Show I Explaining Name Tires Townsfolk in Michigan Paw Paw Mich Paw Paw Paw filling station attendants are weary of explaining explaining explaining ex ex- how this town got its name and particularly that the name has nothing at all to do with fathers Southerners never ask about it it one attendant explained They know the paw paw is a particularly sweet fruit something on the order of a small banana But many northerners northerners north north- erners and city people never heard of paw paws The town was actually actually actu actu- ally named by the Indians as it was the Indians who named the Paw Paw river because of the number number num num- ber of paw paw trees which dotted its banks Then the town was named after the river In 1867 the name of ot the township was changed from Lafayette to Paw Paw Simple isn't it But it gets tiresome tiresome tiresome tire tire- some telling that story 20 times a day |