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The old-timers say that Stone County, Missouri, was named for a pioneer family, but there’s no denying that it is pretty rocky.  People who live in less rugged parts of Missouri all pretend to look down on Stone County.  A lawyer in Springfield less than fifty miles north told me solemnly that Stone County was not only the most poverty-ridden county in the state, but “headquarters for the biggest liars in America.”  I objected mildly, remarking that I had “heard different.” The man shook his head.  “You can hear anything in Stone County,” said he, “except the truth and bacon a-fryin’.” 
Randolph, V. (1951).  We always lie to strangers:  tall tales from the ozarks.  New York:  Columbia University Press.