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Ralston's?
William Ralston founded Modesto, but was too modest to allow the town to be named after him. So they named the town Modesto instead.
Goat?
"Nobody's Got Modesto's Goat" received the most votes in a civic slogan contest a long time ago, but the city elders thought they knew better and officially adopted the runner-up slogan "Water, Wealth, Contentment, Health" instead.