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Steve Aikenhead compiled two books featuring memories of Baltimore residents past and present. They proved crucial to unearthing the origin of the name "Old Shincracker."
Josh Crane
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Brave Little State
Brave Little State’s 9th Annual Brief History of Vermont Road Names
Burgess Brown, Sarah Bokelberg, Josh Crane, Sabine Poux
This year’s crop of Vermont road names — Green Dolphin, Butternut Gutter, Old Shincracker — are more peculiar than ever. And they’ve got the origin stories to match.

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