reeder]

Probably the same wit that named Climax North Carolina.

[Airman_Doors_USAF]

The significance?

Larry Legend grew up there. How much more significant do you want it to be? Oh, you meant the name…

Here you go.

The area called French Lick, Indiana, site of the French Lick Springs Resort & Spa and one of the earliest outposts in the middle-Western wilderness, was first settled more than 200 years ago by French traders. After the discovery of rich mineral springs, which attracted animals who flocked to lick the waters and wet rocks, this valley became known among settlers as “The Lick”.

The French had ideas about exploiting these lush salt deposits, but because of one obstacle and another, they never did make much progress. Finally, following the Louisiana Purchase Treaty in 1803, in which Napoleon relinquished claims on that part of the frontier, the French abandoned their trading posts at The Lick.

[Oat1957]

Here

[I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter]

Somehow I missed that while at that site.

Thanks!

[jayjay]

@Reeder

Probably the same wit that named Climax North Carolina.

Not to mention Blue Ball and Intercourse, PA…

[WIGGUM]

I think Larry Bird is from French Lick.

[Airman_Doors_USAF]

Yes, he is. Larry Legend is his nickname.

[kniz]

I used to travel through French Lick and have tasted Pluto water. Let’s just say that you would not want to use it as a mixer.

[Ignatz]

@Reeder

Probably the same wit that named Climax North Carolina.

Or better yet, Lizard Lick, also in NC.

[papergirl]

French Lick is in my neck of the woods! I grew up about 20 miles from there. Little bitty town, although slightly larger than my own hometown. We used to go there and get drunk and drive home through the country. Whew! Were we wacky or what!

My mom had an out-of-state friend who bought her son a French Lick tee shirt when he visited. When he wore it to school, they made him take it off.

French Lick Springs, Spas, something like that, is the big deal now, and I think they’re shooting for a casino.

[Mathochist]

@kniz

I used to travel through French Lick and have tasted Pluto water. Let’s just say that you would not want to use it as a mixer.

Holy sh*t!

According to that link, it’s sitting at 1185.96 parts per million of chlorine.

A quick perusal of pool chlorination sites indicates recommended levels of 25 or so for disinfecting (opp. regular use). You say people drink this stuff?

[yabob]

@Mathochist

Holy sh*t!

According to that link, it’s sitting at 1185.96 parts per million of chlorine.

A quick perusal of pool chlorination sites indicates recommended levels of 25 or so for disinfecting (opp. regular use). You say people drink this stuff?

I don’t think you’re comparing the same things. The figures given for the Pluto water seem to refer to total chlorine content in the form of any compound - most of it seems to be in the form of sodium chloride (2027 ppm) - table salt, in other words. Pool chlorinators are hypochlorites, and you are probably reading a reccomended level specifically for them. The 5362 ppm of various crud given there can be compared to a 1000 ppm cutoff for total salt content in “fresh” water, and the 35000 ppm content of ocean water:

http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/drinkseawater.html

[Dr.Rieux]

@Airman Doors

Yes, he is. Larry Legend is his nickname.

He calls himself “The Hick from French Lick.”

[Broomstick]

For what it’s worth - there’s a Climax, Michigan, too.

[Tapioca_Dextrin]

So can anyone enligten me as to how this Canadian town got its name?? :eek: :eek: :eek: