town-projector

Updated: May 6, 2025

And the reason why the outlandish and outré so much predominate in the names of western towns and cities, must be sought in the fact referred to above, that the western man is not essentially a town-projector, and that, consequently, comparatively few of the towns were "laid out" by the legitimate pioneer.

John Ludlum McConnel - Western Characters: or Types of Border Life in the Western States