The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-04-04
Names OF tic states.

Queen Henrietta of England who, IL
has been SAID, owned that povinco.-
This is tho commonly received opinion.
New HampshIre.--Namod by John
Mason, in 1859, (who, with another,
obtained the grant from the CROWN
from Hampshire county, in England
The former name of the domain was
Lacona.
Yermont.-From the French verb
mont or green mountain, indicative Of
the mountainous nature of the State.---
This name was officially recognized
January 16, 1777.
Massachusetts namo, signi-
Tying "the country about the great
hills" I, e., the Blue Hills"
Rhode Island.-This name was adop-
ted in 1914, from the island ofRhodcs,
in the Mediterranean, because Of its
fancied resemblance to that island.
Connecticut.--This is the English
photography of the Indian word Quon
ch-tacut, which signifies "the long riv-
or"
New York.--Named by the Duke of
York, under color of the title given
him by the English Crown of 1864
New Jersey.-So called in honor Of
Sir George Carteret, who was govern
or of the Island Of Jersey, in the Brit
ish Channel.
PennsylvNna.-From Admiral Penn,
the founder Of the country, meaning
"Penn's woods"
Delaware. honor of Thomas
West, Lord Delaware, who visited the
bay and died there in 1910.
Maryland.--Aftcr Henrietta Maria,
Queen Of Charles | Of England.
Yrginia.-So called in homer Of
Queen Elizabeth, tho Virgin Queen, "
in whose reign Sir Walter Raleigh
made the first attempt to colonizo that
region.
North and South Carolina were Or
iginally in one tract called "Carolne, "
after tho Queen of Charles IL 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
a colony in that region IN 1882,
Florida.-Ponce de Leon who dis
covered this portion ofNorth America
in 1906, named it Florida, in commcm-
moration Of the day he landed there,
which was the Pasquas dc Flores OF
the Spaniards, or "Feast of Flowers, -
otherwise known as Easter Sunday.
Alabama.--Formerly a portion Of
Mississippi territory, admitted into the
Union as State, in 1919 The name
is Of IHdiOn origin, signlGying "here
we rest"
Mississippi.-Fomerly portion oi
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 XIV o.
France, who for some time prior tc
1868 owned that territory.
Administration "Kansas," the In
dian word for Smoky water, with thC
French prefix care" bow.
Tennessee,-Indian for "river of the
big bend" II" i. G., the Mississippi, which
is its western boundary.
Kentucly.-lndian for sat the head
Of the river"
Ohio.--From the Indian, meaning
beautiful. Previously applied to the
river which traverscs a great part O
its border.
Michigan.-Previously applied to tn,
lake, the Indian name for fish wier
SO called from tho fancied resemblance,
ofthe lake to a fish trap,
| Indiana,-So called in 1902, from tn,
American Indians.
Illinois.-FIom the Indian "illina,
men, and the French suffix lois, to
gether signifying "tribe of men,
Wlsconsin.-Indian term for wide
rushing channel.
Missouri.-Named in 1921 from th,
great branch of the Mississippi which
flows through it, Indian term mean
ing muddy"
Iowa,'-From the Indian, signifylng
"the drowsy ones"
Minnesota,-Indian fer "cloudy wa