Settled by Mortimer Thorp and a number of French-Canadian farmers in 1867 who specialized in hop growing. In 1921, the town was incorporated. The Native American name, which was Mooxee, "translates to Smoke on the water," and refers to a spring on the Thorpe ranch which emitted vapor, even in the coldest weather, which never froze. This village might be taken for the suburb of a French city because of...
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