First, the bad news
Then, the … well, the more interesting news. (I’ve read this info before, but I always love it. This piece reminds me of the “history you never knew” articles the late, great Loompanics used to print in its awesome quarterly catalogs.)

Hmmm. Maybe. just maybe, I’d rather resurrect Merry Mount than move to Hardyville. I’ll have to ponder that while I goof off today (not that I’ll do anything different today than any other day…).
Ain’t that the truth.
Here’s a daily comic that goes into it.
http://www.gocomics.com/stonesoup/2011/09/05