For reasons I don't now remember, I was looking at Branchville, NJ on Google Maps and noticed something...
Why the heck is West Milford the easternmost of the area Milfords? Wikipedia says West Milford was "settled by disenchanted Dutch from Milford, New Jersey (later renamed by the British as Newark)", but it's not at all clear whether that Milford is the present-day Newark. It's possible that this is so, but the history of Newark page suggests that Milford was a proposed name, but never the official name, and the proposer of the name "Milford" for Newark was an Englishman and not Dutch. Quick googling doesn't resolve the issue. Given that West Milford is far more north than west of Newark, I'm kindof hoping there was a Dutch settlement originally named Milford, renamed Newark, and then lost to time.
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Thursday, October 10, 2019
The Trials of Apollo, Book Four: The Tyrant's Tomb; Rick Riordan; 2019
In this edition of the annals of bad editing:
Reyna conceded this with a nod. "For years, I was supposed to be a good little sister to Hylla in a tough family situation. Then, on Calypso's island, I was supposed to be an obedient servant. [...]"Calypso, of course, was alone on her island. Reyna and Hylla were Circe's servants.
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