Fullerton was founded by a pair of homesick brothers from Massachusetts, George and Edward Amerige. Ginny King is working on a book about the street names of Fullerton called "The Street Where You Live: Why Did They Name It?" She says the brothers brought a little bit of home out west by giving Fullerton streets familiar names.

"Malden Avenue is the town in Massachusetts where the Amerige brothers were born. Highland Avenue is a street in Malden, where their residence was located. Lawrence Avenue was named by the brothers for the town of Lawrence, Massachusetts."

The Amerige brothers even let a pal name a street for his hometown in Arkansas, Spadra Bluffs. Spadra Road disappeared when the street was rechristened with a more utilitarian name: Harbor Boulevard.

(Airdate for this story: 10/13/07)