My favorite travel blog Gadling had a post the other day that hit kind of close to home, riffing off PRI’s piece on Bizarre Place Names, it singled out Texas, quite deservingly, as home to some of the weirdest. “Cut and Shoot” was first on the list, I put the quotes there because I always thought it was Cut n’ Shoot. If I find a definitive answer I’ll post back here later. I’ve heard a couple of variations on the origin of the name, generally from dubious sources, although those seem to be the only kind who have any thing to contribute on the subject. All agree it has something to do with a violent conflict that arose over the appearance of a certain minister in the town and literally refers to the act of cutting and shooting. In some versions an argument erupts over the shape of a new steeple, in most I’ve heard, an out of town minister was invited to speak in a new church, some didn’t like what he said, some did, and they settled it the way some Christians do (but shouldn’t).