Hog-Eye
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A Hog-Eye in Missouri is a small compact place sunk in a hollow. There were once several places in Missouri called Hog-Eye:
- Hog-Eye in Vernon County, Missouri, renamed Nevada in 1855.
- Hog-Eye in Saint Francois County, Missouri, renamed Haggai in 1890, although it still retained its old pronunciation.
- Hog-Eye in Wayne County, Missouri, renamed Lowndes.
Towns of this name in other states include:
- Hog-Eye in Jack County, Texas, a settlement of considerable size in 1860, but subsequently vanished.
- Hogeye, Arkansas, near Fayetteville, Arkansas
- Hog Eye, West Virginia
Other uses for Hog-Eye or Hogeye include:
- The Hogeye Marathon and Relays, held in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Web site
- The Hogeye Festival, held in Elgin, Texas.
- Hogeye (ISBN 0-395-74276-5), A children's novel by Susan Meddaugh.
- Hog Eye Navvy "is an acoustic band which blends Celtic and Early American music with British and American sea chanties".
- A Hog-Eye was distinctive flat-bottom boat or barge used in the shallow waters surrounding San Francisco Bay during the California Gold Rush, named from the dismissive name 'ditch-hog' applied to rivermen by deep-water sailors.
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