YOLO – On the Derivation and Definition of the Names …
Daily Alta California, Volume 1, Number 103, 29 April 1850 REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE On the Derivation and Definition of the Names of the several Counties of the State of California, &c. YOLO.- A corruption of the Indian word “Yoloy,” signifying a place abounding with rushes (tule,) with which the Indians composed the term … [Read more…]