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The Strange Naming of San Angelo, Texas
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San Angelo sounds like a peaceful little Texas town. But the story behind that name is stranger than most people know. It started in 1867 when Fort Concho was built in West Texas to protect settlers from Native American raids. Right across the river, a man named Bartholomew DeWitt set up a trading post. He named it Santa Angela after a woman he loved. Some say it was his wife. Others say it was his sister-in-law, a nun living in San Antonio. Nobody agrees on which one. But here is where it gets weird. The U.S. Postal Service stepped in
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