Named after Milo Burrows, a distant Baggins relative. Brooklyn is named after the Brooklyn Dodgers, an old baseball team. Queens was named by Wild Bill Hickok who won the mayoralty after winning a high stakes game with a pair of queens. The Bronx was originally a horse farm which specialized in taming wild horses. Staten Island is named after the model Dorothy Staten, and Manhatan is named for the Cold War A-Bomb test project.
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What is the history behind the name "burroughs," in reference to NY cities 5 burroughs?
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Named after Milo Burrows, a distant Baggins relative. Brooklyn is named after the Brooklyn Dodgers, an old baseball team. Queens was named by Wild Bill Hickok who won the mayoralty after winning a high stakes game with a pair of queens. The Bronx was originally a horse farm which specialized in taming wild horses. Staten Island is named after the model Dorothy Staten, and Manhatan is named for the Cold War A-Bomb test project.
Named after Milo Burrows, a distant Baggins relative. Brooklyn is named after the Brooklyn Dodgers, an old baseball team. Queens was named by Wild Bill Hickok who won the mayoralty after winning a high stakes game with a pair of queens. The Bronx was originally a horse farm which specialized in taming wild horses. Staten Island is named after the model Dorothy Staten, and Manhatan is named for the Cold War A-Bomb test project.
Named after Milo Burrows, a distant Baggins relative. Brooklyn is named after the Brooklyn Dodgers, an old baseball team. Queens was named by Wild Bill Hickok who won the mayoralty after winning a high stakes game with a pair of queens. The Bronx was originally a horse farm which specialized in taming wild horses. Staten Island is named after the model Dorothy Staten, and Manhatan is named for the Cold War A-Bomb test project.
Named after Milo Burrows, a distant Baggins relative. Brooklyn is named after the Brooklyn Dodgers, an old baseball team. Queens was named by Wild Bill Hickok who won the mayoralty after winning a high stakes game with a pair of queens. The Bronx was originally a horse farm which specialized in taming wild horses. Staten Island is named after the model Dorothy Staten, and Manhatan is named for the Cold War A-Bomb test project.
Named after Milo Burrows, a distant Baggins relative. Brooklyn is named after the Brooklyn Dodgers, an old baseball team. Queens was named by Wild Bill Hickok who won the mayoralty after winning a high stakes game with a pair of queens. The Bronx was originally a horse farm which specialized in taming wild horses. Staten Island is named after the model Dorothy Staten, and Manhatan is named for the Cold War A-Bomb test project.