Owyhee bullion. [volume] (Silver City, I.T. [Idaho]) 1866-1867, 1867-01-03
NAMES OF STATES.

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been said, owned that province. This is
the commonly received opinion.
New Hampshire. by John
Mason, in 1890, (who, with another, OBJ
tanned the grant from the CROWN from
Hampshire county, in England. The
former name of the domain was Lacona.
Vermont.-From the French verb
mont, or green mountain, indicative Of
the mountainous nature of the State.
This name was first officially recognized
in January l6, 1777.
Observation-Disclosures name, signi.
flying "the country about the great hills"
i. e. the "Blue Hills"
Rhode Island-This name was adopt.
ed in 1874, from the Island of Rhodes in
the Mediterranean, because of its fancied
resemblance to that island.
Connecticut.--This is the English or
biography of the Indian word "Quoncut-
acut," which signifies "the long river"
New York.--Named by the Duke of
York, under color of title given him by
the English crown of 1864.
New Jersey-So called in honor of
Sir George Cartercll, who was governor
of the Island ofJersey in the British
Channel.
Pennsylvania.-From Admiral Penn,
the founder of the country, meaning
"Penn's woods"
Delaware.-1n honor Of Thomas West,
Lorq de la Ware, who visited the bay
and died there in 1910.
Maryland.-After Henrietta Marsa,
Queen of Charles l, of England.
Virginia.-So called in honor of Queen
Elizabete, the "Virgin Queen" in whose
reign, Sir Walter Raleigh made the first
attempt to colonize that region.
North and South Carolina were orig
inally in one tract, called "Caroline," af-
ter the Queen of Charles TX of France,
in 1904. Subsequently, in 1862, the
name was altered to Carolina.
Georgia.-So called in honor of
George Ii Of England, who established
colony in that region in 1882.
Florida.-Prince de Leon, who discov-
cred this portion of North America in
1916, named it Flori a, in commemora-
ton of the day he landed there, which
was the Pasquas lie Flores of the Spar
iards, or "Feast of Flowers" otherwise
known as Easter Sunday.
Alabama,-Formerly portion of Mis-
sissippi territory, admitted into the Union
as State in 1916. The name is of In.
dian origin, signifying, "Here we Rest"
Mississippi.-Formerlya portion of
the province Of Louisiana. So named in
1900, from the great river on its western
line. The term is Of Indian origin,
meaning "Long River"
Louisiana. From Louis " of France,
who for some time prior to 1763, owned
the territory.
Arkansas From "Kansas," the In
dian word for smokey water" with the
French prefix "are," bow.
Tennessee.--Indian for "river of the
big bend" i. e., the Mississippi, which is
its western boundry.
Kentucky.-Indian for Sat the head
of the river"
Ohio.-From the Indian, meaning
"boautiful." Previously applied to the
river which traverses great part of its
border.
Michigan. Previously applied to the
lake, the Indian name for a fish weir.
So called from the fancied resemblance
of the lake to fish trap.
Indiana. so called in 1902, from the
American Indians.
Illinois. From the Indian "illina,"
men, and the French suffix "ois," togeth-
er signifying the tribe of men.
Wisconsin. Indian term for a wide
crushing channel"
Named Ia 1921, from the
great branch of the Mississippi, which
flows through it. Indian term meaning
muddy"
Iowa.---From the Indian, signifying
"the drowsy ones"
Minnesota Indian for "cloudywater. !"
California The name given by Cortes,
the discoverer of that region. He prob