THE CEDAR TREE IS ALLERGY INDUCED. ♪
INDUCED. ♪ ♪
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♪ ♪ >> EVERYTHING HAS A NAME AND
SOMETIMES THAT NAME HAS A STORY
BEHIND IT. YOU KNOW, SOUTH
TEXAS HAS NO SHORTAGE OF
HISTORY TO PASS ALONG. THAT’S
WHY METEOROLOGIST JUSTIN HORNE
HAS TRAVELED THE HUNDREDS OF
MILES OVER THE YEAR TO FIND
THAT OVER THE YEARS TO FIND OUT
HOW DID THAT TOWN
GET THAT MADE IN THIS KSAT
EXPLAINS. JUSTIN LOOKS AT THE
TOWN’S HE’S VISITED AND HE
ANSWERS THAT AGE OLD QUESTION.
WHAT’S IN A NAME?
>> AS KEY OF SOUTH TEXAS IS
INTERESTING IS LIKE ASKING IF
THE CEDAR TREE IS ALLERGY
INDUCED. OF COURSE IT IS.
AND SO INTERESTING THE FACT
THAT THEY’VE MADE MOVIES ABOUT.
>> HOLLYWOOD THOUGHT IT WAS
PERFECT TO FILMING THE MOVIE
7 DAYS IN UTOPIA HERE STARRING
ROBERT DUVAL AND BORROWED
INTERSECTING STREETS FOR HIT
SONGS. THIS TOWN IS HOME TO
THE CORNER OF FIRST IT DOESN’T
LOOK LIKE MUCH, BUT IT’S THE
ONLY INTERSECTION IN THE
COUNTRY WITH THAT NAME. AND
IF IT SOUNDS FAMILIAR, THERE’S
A GOOD REASON
FOR THAT. JUST THIS YEAR
SESSION MADE FAMOUS IN THE 2009
SONG. YOU FOUND ME BY THE FRAY
THAT WASN’T CAME AUTO WHERE THE
ORIGINS OF THE TOWN WHICH
TRANSLATES TO BIRD OR SCORCHED
ISN’T QUITE CERTAIN THAT THERE
ARE MULTIPLE THEORIES. IT
BECAUSE THE
SPANIARDS THOUGHT IT WAS
>> NOTE NO, IT WASN’T THE FIRST
TIME WE RAN INTO SOME NAME
ORIGIN, TALES THAT CAUGHT US
OFF GUARD.
>> AND THEY CAME UP THAT NAME
WALL FART.
>> YES, WOLF, ART, IT’S A TERM
A NAME THAT RECEIVED MORE THAN
A FEW LAUGHS.
>> IT WAS A BIRD FLYING AROUND,
KEPT SAYING SOMETHING LIKE E G
E WHERE E IS THE LOCALS THAT HE
DID GET HIS NAME FROM A CARD
GAME CALLED CAN CAN SHOP THE
HEINOUS A COMMON MISTAKE.
>> BUT WRONG AND REMEMBER,
THERE’S NO HEINOUS AND THEY
HAVE THIS. I NEVER MESSED THAT
ONE UP AGAIN. OUT OF RESPECT
FOR THE FINE FOLKS OF THE HEN A
SWITCH AND YOU’RE CURIOUS.
>> WAS FOUNDED BY THE FAMED
HENRY CASTRO AND REGIONALLY
NAMED THE HONEY. AS WE OFTEN
DO, WE PUT OUR TEXAS SPIN ON
IT. BUT IT TURNS OUT IT WASN’T
THE ONLY TOWN IN THE AREA
THAT’S BEEN MISPRONOUNCED.
THE ONE SAID WE USUALLY HEAR
OR OUR JORDAN 10 OR IS IT WAS
TODAY WITH AN OUT OF TOWN
CALLER, JARRETT IN TOWN.
>> WHICH IS TOTALLY WRONG.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT GREEN?
>> HAS I THINK IT’S VERY GREEN
AND BEAUTIFUL.
