I want to thank you folks for all of the input. It's very much appreciated.

There is obviously some misconceptions and/or notions regarding their point of origin and/or locality. It appears that thus far nobody has any hard facts regarding such. I am not referring to those of you with input on the subject, but in general as I have heard.

At any rate, I would love to see and hear a lot more regarding their locality/point of origin. It's very interesting!