Swilling’s Mills was one of hundreds of tiny communities sprouting up in the scorched soil of the American West in the late 1800s. Most of those rowdy, untamed towns died off quickly. “Jumpin’ Jehoshaphat, the name of this village should be tarred, feathered, and run out of town on the back of a mule,” said Grover Jeffries, the owner of the mercantile store. He called a meeting and preached to everyone that the settlement must have a proper name in order to survive and prosper. The battle continued for years as no suggestion for a new name was able to gain approval. Did the town finally get a new handle? Does it still exist today? All the answers are in Bill Russo's 1400 word, fact based tale "Getting Rid of Swilling's Mills".
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