>> AND THEY JUST WENT, OH, MY
CO. AND FOR THE RECORD, NO,
IT IS NOT ME. GO. IT’S BEEN
ARMY IS PRONOUNCED WITH A DAY.
>> AND HE’S THE ORANGE.
THEY ALWAYS SAY MORE. WE TELL
PEOPLE WEEKEND AT BERNIE’S OR
BERNIE, THAT’S THAT’S HOW YOU
PRONOUNCE IT.
>> I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE
THAT THE ODD VOWS STRUCTURE OF
THE GERMAN LANGUAGE CAN BE A
BIT CHALLENGING. BUT AS IT
TURNS OUT, THE GERMAN SETTLERS
TO THE AREA WERE ALSO GOOD
UNDERSTANDING. IRONY.
>> THEY CALLED CAMP COPE FOR
THINKING IT WAS GOING TO GET
EASIER AND BETTER AND IT
DIDN’T. AND SO THEY NAMED THEY
DROP THE WORD CAM AND THEY WENT
TO COMFORT BECAUSE THERE WASN’T
ANY IRONIC. INDEED, WHILE WE’RE
ON THE TOPIC OF LITERARY
DEVICES, IT TURNS OUT THAT BACK
IN THE 18, 100’S SPELLING WAS A
BIT OF AN ISSUE FOR SOME OF OUR
LOCAL COUNTY AND STATE
OFFICIALS BACK IN THE OLD DAYS.
>> NOT EVERYBODY CAN READ OR
WRITE OR WELL, LEAVING US WITH
WHAT WE SEE TODAY. IT WOUND
UP BEING BENNETT, D T THEY
DROPPED A SECOND DAY.
>> WHEN THE PAPERWORK CAME
BACK, IT OFFICIALLY DECLARED
THE TOWN AS DID IT. SO PIVOT
HAD TO PIVOT AND STICK WITH IT.
POST OFFICE DROPPED THE E AND
ADDED
AN A YES, NATALIA SHOULD HAVE
BEEN NATALIE. NATALIE WAS THE
DAUGHTER OF FAMED ENGINEER
DOCTOR FREDERICK PEARSON, WHO
WAS THE DESIGNER AND FINANCE
OR OF MEDINA DAM.
>> IN A TRAGIC TWIST, HE DIED
ALONG WITH HIS WIFE IN THE
SINKING OF THE LUSITANIA, AN
EVENT THAT PROPELLED THE UNITED
STATES INTO WORLD WAR. ONE.
IF YOU THOUGHT THE CONNECTION
TO PRESIDENTS THE WORLD EVENTS
ENDED THERE, YOU’D BE WRONG.
IN FACT, MANY AREA COMMUNITIES
HAVE HAD SOME DIRECT TIES TO
PRESIDENTS SOME PRETTY
RECOGNIZABLE NAMES HAVE LIVED
IN CAN THROUGH THE YEARS,
INCLUDING A U.S. PRESIDENT WHO
WAS A TEACHER HERE AT THE WELL
HOUSE AND HOME ENTRY SCHOOL,
WHICH IS NOW THE SOUTH COUNTY
APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
>> THAT PRESIDENT WAS LYNDON
B JOHNSON. ONE OF THE EARLY
LANDOWNERS IN THIS AREA WAS
CHARLES TAPPED. THE 27TH
PRESIDENT WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT,
HALF-BROTHER, HE WOULD BUILD
THE FAMOUS TAPPED SUMMER HOUSE
AS THE LEGEND GOES COMPLETE
WITH OVERSIZED BACK COMES FOR
HIS PORTLY BROTHER HOUSE.
THAT WAS LATER MOVED AND USED
BY FORMER TEXAS GOVERNOR DOLPH
BRISCOE. ANOTHER BIG NAME, ONE
OF MANY WE DISCOVERED ALONG OUR
JOURNEYS AND POACHING HAS
ANOTHER CLAIM TO FAME. IT IS
THE BIRTHPLACE OF GEORGE
STRAIT. HE WAS BORN HERE AT
THIS HOSPITAL WHICH HAS LONG
SINCE SHUT DOWN. JEFF BEZOS,
HIS GRANDPARENTS ALSO OWNED A
RANCH NEAR COTULLA.
