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Author : Geological Survey (U.S.). Branch of Geographic Names
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Wisconsin Geographic Names written by Geological Survey (U.S.). Branch of Geographic Names and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edward Callary
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ISBN 13 : 9780299309688
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (96 download)
Download or read book Place Names of Wisconsin written by Edward Callary and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Virgil J. Vogel
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN 13 : 9780299129842
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (298 download)
Download or read book Indian Names on Wisconsin's Map written by Virgil J. Vogel and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: List of place-names, primarily those names after American Indian tribes or individuals, including some historical information about each person or tribe.
Author : Robert E. Gard
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0870207083
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (72 download)
Download or read book The Romance of Wisconsin Place Names written by Robert E. Gard and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2015-09-09 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The names of places lie upon the land and tell us where we are or where we have been or where we want to go. And so much more.”—From the introduction Fifty years ago, educator and writer Robert E. Gard traveled across Wisconsin, learning the trivial, controversial, and landmark stories behind how cities, counties, and local places got their names. This volume records the fruits of Gard’s labors in an alphabetical listing of places from every corner of Wisconsin, and the stories behind their often-unusual names. Gard’s work provides an important snapshot of how Wisconsin residents of a bygone era came to understand the names of their towns and home places, many of which can no longer be found on any map. Celebrated rural historian Jerry Apps introduces this reprint of Gard’s work, saying that in “some ways The Romance of Wisconsin Place Names is a reference book, a place where you can go to learn a little more about your home town. But in many ways it is much more than that, for it includes the stories of places throughout the state, submitted by the people who knew them. It is a book where story, people, and place all come together.”
Author : Edward Callary
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ISBN 13 : 9780299309640
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (96 download)
Download or read book Place Names of Wisconsin written by Edward Callary and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An alphabetical reference to the origins of names for more than 2,000 Wisconsin communities, counties, and towns. Entertaining and impeccably researched.
Author : United States Board on Geographical Names
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Decisions of the United States Board on Geographical Names written by United States Board on Geographical Names and published by . This book was released on 1934-07 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Virgil J. Vogel
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ISBN 13 : 9780608204802
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (48 download)
Download or read book Indian Names on Wisconsin's Map written by Virgil J. Vogel and published by . This book was released on with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;"Of all the states of the American union, none has a name that has been spelled in more ways, or interpreted more variously, than Wisconsin.nbsp; Among the spellings listed are Mesconsin, Meskousing, Mishkonsing, Ouisconsens, Ouisconsin, Ouisconsing, Ouiscousing, Ouiskonsin, Owisconsing, Quisconsing, Weeskonsan, Wisconsan, Wisconsin, Wishkonsing, and Wiskonsin.nbsp; The name has been attributed to the French, Menominee, Ojibwa, Potawatami, Sauk-Fox, and Winnebago languages." nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Place names are cultural artifacts that tell us as much about how people lived as do relics dug from the ground, writes Virgil Vogel, one of America's foremost authorities on place names.nbsp; They are historical records from which the location and migration of people, plants, and animals can be charted.nbsp; Onalaska and Aztalan, not surprisingly, are place names transplanted to Wisconsin from the far north and south.nbsp; Some names tell of topographic features that have long since disappeared or are little noticed today.nbsp; Beaver Dam once had an Indian name meaning just that; Sheboygan, "big pipe" in Ojibwa, described the shape of a river bend.nbsp; Other names are vestiges of ancient languages nowhere else recorded.nbsp; Some commemorate historic events:nbsp; Winneconne is believed by many to mean "place of the skulls." nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;The Indian names of Wisconsin's towns, rivers, and lakes reveal the minds of the Indian peoples, their cosmic views, their values, their relation to their environment , and their ways of life and convey as well something of the history of their white invaders. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Virgil Vogel's thirty years of research into Native American influence on geographical names has resulted in an absorbing account that illuminates the history and culture of Wisconsin Indians.nbsp; Vogel tells his story thematically—names from the spirit world, names of trails and portages, French-Indian personal names, tribal names, and so on—to show that place names are part of a larger cultural and natural world.nbsp; In recovering the history and meaning of these names, he has restored an important and colorful part of America's heritage.
Author : United States Board on Geographic Names
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book First Report of the United States Board on Geographic Names. 1890-1891 written by United States Board on Geographic Names and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frederic Gomes Cassidy
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)
Download or read book The Place-names of Dane County, Wisconsin written by Frederic Gomes Cassidy and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Edward Gard
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Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (131 download)
Download or read book The Romance of Wisconsin Placenames written by Robert Edward Gard and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Wisconsin State Genealogical Society
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Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Wisconsin Place Names written by Wisconsin State Genealogical Society and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas Purnell
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
ISBN 13 : 0299293335
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (992 download)
Download or read book Wisconsin Talk written by Thomas Purnell and published by University of Wisconsin Pres. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wisconsin is one of the most linguistically rich places in North America. It has the greatest diversity of American Indian languages east of the Mississippi, including Ojibwe and Menominee from the Algonquian language family, Ho-Chunk from the Siouan family, and Oneida from the Iroquoian family. French place names dot the state's map. German, Norwegian, and Polish—the languages of immigrants in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries—are still spoken by tens of thousands of people, and the influx of new immigrants speaking Spanish, Hmong, and Somali continues to enrich the state's cultural landscape. These languages and others (Walloon, Cornish, Finnish, Czech, and more) have shaped the kinds of English spoken around the state. Within Wisconsin's borders are found three different major dialects of American English, and despite the influences of mass media and popular culture, they are not merging—they are dramatically diverging. An engaging survey for both general readers and language scholars, Wisconsin Talk brings together perspectives from linguistics, history, cultural studies, and geography to illuminate why language matters in our everyday lives. The authors highlight such topics as: • words distinctive to the state • how recent and earlier immigrants have negotiated cultural and linguistic challenges • the diversity of bilingual speakers that enriches our communities • how maps can convey the stories of language • the relation of Wisconsin's Indian languages to language loss worldwide.
Author : Geological Survey (U.S.). Branch of Geographic Names
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book West Virginia Geographic Names written by Geological Survey (U.S.). Branch of Geographic Names and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Warren Upham
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Total Pages : 760 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
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:
Author : John Alden Cross
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ISBN 13 : 9780299335502
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (355 download)
Download or read book The Geography of Wisconsin written by John Alden Cross and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This accessible survey of Wisconsin geography is sure to delight scholars, students, and enthusiasts alike. A beautiful array of nearly 250 photographs and easy-to-read maps illustrate key geographical concepts and structures. The Geography of Wisconsin is the most up-to-date and authoritative overview of the Dairy State's lands and life and will serve as a valuable reference for decades to come.
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Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)
Download or read book Decisions of the United States Board on Geographical Names written by and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Geological Survey (U.S.). Branch of Geographic Names
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Total Pages : 654 pages
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Download or read book Virginia Geographic Names written by Geological Survey (U.S.). Branch of Geographic Names and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
