Nebraska advertiser., 1868-01-23
NO. II
Names OF The States.


Of Maine, in France, in compliment of
Queen Henrietta, of England, who, il
has been said, owned thar province. This
is the commonly received opinion.
.NslU HampShiTe-Named by John
Mason, in 1889, (wbo with another
obtained the grant from the crown, from
Hampshire county, in England tie for
nler name of the domain was Laconia.
Vermont-From the French verd
mont, or green mountain, indicative Of
the mountainous nature of the state.
This name was first officially recognized
Jan. Is, I777.
Observation-Disclosures name. signify
ing 1.-The country about the great hills, / E.
the "Blue Hills"
Rhode Biaad-This name was adopted
in 1914, from the island of Rhodes, in
the Mediterranean, because of the fanCi-
ed resemblance to that island.
COHHectlcw-This is the English
photography of the Indian ward Quon-
eh-ta-cut, which signifies ''the long
river"
.HetD- KOrk--Named by the Duke Of
York. under color Of title given him by
the English crown in 1864.
VetO Jersey So called in honor Of
Sir George Carteret. who was Governor
of the island of Jersey, in the British
Channel
PennsylUanla-From Admiral Penn,
the father of the founder of colony, mean
ing "Penn's woods"
DelaWaTe-In honor of Thomas West,
LORD de.la-Ware who visited the bay
and died there in 1919.
Maryland-After Henrietta Maria,
queen Of Charles l., of England.
Trginia-SO called in honor of queen
Elizabeth, the virgin queen" in whose
reign Sir Walter Raleigh made the frs1
attempt to coionize that region.
NORTH and South Carolina were origi.
nally in one tract, called "CaroIana.
after Charles TX. of France, in 1904.
Subsequently, IN 1865, the name was
altered to Carolina.
GeOrgia-SO called in homer Of George
II. of England, who established colony
in that region in 1882
FlOIida-Ponce de Leon, who discov-
ersd this portion of North America in
1912. named it Florida in commemora.
lion of the day he landed there, which
was the Pasques de Flores Of the Spani-
ards, or Feast of Flowers" otherwise
known as Easter Sunday.
ALabama-FOrmerly a portion Of
Mississippi territory, admitted into the
Union as a state in 1919. The name is
Of Indian origin. signifying "there we
rest"
Mississippi 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
"loDg river"
LouisiGna-From Louis XIV. Of
France, who for some time prior to 1853
owned The territory.
.ArkanSds-From kansas" the In
dian word for "smoky water" with the
French prefix "arc" bow.
TennesSee-Indian for "riYer Of the big
bend, 4. e., the Mississippi, which is the
western boundary.
Kentucky-Indian for "a. the head Of
the river"
Ohio - From the Indian meaning
beautiful. Previously applied to the
river, which traverses a great portion Of
its borders.
.Nichigan-Previously applied to the
lake, The Indian name for a fish weir. So
called from the fancied resemblance Of
the lake, to a fsh-trap.
Indiana-So called in 1902, from the
American Indians.
Hiinois-From the Indian "illini,"
men, and the French sufix "ois," togeth-
er sigifyiog "lribe Of men.
WisconSiR-Indian term for a Wild
rushing channel.
.Nissouri-Named in 1921, from the
great branch Of the Mississippi which
flows through it. Indian term meaning
"muddy."
/ Iolga-From the Indian, signifying
'the drowsy ones"
.MinnesOtG-Indian for "cloudy water. 4"
CaIitOrnia-The name given by Cortes
the discoverer Of that regiOn. He probably
obtained i; from an old Spanish romance.
in which an imaginary island Of that
name is described as abOunding "a gold.
Oregoa--AcCording to some from the
Indian oregon. ''river Of the west. {"
Others consider it derived from the
Spanish "oregano," wild marjoram,
which grows abundanIly Oh the Pacific
coast.