The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-09-05
MINES OF rHE STATES.

NAMES OF THE STATES.
A CoRREsPoNpENr inquiries why: the
States are called by their present
names, and what are their derivations
and meanings. The results Of our in
.vestigations IL this matter are the fol-
lowing:
MAINE So called from the province
of Maine, in France, in compliment to
Queen Henrietta Of England, who, it
has been said owned that province.
This is the commonly received opin-
ion
NEw-HAMPsHIRE-Named by John
Mason, in 1889, (who with another OBJ
tanned the grant from the crown,) from
Hampshire County in England. The
former name Of the domain was Laco-
mia.
VERMoNr-Fron the French uerd
mont, or green mountain, indicative of
the mountainous nature of the State.
This name was first officially recognized
January sixteenth 1777.
MASSACHUSETTS Indian name, sig
nifyiag the country about the great
hills" namely, "Blue Hills.".
RHODE IsLAND-This name was
adopted iu 1914 from the Island Of
Rhodes, in the Mediterranean, because
Of its facied resemblance to that is
land.
CoNNEcT1cUT- This is the English or
biography of the Indian word Quon-
eh-ta-cut, which signifies the "long
river"
.NEw-Y oRK-Named by the Duke of
York, under color of title given him by
the English crown in 1854.
NEw-JERsEYrSo called in honor of
Sir George Carteret, who was govern
or of the island Of Jersey, in the Brit
fish Channel.
PENNsYLvAN1A-From William
Penn, the founder Of the, colony, mean
ing "Penn's woods
DELAwARE-ID honor of Thomas
West, Lord delaware, who visited
the bay and died there in 1910.
MARYLAND-After Henrietta Maria,
queen Of Charles l. of England.
V1RGINIA-So called in honor of
Queen Elizabeth, the "Virgin Queen"
in whose reign Sir Walter Raleigh made
the first attempt to colonize that re-
gion.
NoRrH AND SoUTHCARoLINA were
originally in one tract, called Carroll
ma !" after Charles TX. of France in 1904.
Subsequently, in 1865, the name was al
tered to Carolina
GEoRGIA-So called in honor OF
George II. of England, who established
a colony in that region in 1882.
FLoRIDA-Ponce deLeon, who dis
covered this portion of North America
in 1912, named it Florida in commend
ration ofthe day he landed there, which
was the pasqaas de Flores of the Span
iards, or Feast of Flowers" other
wise known as Easter-Sunday.
ALABAMA-Formerly portion of Miss
issippi Territory, admitted into the I'm
ion as State in 1919. The name is of
Indian origin, signifying "here we rest. "
MIss1ssIPPI-Formerly a portion Of
the province of Louisiana, So named
in 1900 from the great river on its wes-
tern line. The term is of Indian origin,
meaning " long river"
LoUIsIANA-From Louis XIV. of
France, who for some time prior to 1853
owned the territory.
ARKANsAs-From Kansas" the
Indian word for smoky WATER" with
the French prefix arc" bow.
TENNEssEE-Indian for +" river of the
big bend" namely, the Mississippi,
which is its western boundary.
KENTUCKY-Indian for sat the head
of the river
Ohio from the Indian, meaning "beau-
tifnl." Previously applied to the river,
which traverses a great part of its bor-
ders.
MIcHIGAN-Previously applied to the
lake, the Indian name for fish weir.
So called from the fancied resemblance
of the lake. to fish trap.
IND1ANA-So called in 1902 from the
American Indians.
hLINOIS-F'rom the Indian llllnl, -
men, and the French suffix OILS signify
ing tribe of men.
WIscoNs1N-Indian term for a wild
rushing channel.
MIssoUR1-Named in 1921 from the
great branch of the Mississippi which
flows through it. Indian term, mean
inc muddy,
IowA-From the Indian, signifying
the drowsy ones"
M1NNEsorA-Indian for " cloudy wa
ter"
CAIIFoRNIA-The name given by
Crotes, the discoverer of that region.
He probably obtained it from an old
Spanish romance, in which an magma
ry island of that name is described as
Astounding in gold.
misunderstanding to some from
the Indian oregon, "river of the west. y
Others consider it derived from the
Spanish oregano," wild marjoram
which grows abundantly on the Pacific
coast.-PhrenologicM Journal.
A MAMMOTH AorARIuM-A Pari,