I used to call my brewing operation the East Valley Brewery until a few years ago when I moved to the West Valley. So time to think of a new one so that I am not refering to my hobby as the brewery that dare not speak its name.
The mountain behind my home is called South Mountain. It is the world's largest municipal park containing many trails. I spend a great deal of time there. Still South Mountain isn't really a sexy name. (We have way too many common sounding geographic places here: South Mountain, North Mountain, Baseline Road, Rural Road, etc.) We even have Mesa Table Road and Picacho Peak which is Table Table road and Peak Peak when translated. How dopey is that.
I asked a local historian/author/racantour, Marshall Trimball, if there was a name prior to South Mountain. Here is his email.
The more complete story (how the Rabbit died, etc) is here: http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/HowtheRattlesnakeLearnedtoBite-Pima.html
Out of respect, I won't use any of the Native American names for a brewery. I'm not very fond of Greasy Mountain.
Here's what I am thinking:
Rabbit & Coyote Brewing
Still dependent on finding the right graphic, etc.
I'm going to give it some more thought- your comments are welcome.
The mountain behind my home is called South Mountain. It is the world's largest municipal park containing many trails. I spend a great deal of time there. Still South Mountain isn't really a sexy name. (We have way too many common sounding geographic places here: South Mountain, North Mountain, Baseline Road, Rural Road, etc.) We even have Mesa Table Road and Picacho Peak which is Table Table road and Peak Peak when translated. How dopey is that.
I asked a local historian/author/racantour, Marshall Trimball, if there was a name prior to South Mountain. Here is his email.
The Pima used to call it Mohatuk, which meant “greasy mountain.” The rocks looked greasy after a rain. The Pima have some wonderful creation story legends about the mountains. It’s said that after the Great Flood, Elder Brother emerged as ruler with Coyote as his assistant. Coyote was sent to the Dark Cave to free all the animals but Rabbit died and to prevent Coyote from eating him the other animals decided to burn Rabbit.
Coyote had gone to the sun to get fire but he looked back and saw smoke and realized the other animals were already burning Rabbit. They formed a tight circle around Rabbit to keep Coyote from getting to him. Coyote kept running around the circle trying to get in. He finally leapt over two smaller animals and bit out Rabbit’s heart and ran away to and across the Gila River. There he stopped and ate the heart and the grease spilled over the rocks of the mountains and its marks were left forever on the mountains.
I hope I didn’t ramble on too long but that’s one of their legends and it makes a good campfire story.
The more complete story (how the Rabbit died, etc) is here: http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/HowtheRattlesnakeLearnedtoBite-Pima.html
Out of respect, I won't use any of the Native American names for a brewery. I'm not very fond of Greasy Mountain.
Here's what I am thinking:
Rabbit & Coyote Brewing
Still dependent on finding the right graphic, etc.
I'm going to give it some more thought- your comments are welcome.