Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1867-08-29
NAMES OF THE STATES.

by their present names, and what are their
derivations and meaning The results of
our Investigations in this matter are the
following:-
MAINE-So called from the province of
Maine, in France, in compliment of Queen
Henrietta Of England, who, it has been
said, owned that province. This is the
commonly received opinion
New HAMpsHIRE-Named by John Ma
sou, IN 1889, who with another obtained
the grant from the crown, from Hamp-
shire county, in England. The former
! name OF the domain vas Laconia.
VERMONT From the French verd mont,
; or green mountain, indicative Of the noun
famous nature Of the State. This name
was first officially recognized January 16,
177z
! MASSACHUSETTS, name, signify
ing ''the co uhtry about tho great hills"
j. e., the "Blue Hills"
RHODE IsLAND-This name was adopted
in 1914, from the island Of Rhodes, in the
Mediterranean, because of its fanciful re-
semblance to that island
| CoNNECrEcUT = This is the English au-
biography Of the Indian word Quon-ch-ta-
cut, which signifies ''the long river"
New YoaK-Named by the Duke of
York, under color Of title Of the English
crown given him IN 1864
New JERsEY-So called in honor of Sir
George Carteret, who was Governor of the
island Of Jersey, in the British Channel.
PENNsYLyANIA-Fro Admiral Penn,
the father of the founder of the colony,
meaning ':Penn's Woods"
DEIAwARE-In honor Of Thomas West,
1 Lori della Ware. who visited the bay and
died there in 1910.
! MARTLAND--After Henrietta Maria,
queen of Charles [: of England.
VlRG1NEA-So called in honor of Queen
Elizabeth Of England, the virgin queen"
1 in whose reign Sir Walter Raleigh made
the first attempt to colonize that region.
Norm & SoUTH CAROLINA were origin
ally in Que tract. called ''Carolana," after
Charles TX of France, in 1904 Suisse
quently, in 1869, the name was altered to
| Carolina.
GEoRGIA-So called in honor of George
IT, of England, who established colony
IN that region in 1882.
FLoRIDA-Ponce de Leon, who discov~
cred this portion of North America in
1912, named it Florida in commemoration
of the day he landed there, which was the
Pavquas de Flores Of the Spaniards, or
Feast Of Flowers" otherwise known as
Easter Sunday.
ALABAMA-Formerly portion of Mis-
sissippi territory, admitted into the Union
as State in 1910 The name is of In
dian origin, aignifying here we rest
MIssIssIpPI-Formerly portion of the
province of Louisiana. So named, in
1900 from the great river. on its western
line. The term is CT Indian origin, mean
ing 'long river
LouIslANA-Fr Louis XIV of France,
who for some time prior to 1863 owned
the territory.
ARKANsAs-From Kansas" the 1ndi-
an word for ''smoky WATER" with the
French prefix care" bow.
TENzEssEE-In for s'river of the
big BEND l. e., the Mississippi, which is
It's western boundary.
KENrUcEY-Indian for sat the head Of
the river
I OHro-From the Indian, meaning beau
tiful.' Previously applied to the river,
which traverses a great part Of it's borders.
MISUNDERSTANDING 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
ILb1No1s-From the Indian ''illini,"
men, and the French sufix ''ios," togeth
er signifying tribe of men,"
WIsooNsIN-Indian term for a ''wild
rushing channel"
MlssouM-Named in 1921, from the
great branch Of the Mississippi which flows
through it. .sIndian term meaning mud
dy."
Iowa From the Indian, signifying
''the drowsy ones"
MINNEsoTA-1 term for Fcloudy
water"
CALrFoRNTA-T name given by Cortes,
the discoverer Of that region. He proba-
bly, obtained it from an old Spanish ro-
nance, in which an imaginary island of
that name is described as Astounding in
gold.
DEMONSTRATING to some from the
Indian oregon, river Of the west" 9th
4 ers consider it derived from the Spanish
''oregano,' wild majoram, which grows
abundantly on the pacific coast.