Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1867-05-10
ORIGIN OF NAMES OF STATES.

things became SO; -nnd:yery many Of
our readers may feel interested to
know tho origin Of tho names OF
States.
.Maine.-So called from the province
f Maine, in Franco. in compliment
Of Queen Henrietta Of England, who,
it has been said, owned that province.
This is The commonly received opin-
ion. -.. ..Es
New Hampshire.-Namcd by John
Mason in 1G39 (who with another ob
tanned the grant fl ON the crown t, ON
Hampshiro county, in Eng land. The
former na,pc Of tho domain was La
co, ia.
Normont.-From the F. cnch words
cert and mont Or green mountains, in.
.d'catIve ut tho moanta;nous nature Of
the State. The namo WAS first "tlici.
ci liy rcc"yniz ii Januur, 1G'h, 17T.
Massachusetts -lndian name. sS
n'f, ing tho country about the great
ilh-,' !. c, he " Blue Hills"
II :od: ls!a u The name was
adopted III 1G44, from he islani OF
thodvs. in ,hc Mediterranean, b. cause
oi its t;.,.cicd rosr III b,arc. to that is
land.
CONNECTICUT. This is III EegGh
Il. az
Qu"nch-t cut, whica signifies ."the
long river"
Ntw YORK. -Numed by tho Duke
of York, under cover of title givcu to
him by tic E,~lish crown in 1904.
New Jer$cy.-SJ called in honor of
Sir George Cartcrrt, who was Cover
nor. .cf the ISLAND Of Jersey, in the
British Channel.
Pennsyi:ania.--From Admiral
Penn, the father Of the founder of the
colony, meaning "Peun's Woods"
Dclawarc.-In honor of Thomas
West, Lord dr-la-varc, who visited
the bay and died there in 1910.
aryland.--After Henrietta Maria,
Q 'ecn Of Charles l. Of i."gland.
Virsinia.-S, called in honor of
Queen Elizabeth, tho " Virgin Queen"
Ill whose reign S.r Waller Raleigh
made the fist attempt 10 colon;zc
that region
North CaI LISA and South Carolina
we're originally in one tract, called
d" Carolina" after Charles IX., of
Franco, in 1904. subsequently, in
1865, the name was altered to Caro-.
lima.
Georsia.-So called III honor of
George H., CT England, who csiab.
lished C: lony in that region iii 1892.
Florida.-Ponce de Leon, who dis
covered this portion Of North Ameri-
ca in 1912, and named it Florida, ia
comncmoratitn Of Tho day be landed
there, which WAS the Pasquc do Flores
# the Spaniards, or 4" Feast of Flo y
ors," Otherwise. known as Edstcr
Sunday. =
Alabsma.-Formerly portion of
Mississippi lo,lilory. admitted into
union, as IL State in~lS10. The name
is of Indian origin, signifying "bere
wc rest"
Missi-sippi:-Bormerly a potion of
tho province: oi. Louisiana. S 'gnamcd
III 1900, frnm the great. liver on its
western line. The term. is Of Indian
origin, -meaningii'lpng river"
Louis:a;a-Fr0m Lonis XIV, of
Frsa'ice, who for so,ne time prior to
176S oyntd the territory.
Arkansas.--Fror, "Kansas," the
lndiah name for "sm, Ky water" with
the French prefix "nrc,"' bow. H..
Ten nnrssee.-lndian for "rivcr of
big bend" l.. C., The NJ 'ssissippi, wh,ch
Is its western b,.undaryr .-.e..nts.
Kentucky = I"di,a, for y at the Bead
Of the river" ..... ..,-~.
Ohio.-From the l. dian, meaning 6
beautifully" Previously applied 10
the sIver which traversys n great part
Of its border.
MISUNDERSTANDING. applied to
tho lake, the 1Ddinn name for u f-h
weir. So called because OF The iap.
cicd rescmb blaneo Of the lake toa Gsb
trup. .s,.A
IBdtspa.rrSo called in 1902, from
tlte Ams,i ieaif Indiana. iii ]:
Observation-Disclosures name for d
wild, rushing ehanael.s .
Missouri Named ii 1881 from tho
great branch Of eho Mississfppi which
hows threaghit Indian term mean44
ing" nanddy s, a~ -s4<lssf $
IliinoiG7vFten the Indian q iifni,"
ord ~ a..