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Viroqua is a town in Wisconsin, created not by Indians of the area (everything exotic in America gets 'Indian' slapped on it sooner or later) but by a white settler. The name was suggested some time later, possibly from a riverboat in the area called Viroqua (which some of the settlers crossed on), possibly from a popular Spanish-set novel of the time. Both sources would lead back to the original Spanish, Veragua. Originally a place in Spain, transferred by Ferdinand's explorers to an area of Panama and thus to boats and girls in the new world. There are also links to breeds of bulls and horses, from the activities of the landholders in Spain.

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Veragua/Viroqua would mean 'riverbank' - very pretty really.

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Devon