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Book Synopsis Tahoe Place Names by : Barbara Lekisch
Download or read book Tahoe Place Names written by Barbara Lekisch and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains old names, Washoe Indian names, and the diary of Charles Preuss from January and February 1844. (Fremont's second expedition to the Far West). Fremont and Preuss were the first white men to see Lake Tahoe -- on February 14, 1844. With photos of portions of seven early maps.
Book Synopsis Sierra Nevada Place Names by : Peter Browning
Download or read book Sierra Nevada Place Names written by Peter Browning and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the third edition of the book Place Names of the Sierra Nevada, first published in 1986. In this book are the place names of the Sierra Nevada from the Lake Tahoe basin south to Walker Pass. Not included are place names within Yosemite National Park, with the exception of the names for the features on the park's boundary with the adjacent national forest. All other Yosemite names are in the book Yosemite Place Names. The origin of the names within the Lake Tahoe Basin are in the book Tahoe Place Names. Both those books are also published by Great West Books. Altitudes of most peaks and lakes are given, and the name of the topographical map and the feature's location on that map are also provided. The names of the current 7.5' maps are referenced to their positions on the former 15' map series. There is an extensive bibliography. New in this edition are two indexes: one is of those who named features, and the other of those whose names appear in the text of various entries
Book Synopsis California Place Names by : Erwin G. Gudde
Download or read book California Place Names written by Erwin G. Gudde and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anniversary edition concentrates on the origins of the names currently used for the cities, towns, settlements, mountains, and streams of California, with engrossing accounts of the history of their usage. The dictionary includes a glossary and a bibliography.
Book Synopsis 1000 California Place Names by : Erwin Gustav Gudde
Download or read book 1000 California Place Names written by Erwin Gustav Gudde and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1949 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The story behind the naming of important mountains, counties, rivers, cities, lakes, capes, bays"--Cover.
Book Synopsis 1500 California Place Names by : William Bright
Download or read book 1500 California Place Names written by William Bright and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1998-11-30 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the new "pocket" version of the classic California Place Names, first published by California in 1949. Erwin G. Gudde's monumental work, which went through several editions during its author's lifetime, has now been released in an expanded and updated edition by William Bright. The abridged version, originally called 1000 California Place Names, has grown to a dynamic 1500 California Place Names in Bright's hands. Those who have used and enjoyed 1000 California Place Names through the decades will be glad to know that 1500 California Place Names is not only bigger but better. This handbook focuses on two sorts of names: those that are well-known as destinations or geographical features of the state, such as La Jolla, Tahoe, and Alcatraz, and those that demand attention because of their problematic origins, whether Spanish like Bodega and Chamisal or Native American like Aguanga and Siskiyou. Names of the major Indian tribes of California are included, since some of them have been directly adapted as place names and others have been the source of a variety of names. Bright incorporates his own recent research and that of other linguists and local historians, giving us a much deeper appreciation of the tangled ancestry many California names embody. Featuring phonetic pronunciations for all the Golden State's tongue-twisting names, this is in effect a brand new book, indispensable to California residents and visitors alike.
Book Synopsis Nevada Place Names by : Helen S. Carlson
Download or read book Nevada Place Names written by Helen S. Carlson and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 1974-01-01 with total page 633 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author and researcher Helen Carlson spent almost fourteen years searching for the origins of Nevada’s place names, using the maps of explorers, miners, government surveyors, and city planners and poring through historical accounts, archival documents, county records, and newspaper files. The result of her labors is Nevada Place Names, a fascinating mixture of history spiced with folklore, legend, and obscure facts. Out of print for some years, the book was reprinted in 1999.
Book Synopsis The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names by : John Everett-Heath
Download or read book The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names written by John Everett-Heath and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-09-19 with total page 1854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique and informative dictionary explores the history, meanings, and origin of place names around the world. In over 11,000 entries it covers an enormous geographical range, including continents, countries, islands, cities, mountains, rivers, and much more. Key historical facts are incorporated into each entry, as well as a record of the place name in the local language for an accurate and comprehensive account. For this fifth edition, 134 entirely new entries have been added, including Byzantine Empire, Lac qui Parle, Nasr, Sauk City, and Yekaterinogradskaya. Existing entries have also been fully updated to reflect recent socio-political and geographical changes, most notably in Eswatini and Northern Macedonia. In addition to the entries themselves, the dictionary contains invaluable supplementary content to support the text. There is a glossary of foreign word elements which appear in place names, as well as a list of personalities and leaders who have influenced the naming of places around the world.
Book Synopsis City and Unincorporated Place Names in California by :
Download or read book City and Unincorporated Place Names in California written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis California Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) by :
Download or read book California Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 1380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Place Names in California written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis California Place Names by : Erwin Gustav Gudde
Download or read book California Place Names written by Erwin Gustav Gudde and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection contains a card file of the research notes about place names and bibliography for the publication "California Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary" that was published by the University of California Press. The card file contains more extensive notes than are included in the published version.
Book Synopsis Decisions on Geographic Names in the United States by : United States Board on Geographic Names
Download or read book Decisions on Geographic Names in the United States written by United States Board on Geographic Names and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Tahoe Heritage by : Sessions S Wheeler
Download or read book Tahoe Heritage written by Sessions S Wheeler and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 1997-04-01 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tahoe Heritage is a lively chronicle of four generations of the pioneering Bliss family, beginning with Duane L. Bliss, a visionary who built an impressive lumbering business and later the renowned Glenbrook Inn. The inn was completed in 1907 and quickly became a destination for the elite of San Francisco. The hotel register contains the names of national figures who loved and frequented Glenbrook: Ulysses Grant, Joaquin Miller, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Clark Gable, and Rita Hayworth, to name a few. The Bliss family closed the inn in 1976. Anyone who has visited the Tahoe area, now a very different place from the idyllic days of Bliss family management, will enjoy this account of its growth and the remarkable family which brought it about.
Book Synopsis OF1987-06: Mining history and place names of the Comstock area, a field trip guidebook, September 19, 1987 by :
Download or read book OF1987-06: Mining history and place names of the Comstock area, a field trip guidebook, September 19, 1987 written by and published by NV Bureau of Mines & Geology. This book was released on with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Lake Tahoe’s Rustic Architecture by : Peter Mires
Download or read book Lake Tahoe’s Rustic Architecture written by Peter Mires and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-17 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lake Tahoe is the gem of the Sierra Nevada. Those who visit this beautiful "Lake of the Sky" may share Mark Twain's impression of the place as he camped on its shore in 1861: "As it lay there with the shadows of the mountains brilliantly photographed upon its still surface I thought it must surely be the fairest picture the whole earth affords." Twain's quote, from Roughing It, includes the trinity of Tahoe's landscape--sky, mountains, and lake--that people still find inspiring. This explains, in large part, why the man-made environment around the lake is predominantly rustic, a style of architecture noted for its compatibility with its surroundings through the use of natural materials in construction--logs, stone, and wooden shingle--along with muted shades of green and brown. Through its homes, resorts, and other assorted buildings, Lake Tahoe remains "the fairest picture."
Book Synopsis Summary of Lake Tahoe Basin Information Resources by : Lake Tahoe Area Research Coordination Board
Download or read book Summary of Lake Tahoe Basin Information Resources written by Lake Tahoe Area Research Coordination Board and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Cumulative Decision List - United States Board on Geographic Names by : United States Board on Geographic Names
Download or read book Cumulative Decision List - United States Board on Geographic Names written by United States Board on Geographic Names and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
