Frisco

What Is Frisco Short For?

Abbreviation of San Francisco. Is Frisco a nickname for San Francisco? The St. Louis-San Francisco Railway known as the “Frisco” began operating in 1876, but the nickname is as old as the American West. Herb Caen, the Pulitzer-winning San Francisco Chronicle columnist, was adamant that no one call his fair city by such a sliced …

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