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Author : Henry Gannett
Publisher : Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN 13 : 9780806305448
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (54 download)
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:
Author : Henry Gannett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781334035852
Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (358 download)
Download or read book The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States (Classic Reprint) written by Henry Gannett and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-22 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Henry Gannett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 496 pages
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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 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 : 9780461236200
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (362 download)
Download or read book The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Henry 1846-1914 Gannett
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781022890060
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (9 download)
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.
Author : Abraham Howry Espenshade
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780260416551
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)
Download or read book Pennsylvania Place Names (Classic Reprint) written by Abraham Howry Espenshade and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-06 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Pennsylvania Place Names Why is it worth while to study place names.2 Perhaps a sufficient answer is found in the fact that the subject is one of unusual geographical, historical, ethnological, and linguistic interest. It is a cause for regret that men and women who are otherwise well-informed should be so generally ignorant of the history and the meaning of the names that they use every day. 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.
Author : Henry Cecil Wyld
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780656901319
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (13 download)
Download or read book The Place Names of Lancashire written by Henry Cecil Wyld and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-19 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Place Names of Lancashire: Their Origin and History This book has taken nearly four years to bring to its present form. During this period I have been prevented by the somewhat exacting duties of teaching a large body of stu dents, as well as by the claims of other literary work, from working continuously at the various problems connected with a study of place names, excepting during vacations. But for these causes this work might have been ready for the press perhaps two years ago. On the other hand so large a subject as the Place Names of Lancashire might easily occupy the constant attention of a student for twenty years, so numerous, varied, and difficult are the problems which such an inquiry raises. 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.
Author : W. H. Stennett
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780266724247
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (242 download)
Download or read book A History of the Origin of the Place Names written by W. H. Stennett and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-25 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A History of the Origin of the Place Names: Connected With the Chicago North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis Omaha Railways While it was not in the plan of the work to furnish a history of the various places referred to, it has nevertheless often happened that the meaning or deriva tion of a name could only be made clear by introducing more or less information of an historic character. In such instances, the historic statement has been used. 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.
Author : George P. Donehoo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781332111718
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (117 download)
Download or read book The Changing of Historic Place Names written by George P. Donehoo and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Changing of Historic Place Names: With an Introduction and Glossary of Some Historic Names Changed or Misspelled in Pennsylvania The author wishes to state that this brief monograph is written at the suggestion of Col. Henry W. Shoemaker, who has not only assisted in the writing, but who also has kindly paid the expense of publication. iMie article could be extended very greatly. The author thinks, however, that enough is written to call attention to the evil of changing place names. Introduction It is indeed a privilege, through the agency of tlie Pennsylvania Alpine Club, to assist in the publication of so timely a monograph as that of Dr. Donehoo s, on the subject of changing historic place names. Every month the senseless shifting is going on, newcomers wresting from the historic past the heritage of honored names. It will be difficult a century hence to follow the course of history in Pennsylvania; even now it is hard to identify the places visited by early travelers like Spangenberg, Ettwein and Col. Weiser, as innovators have changed and re-changed even the names of the streams and mountains that they crossed. It will be hard to trace the racial and philological development of the State as the haphazard system of renaming places destroys all historic sequence of nationality and individual tendencies. One bright spot remains. Pennsylvania has discarded fewer of her Indian names than most other States; personal vanity or prejudice was hardly strong enough to obliterate these for even more than "their names are on the waters and you cannot blot them out," the Indian-named mountains, valleys, lakes, rivers and streams persist and bid fair to defy the ruthlessness of the ages. Let the constant watchfulness of every public-spirited Pennsylvanian be directed to "save the ancient landmarks" and keep inviolate the sturdy, distinctive nomenclature and spelling handed down by our forefathers. 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.
Author : A. L. Kroeber
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333248680
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (486 download)
Download or read book California Place Names of Indian Origin (Classic Reprint) written by A. L. Kroeber and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-16 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from California Place Names of Indian Origin To avoid an array of foot-notes, most references have been cited in the text in a simplified form, which will be clear upon consultation of the following list. 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.
Author : Henry Gannett
Publisher : [Washington] Public Affairs Press [1947]
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
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.
