Long-branch endemics -- source of the term

[Curtis Clark]

At 06:12 PM 7/20/00 -0700, Barry Roth wrote:
I believe it is also the name of a brand of beer ... or should be.

Nah, it's the Long Branch Saloon of Dodge City, Kansas, in the days of
Marshall Matt Dillon (or was that Mike Dillon?). Cowpokes from miles around
would congregate there, which is the source of the term "Long Branch
attraction". It was later declared an attractive nuisance and rerooted.

Apologies if this message contains HTML; I just upgraded Eudora and it's
not behaving.


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