tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6091007735539200046.post5826136404564250750..comments2023-11-14T23:21:47.777-06:00Comments on Funny Names of Towns and Cities: How Monkey's Eyebrow Really Got Its NameFunnynameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11879367473537901853noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6091007735539200046.post-45231126833107414292008-02-13T14:25:00.000-06:002008-02-13T14:25:00.000-06:00Hey Joe, thanks for the comments. Great stories on...Hey Joe, thanks for the comments. Great stories on the name. We need to hook up down there sometime this summer.<BR/>MarkFunnynameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11879367473537901853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6091007735539200046.post-83929366912265393682008-02-12T20:13:00.000-06:002008-02-12T20:13:00.000-06:00There was an article in the county paper about 30 ...There was an article in the county paper about 30 years ago that discussed Monkey's Eyebrow and how it got its name. The name has been around for a century or more. My favorite explanation is the one you posted, that the Ohio River's course around West Kentucky looks like a monkey's face in profile and Monkey's Eyebrow is about where the monkey's eyebrow would be. If a monkey even has an eyebrow. Another version is that someone decided that some shrubs near a store that used to be there looked like a monkey's eyebrow. There are some who say the name came when a steamboat sank in the river nearby and a monkey escaped, got in a tree, etc. Still another, and perhaps the one closest to the truth, is that a bunch of men were sitting in a store, having the occasional nip, and started trying to come up with outrageous names for the community. The best -- or perhaps the worst -- was Monkey's Eyebrow. You mentioned my farm. There was a serious ice storm there a couple of nights ago, which broke lots of limbs, one of which fell through the roof of my pump house. If you drive by, you'll notice the tall TV tower that makes it easy to find your way to Monkey's Eyebrow. it's right behind my property. If you stand on Monkey's Eyebrow Road and look past my house and my tobacco barn, the tower is in the field behind me.Joe at Monkey's Eyebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13067647533884499386noreply@blogger.com