What in the Sam Hill

Posted by RRC on September 10, 2009 at 05:45

In Reply to: What in the Sam Hill posted by ESC on September 09, 2009 at 23:10:

: : The phrase, "what in the Sam Hill" comes from the things this old pioneer did during the times of Americans moving west along the Columbia River where Sam Hill spent all his money trying to build along the bank of the river in the Oregon Territory.

: Interesting.

The phrase is known in print about 30 years before that particular Sam Hill was born.