Author : Alfred H. Holt
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781391901794
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (17 download)
Download or read book American Place Names (Classic Reprint) written by Alfred H. Holt and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-05 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from American Place Names Wherever feasible, accent is indicated by italics, as in my rhyme for Penelope, Then shell a pea. It will be noted that the mute a is here used to sug gest the sound of the mute o; conversely, O' (short for of) may turn up, in these pages, as a symbol for the same sound. I have even, to the hor ror Of some conscientious souls, refused to quibble over the great gaps that are alleged to exist between Mary, merry, and marry, or between hairy and Harry. For my purposes, if, you wish to rhyme Cairo, (illinois) with arrow, you'll be close enough to the actual pronunciation to get by. This is no book for purists. 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.
Author : Thomas De St. Bris
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780484708418
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (84 download)
Download or read book Discovery of the Origin of the Name of America (Classic Reprint) written by Thomas De St. Bris and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-07-30 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Discovery of the Origin of the Name of America We use the word King in its general sense, instead of the native name of Inca, which has a similar meaning; preferring to exclude foreign words - Which tend to mystify history - when an idea can be conveyed in our own. 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.
Author : Charles E. Jackson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781331925866
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (258 download)
Download or read book The Place-Names of Durham (Classic Reprint) written by Charles E. Jackson and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Place-Names of Durham The investigation of the place-names of Durham is made greatly more difficult by the fact that there was no Domesday Survey of the county, and therefore that valuable source of the early forms of A.S. names is not available. Further, as the status of the county was a kind of imperium in imperio - there is a document extant wherein the king of the land begs permission of the bishop of the diocese to raise recruits therein! - and one in which documents were not carefully kept, there is not so full a supply of information from this source as is the case in some other counties. I went through one standard work of several hundreds of A. S. charters and found, I think, only one relating to Durham. The place-names of the county are nearly all of native origin. Of some the secret is hidden with the greatest of undesigned diligence, but in most cases they yield what is required when the principles of the development of the dialect are applied. The Psalmist would find no reason to abate his complaint that the people "call the lands after their own names." 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.
Author : Edmond Stephen Meany
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781527784420
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (844 download)
Download or read book Origin of Washington Geographic Names (Classic Reprint) written by Edmond Stephen Meany and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Origin of Washington Geographic Names Four years later a climax was reached in the geographical history, when, in 1792, Captain Robert Gray, under the American flag, discovered and named the Columbia River and Grays Harbor, and Captain George Vancouver, under the British flag, discovered and named Puget Sound and many of the surrounding geographical features. Both these explorers respected the names given by the Spaniards so far as they were known, and the names given by Captains Cook and Meares. Since that culminating year of ex ploration, the geographic names have increased rapidly. 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.
Author : Henry Gannett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781332753253
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (532 download)
Download or read book The Areas of the United States, the States, and the Territories (Classic Reprint) written by Henry Gannett and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-25 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Areas of the United States, the States, and the Territories The origin of certain place names in the United States (second edition), by Henry Gannett 1905. 334 pp. Professional Paper 45. The geography and geology of Alaska, a summary of existing knowledge. 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.
Author : Hamilton B. Staples
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781331104575
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (45 download)
Download or read book Origin of the Names of the States of the Union (Classic Reprint) written by Hamilton B. Staples and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-10 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Origin of the Names of the States of the Union I Have the honor to lay before the Society a series of notes, the result of a limited research, upon the origin of the names of the States of the Union. I was led to suppose the subject might prove interesting from the circumstance that, some time ago, it had attracted the attention of the Society as a fit subject of investigation, but for some reason no definite inquiry has been prosecuted. I regret that in respect to the origin of the names of several States, my paper will simply present an array of conflicting authorities. I have to acknowledge my indebtedness to the acting librarian of the Society, and to Mr. Green, the accomplished librarian of the Free Public Library of Worcester, for the means to prosecute these inquiries. In considering the subject, it will be convenient to divide the States into groups, starting with the original thirteen States, as the first group, and in respect to this group, to refer to the States in the order of the coast line from North to South. The origin of the name of New Hampshire is very simple. The original territory conveyed by patent of the Plymouth Company to John Mason in 1629, was named by him after Hampshire County in England. 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.
