Download or read book Colorful Place Names of New Mexico written by J. James Rojas Cunningham and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-20 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this traveler's guide is to inspire, inform, and educate the curious voyager to the great diversity of New Mexico's geography, culture, and its history, Within the pages the reader will find the beauty and solitude of remote wilderness locations, geographical/archeological splendors, as well as modern outdoor recreational accommodations to aid the traveler's enjoyment of it all. New Mexico is a land of vast distances and unique place histories, all made possible by the Native American, Spanish, and Anglo peoples who contributed to its distinctive atmosphere and charm. Included are colorful street names and places associated with various aspects of human activity in the many settlements, towns, cities, and vast tribal lands in New Mexico.
Download or read book The Place Names of New Mexico written by Robert Julyan and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 1996-08-26 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Place Names of New Mexico is an invaluable guide to the state's geography and history. It explains more than 7,000 names of features large and small throughout the state--towns, mountains, rivers, canyons, counties, post offices, and even abandoned settlements--as well as providing relevant information about location, history, and current status. The revised edition contains more than fifty expanded and updated entries. The accounts are also journeys into New Mexico's past, offering glimpses of the lives and values of the people who named the place. Humor, tragedy, mystery, and daily life--they can all be found in this book.
Download or read book New Mexico Place Names written by Thomas Matthews Pearce and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 5,000 individual items. Explores the folklore, history and frontier humor of New Mexico. Gives the location of place named, highways leading to it,historical inflrmation relevant to the namibg of the place. Spanish and Indian names translated.
Download or read book New Mexico place names written by Thomas Matthews Pearce and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book New Mexico a Guide to the Colorful State written by Best Books on and published by Best Books on. This book was released on 1940 with total page 579 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: compiled by Workers of the Writers Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of New Mexico.
Download or read book New Mexico Place Names written by Helen S. Pearce and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 1001 Colorado Place Names written by Maxine Benson and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it came to labeling cities, towns, counties, crossroads, mining camps, rivers, forests, peaks, and passes, Colorado place namers looked to an array of sources for ideas. Many simply memorialized themselves and their families—Florence, Howard, Lulu City, Dacono (Daisy, Cora, and Nora combined)—or more well-known honorees—Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Kit Carson, Montezuma, Ouray. Some paid homage to explorers, war heroes, politicians, railroad executives, plants, animals, or landforms. Still others went for the more unusual or creative—Boreas Pass bears the name of the Greek god of the North Wind; Egnar is range backwards; Kim was inspired by the Rudyard Kipling novel; Artesia was renamed Dinosaur in 1965 to capitalize on tourist traffic headed to nearby Dinosaur National Monument; Almont was named for a horse, Gulnare a cow. In 1001 Colorado Place Names, Maxine Benson scrutinizes the most popular, interesting , and unique place names in the state. She discusses how the chosen names originated and what changes they have undergone. Included are Colorado's 63 counties, 716 past and present settlements, and 56 "fourteeners" (peaks more than 14,000 feet in elevation) along with other places known for their historical, geographical, geological, or onomastic significance. Benson also provides pronunciation of unusual names, county locations, post office dates, population figures, and anecdotes galore. The result is a mosaic of information of Colorado history, ethnicity, families, events, politics, settlement patterns, and local lore. Combining previous place-name research and new findings, Benson takes us on a colorful, entertaining, and educational journey through cities and towns, across the plains, and over the mountains.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Place Names in the United States written by Henry Gannett and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 2017-08-24 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Place names in the United States are often taken from the European nation that first colonized the land. Many names that have been transferred from Britain, as is the case with Barnstable, Massachusetts and Danbury, Connecticut. Many others are of French origin, such as Detroit, Michigan, which was established along the banks of the river they called le détroit du lac Érié, meaning the strait of Lake Erie. Many in the former New Netherland colony are of Dutch origin, such as Harlem, Brooklyn and Rhode Island. Many place names are taken from the languages of native peoples. Specific (personal or animal) names and general words or phrases are used, sometimes translated and sometimes not. However complicated the tracing back of the place names was, this encyclopedia lists thousands and thousands of place names in the United States of America and provides valuable information as to the origin and the history of the name. A fantastic reference work for everyone interested in American history.
Download or read book The Lore of New Mexico written by Marta Weigle and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This award-winning text on New Mexico folklore traditions is now available in a shorter edition.
Download or read book Old Indian Geographical Names Around Santa Fe New Mexico Classic Reprint written by John Peabody Harrington and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Old Indian Geographical Names Around Santa Fe, New Mexico Tewa traditions still tell of the time when great Indian fiestas were held at Abiquiu, attended by people from far and near. It was only a generation ago that the pannsare, baile de los cautivos (pann, captive; sare, dance) was discontinued there. This dance was given out of doors in the night time and Tewa, Mexican, and. Hopi inhabitants participated. The Abiquiu of today, however, is merely a quaint old Mexican town which has lost both its Indian customs and Indian speech. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book New M xico Place Names written by Thomas Mathews Pearce and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States written by Henry Gannett and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Language Supplement 2 written by H.L. Mencken and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2012-04-04 with total page 817 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The DEFINITIVE EDITION OF The American Language was published in 1936. Since then it has been recognized as a classic. It is that rarest of literary accomplishments—a book that is authoritative and scientific and is at the same time very diverting reading. But after 1936 HLM continued to gather new materials diligently. In 1945 those which related to the first six chapters of The American Language were published as Supplement I; the present volume contains those new materials which relate to the other chapters. The ground thus covered in Supplement II is as follows: 1. American Pronunciation. Its history. Its divergence from English usage. The regional and racial dialects. 2. American Spelling. The influence of Noah Webster upon it. Its characters today. The simplified spelling movement. The treatment of loan words. Punctuation, capitalization, and abbreviation. 3. The Common Speech. Outlines of its grammar. Its verbs, pronouns, nouns, adjectives, and adverbs. The double negative. Other peculiarities. 4. Proper Names in America. Surnames. Given-names. Place-names. Other names. 5. American Slang. Its origin and history. The argot of various racial and occupational groups. Although the text of Supplement II is related to that of The American Language, it is an independent work that may be read profitably by persons who do not know either The American Language or Supplement I.
Download or read book Old Indian Geographical Names Around Santa Fe New Mexico written by John Peabody Harrington and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bibliography of Place name Literature written by Richard Burl Sealock and published by Chicago : American Library Association. This book was released on 1982 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Placenames of the Civil War written by John D. Bennett and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-02-10 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the plethora of books about the Civil War, the origins of many of the placenames associated with the conflict remain a mystery. This gazetteer provides information on nearly 1600 sites, including not only locations of battles and skirmishes but also hospitals, prison camps, military academies, factories and navy yards, both North and South. Also listed are islands, rivers, creeks, fords, ferries and railroad stations, as well as many temporary fort and camp names. From Abbeville, Georgia, where Jefferson Davis stopped in May 1865 days before his capture near Irwinville, to Yorktown, Virginia, which was besieged by General George B. McClellan at the start of the Peninsula campaign, entries explain the origin of each placename and its wartime connections. An appendix listing town and city population figures from the 1860 census completes this informative supplement for Civil War scholars and enthusiasts.
Download or read book The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States written by Henry Gannett and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 1973 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
