So, I was at Goose Hollow Inn last night after work, and I learned something I didn’t know. Goose Hollow, the neighborhood, which includes Hotel deLuxe, PGE Park, the MAC club, etc., was actually named after migrating geese that used to stop in the area in the late 19^th century.

I guess I just figured there would be more to it. Apparently there were even fights about these free-ranging birds. That led to … yup, the “Goose Wars”.

(Wikipedia has a different story. They say it got its name from people letting their own geese run around free in the area. I guess only the geese know for sure.)

I’ve got to stick with the guy that told us the story. He had an eyepatch and wore a t-shirt that was a take-off on the cover of Casablanca but with Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. You just want to believe a guy like that.

Back to it,

Zach

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