The story of the fighting McCooks

Monday, October 22, 2001

There are at least three towns in the United States with the name of McCook -- one in Illinois, one in Texas and one in Nebraska, as well as an airfield named McCook in Ohio. While there is some controversy over just how McCook, Neb., got its name, the generally accepted version is that it was named in honor of Civil War General Alexander McCook. Gen. McCook was one of 15 of the McCook family who fought in the Civil War, on the side of the North. Four of the family died in the war. Collectively they earned the title of"The Fighting Ohio McCooks."

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