where does the name cabela's come from
Cabela's Cabela's Inc. is the main division of the Springfield, Mo.,-based Bass Pro Shops, an American direct marketer and specialty retailer of hunting, fishing, boating, camping, shooting, and related outdoor recreation merchandise, based in Sidney, Nebraska. The company was founded by Richard N. Cabela in 1961 and went public in 2004, with that fiscal year's revenue reaching $1.56 billion, a 50% growth since 2001.[1]
Peña (surname) Pe単a or de la Pe単a is a Spanish habitation surname. The origin of the surname can be traced directly to the Middle Ages. The earliest public record of the surname dates to the 13th century in the Valley de Mena (Burgos) in the Kingdom of Castile. The origin of the last name is in present-day Galicia, Spain. The Pe単as lived, originally, near a cliff or rocky land. Records indicate that the name derives from the Spanish word pe単a meaning "rock," "crag" or "cliff."[2]