Originally posted by: UNCjigga
I didn't even know it existed until I accidentally bought a plane ticket there. That would've been bad if I didn't catch my mistake!!
<-- currently in the REAL Rochester, Rochester NY!
The city of Rochester credits its naming to a settler from Waukesha, Wisconsin, Gearge Head. He staked a claim on the bank of the Zumbro River near the falls in July of 1854, and he called the town Rochester because it reminded him of his hometown of Rochester, New York.