MEET JUMPED NORBERT BOT ARMY
HOSTEL, HUNGARIAN NOBLEMAN WHO
CAME INTO MONEY ANCHOR TIED
TO EUROPE. IF REAL TOWNS JAILED
2 STILL STANDS. THE SECOND FOR
CELLS HOLDING SOME FAMOUS
OUTLAWS. MY JESSE JAMES AND THE
AND FOR A GAME.
>> AND TONIGHT, THERE.
>> IT’S A FORMER MILITARY
INSTALLMENT WITH A RICH
HISTORY. CHARLES LINDBERGH EVEN
LANDED HERE. FOR ITS SIZE.
UVALDE BOAST AN IMPRESSIVE LIST
OF HOMETOWN CELEBRITIES.
OF COURSE YOU HAVE MATTHEW
MCCONAHAY LEGEND HAD IT.
IT WAS ACTUALLY JOHN WILKES
>> HAD SURVIVED.
AND WITH ABLE TO ESCAPE AFTER
ASSASSINATING PRESIDENT LINCOLN
AND SETTLED HERE IN BANDERA.
WE CAN CONFIRM THAT. BUT IF
YOU TALK TO THE BOTTOM OF THE
LAKE, YOU PROBABLY FIND
EVIDENCE OF HANCOCK AND CRANES
MILL.
>> WELL, TOWNS THAT HAVE
DISAPPEARED FROM THE MAP.
THAT WAS ALSO THE FATE OF POLLY
A TOWN NAMED AFTER FAMED A JOSE
PUBLIC CARPIO RODRIGUES.
AND YOU COMPARE HIM TO THE GUY
FROM TENNESSEE WHO CAN WHO
KILLED 10 BEARS. WELL, HE
KILLED ALMOST THAT MANY ON THIS
FIRST TRIP TO THE VALLEY HERE
AND OVER THE YEARS, THE STORIES
KEPT COMING. SAINT HEDWIG IS
THE PATRON SAINT OF SULLY SIA.
>> IT’S HARD TO IMAGINE THAT IN
THE EARLY 19, 100’S, THIS SMALL
TOWN WAS KNOWN AS THE SARATOGA
OF THE SOUTH NOT TO SARATOGA.
NEW YORK BECAUSE OF ALL THINGS
THE SPA INDUSTRY.
NO, THERE’S NO MYTHICAL MONSTER
AMONGST THE TREES, RATHER.
THE TOWN’S NAMESAKE IS THIS
COLORFUL CHARACTER. WILLIAM
BIGFOOT WALLACE.
>> ONE OF THE AFTER THE VIRGIN
YOUNG GIRL.
>> AND SO HE SAID MONTANA IS
JUST NOT THE NIGHT FOR THIS
PLACE. I’M GOING TO NAME IT
AFTER SIR THOMAS MORE’S UTOPIA
THE PERFECT PLACE TO BE A
PERFECT NAME AND ASK ANY
RESIDENT FROM ANY OF THESE
TOWNS AND THEY’LL TELL YOU THEY
LIVE IN THE PERFECT PLACE WITH
A NAME THAT GENERATES PLENTY
OF PRIDE. IT PROVIDES FOR SOME
INTERESTING HISTORY FOR KSAT
EXPLAINS. I’M JUSTIN WANT.
>> AND NOW, YOU KNOW, THE
STORIES OR A LOT OF THEM.
YOU CAN WATCH IT AT KSAT
EXPLAINS STORY ON DEMAND BY
SCANNING THIS QR CODE. YOU CAN
ALSO FIND EXPLAINS ON THE KSAT
YOUTUBE CHANNEL. YOU KNOW, I
THINK WALL FART, MAYBE MY
FAVORITE. I THINK IT’S GOT A
CERTAIN GROUPS. CERTAIN RING
TO IT. 2 OUT OF 3 IN THE STUDIO