"Linden Arden stole the highlights - With one hand tied behind his back. Loved the morning sun, and whiskey; ran like water in his veins. Loved to go to church on Sunday even though he was a drinking man." (- Van Morrison, "Liden Arden Stole the Highlights")
In 1829 a man named Wilmer Bedford attended the community meeting that would decide the name of the newly incorporated town. Allegedly, Bedford had been reading a German book with the word "lindenwold".
A 'wold', in German or in English, is an open, elevated and uncultivated piece of land
