a few more ....Bugscuffle ...Name from an old man telling people he lived in a section so poor that even the bugs had to scuffle to live .....Hightower .....The Anglicized alternate of Etowah meaning place of dead wood......Licklog ....Name comes from hollowed out logs that were salted for cattle that ranged in the mountains ....Mining Gap....Where once there were corundum mines.....Shakerag ...During the Civil War, men who didnt want to go to war hid out on the Cedar Cliffs ....a ridge above the community. When the danger of approaching troops was over, a signal was given by shaking a white rag.......Scataway ....in this section many people made their living by making whiskey, The revenuers made this a popular hunting ground for stills. A signal was given as the revenuers approached and the people at the stills would scat-a-way.....Tater Ridge ...A man had a sweet potato curing house on this hill and people would take their potatoes there to be seasoned out and kept during the winter months. When the city limits were enlarged, this area became known as Tater Hill Road and later changed to Tater Ridge Street
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