Download or read book Dictionary of Pennsylvania Place Names written by Sandy Nestor and published by . This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Pennsylvania Place Names written by Abraham Howry Espenshade and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Dictionary of Iowa Place Names written by Tom Savage and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2007-08 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lourdes and Churchtown, Woden and Clio, Emerson and Sigourney, Tripoli and Waterloo, Prairie City and Prairieburg, Tama and Swedesburg, What Cheer and Coin. Iowa’s place-names reflect the religions, myths, cultures, families, heroes, whimsies, and misspellings of the Hawkeye State’s inhabitants. Tom Savage spent four years corresponding with librarians, city and county officials, and local historians, reading newspaper archives, and exploring local websites in an effort to find out why these communities received their particular names, when they were established, and when they were incorporated. Savage includes information on the place-names of all 1,188 incorporated and unincorporated communities in Iowa that meet at least two of the following qualifications: twenty-five or more residents; a retail business; an annual celebration or festival; a school; church, or cemetery; a building on the National Register of Historic Places; a zip-coded post office; or an association with a public recreation site. If a town’s name has changed over the years, he provides information about each name; if a name’s provenance is unclear, he provides possible explanations. He also includes information about the state’s name and about each of its ninety-nine counties as well as a list of ghost towns. The entries range from the counties of Adair to Wright and from the towns of Abingdon to Zwingle; from Iowa’s oldest town, Dubuque, starting as a mining camp in the 1780s and incorporated in 1841, to its newest, Maharishi Vedic City, incorporated in 2001. The imaginations and experiences of its citizens played a role in the naming of Iowa’s communities, as did the hopes of the huge influx of immigrants who settled the state in the 1800s. Tom Savage’s dictionary of place-names provides an appealing genealogical and historical background to today’s map of Iowa. “It is one of the beauties of Iowa that travel across the state brings a person into contact with so many wonderful names, some of which a traveler may understand immediately, but others may require a bit of investigation. Like the poet Stephen Vincent Benét, we have fallen in love with American names. They are part of our soul, be they family names, town names, or artifact names. We identify with them and are identified with them, and we cannot live without them. This book will help us learn more about them and integrate them into our beings.”—from the foreword by Loren N. Horton “Primghar, O’Brien County. Primghar was established by W. C. Green and James Roberts on November 8, 1872. The name of the town comes from the initials of the eight men who were instrumental in developing it. A short poem memorializes the men and their names: Pumphrey, the treasurer, drives the first nail; Roberts, the donor, is quick on his trail; Inman dips slyly his first letter in; McCormack adds M, which makes the full Prim; Green, thinking of groceries, gives them the G; Hayes drops them an H, without asking a fee; Albright, the joker, with his jokes all at par; Rerick brings up the rear and crowns all ‘Primghar.’ Primghar was incorporated on February 15, 1888.”
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Download or read book Place Names of Illinois written by Edward Callary and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This extensive guide shows how the history and culture of Illinois are embedded in the names of its towns, cities, and other geographical features. Edward Callary unearths the origins of names of nearly three thousand Illinois communities and the circumstances surrounding their naming and renaming. Organized alphabetically, the entries are concise, engaging, and full of fascinating detail revealing the rich ethnic history of the state, the impact of industrialization and the coming of the railroads, and insight into local politics and personalities. Many entries also provide information on local pronunciation, the name’s etymology, and the community’s location, all set in historical and cultural context. A general introduction locates Illinois place names in the context of general patterns of place naming in the United States. An extremely useful reference for scholars of American history, geography, language, and culture, Place Names of Illinois also offers intriguing browsing material for the inquisitive reader and the curious traveler.
Download or read book Indian Villages and Place Names in Pennsylvania written by George Patterson Donehoo and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gives a history of place names in Pennsylvania which are of Indian origin. "No state in the entire nation is richer in Indian names, or in fact, in Indian history."
Download or read book Bulletin of Friends Historical Society of Philadelphia written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Place Names in Bucks County Pennsylvania Alphabetically Arranged in an Historical Narrative written by George MacReynolds and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pennsylvania Place Names written by Abraham Howry 1869-1948 Espenshade and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library 1911 1971 written by New York Public Library. Research Libraries and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bulletin of the Friends Historical Society of Philadelphia written by Friends' Historical Society of Philadelphia and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bulletin of Friends Historical Society of Philadelphia written by Friends' Historical Association and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow written by Mark Monmonier and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: And unlike other books that consider place names, this is the first to reflect on both the real cartographic and political imbroglios they engender."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Dictionary Catalog of the History of the Americas written by New York Public Library. Reference Dept and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 964 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 193 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 Dictionary Catalog of the History of the Americas written by New York Public Library. Reference Department and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 966 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
