Download or read book The Origin and Significance of Our Township Names Vol 1 No 7 Classic Reprint written by Lee L. Grumbine and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-21 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Origin and Significance of Our Township Names, Vol. 1: No. 7 In the new world, while the township may have been bodily transplanted in a few instances before any higher government was organized, and its local rights and privileges and powers to a certain extent preserved, and while townships, as in the case of our own Lebanon, in many instances preceded the present county, organiza tions, the fact is, that what might theoretically be called the natural order of political development from the individual to the state, was in most instances reversed, and political organization proceeded from the state to the individual. Men came and took possession of the land and formed settlements in the name of the mother country. They did not settle together as so many individual units, organize themselves into a community which grew into an independent local government, that presently sought association and union with similar independent local settle ments, and thus became amalgamated into a larger whole, whether county, state or nation. The larger general government for the most part had already anticipated the other. And while as pennsylvania-germans we delight to trace our descent from the bearded sons of Thuiscon with their fierce blue eyes and to consider the Fatherland as the fountainhead of our civil liberty, the consideration of the relative growth of centralized power with the parallel development of our local and individual rights, in candor and truth compel certain wholesome reflections, to wit: I. That the loyal and redoubtable subjects of Kaiser Wilhelm, so hedged about in their ordinary affairs of everyday life with the arbitrary control of the Polizei that they scarce dare turn around in bed without a police regulation are hardly the people to give us lessons in personal liberty. 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 The Origin and Significance of Our Township Names written by Lee Leight Grumbine and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 0 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 Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 1973 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Names written by Henry Gannett and published by [Washington] Public Affairs Press [1947]. This book was released on 1947 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gannett was an American geographer who is described as the "father of mapmaking in America." He was the chief geographer for the United States Geological Survey essentially from its founding until 1902. He served as geographer of the U.S. censuses of 1880, 1890, and 1900, as well as the Philippine, Cuban, and Puerto Rican censuses. During this time, he became interested in place names. He was motivated to publish this alphabetical compilation of the origins of approximately 10,000 place names because it embodies so much local and general history. Gannett's efforts to resolve difficulties caused by proliferation, duplication, and confusion of place names led to the establishment of the U.S. Board of Geographic Names in 1890. He served as the board's chairman until 1910. He was also a founding member and president of the National Geographic Society.
Download or read book Nothing But Names An Inquiry Into the Origin of the Names of the Counties and Townships of Ontario written by Gardiner Herbert Fairbairn and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2019-02-28 with total page 568 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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. 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. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. 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 American Names a Guide to the Origin of Place Names in the United States written by Henry 1846-1914 Gannett and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is there a town called 'Intercourse' in Pennsylvania? Who named 'Paint Rock' in Texas? This comprehensive guide offers fascinating insight into the origins of place names across the United States, tracing the linguistic, historical, and cultural roots of each. 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. 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 The Origin and Meaning of Place Names in Canada written by George Henry Armstrong and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Origin and Meaning of Place Names in Canada" by George Henry Armstrong. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Download or read book Peculiar Uncertain and Two Egg written by Don Blevins and published by . This book was released on 2002-06-01 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating book, the result of many years of research, is a collection of more than 3,000 odd town names and their origins. If you start looking, you will find that America is filled with towns with fascinating monikers. For instance, there is a small town called Two Egg in the Florida panhandle, which received its name from the time a store opened there and the first customer walked in and asked for "two eggs." The list goes on and on, including stories of such intriguing places as Peculiar, Uncertain, Embarrass, Baby Head, Coupon, Gnaw Bone, Goose Egg, Total Wreck, and Welfare. How charming to know that just a few miles from the Interstate lies a tiny hamlet by the name of Hot Coffee or Pancake. Maps.
Download or read book Minnesota Geographic Names written by Warren Upham and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Origin of Washington Geographic Names written by Edmond Stephen Meany and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nothing But Names written by Herbert Fairbairn Gardiner and published by Arkose Press. This book was released on 2015-11-04 with total page 580 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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.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.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. 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 Pennsylvania Place Names written by Abraham Howry Espenshade and published by Alpha Edition. This book was released on 2021-03-05 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pennsylvania Place Names, has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
Download or read book The History and Antiquities of the Town and Country of the Town of Newcastle Upon Tyne Including an Account of the Coal trade of that Place and Embellished with Engryved Views written by John Brand and published by . This book was released on 1789 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Manual of the Origin and Meaning of Geographical Names written by A. J. Perkins and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book NOTHING BUT NAMES written by Herbert Fairbairn 1849-1924 Gardiner and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-27 with total page 578 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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. 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. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. 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 The history and antiquities of the county of the town of Carrickfergus etc written by Samuel MACSKIMIN and published by . This book was released on 1829 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The History and Antiquities of the Town and Minster of Beverley in the County of York from the Most Early Period written by George Oliver and published by . This book was released on 1829 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
