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==Origin of name== According to the ''History of Jay County'' by Marcus Whitman Montgomery, published in 1864, the name Limberlost came from the following event: <blockquote>A man named James Miller, while hunting along the banks of the swamp, became lost. After various fruitless efforts to find his way home, in which he would always come around to the place of starting, he determined to go in a straight course, and so, every few rods he would [[Trail blazing|blaze]] a tree. While doing this, he was found by friends. Being an agile man, he was known as 'limber Jim,' and, after this, the stream was called 'Limberlost.'</blockquote> The [[Indiana State Museum]] contends, "The [[swamp]] received its name from the fate of 'Limber Jim' Corbus, who went hunting in the swamp and never returned. When the locals asked where Jim Corbus was, the familiar cry was 'Limber's lost!'"<ref>[http://www.indianamuseum.org/explore/limberlost "Land of the Limberlost"], Indiana State Museum, accessed 27 February 2015</ref>
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