The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-06-29
Names of States.

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Maine-So called from the Province
of Main in France, in eompliment of
Queen Henrietta, of England, who it
has been said, owned the province. -
This is the commonly received opinion.
Mason, in 1850, (who with another
obtained the grant from tha crown
from Hapshire comfy, in England
The former name of the domain was
Lacinia
Yerment-From the French verb,
mont, or Green Mountain, Indicative
of the mountainous nature of the State.
The name was officially recognized
January l6, 1777.
Massachusetts name signify
flying the country about the great
/ hills-tho Blue Hills.
Rhode Island-The name was adopt
ed in 1884, from the Island of Rhodes,
in the Mediterranean, because of the
fancifnl resemblance to that island.
Connecticut-This is the English
photography of the Indian word Qnon-
eh-ta.cut, which signifies the long
river.
New York-Named by the Duke of
Fork, under color of the title given
! him by the English crown--in 1864.
New Jersey--So called in honor of
1 Sir George Cartaret, who was Govern
or of the Island of Jersey, in the
British Channel.
Pennsylvania From Admiral Penn,
the father of the founder of the colony,
meaning Penn woods
Maryland-After Henrietta Maria,
/ Queen of Charles 1, of England.
Virginia-1n honor of Queen Eliza
beth, the Virgin Queen in whose
reign Sir Walter Raleigh made the first
attempt to COLOMBO that region.
North and South Carolina were
originally in one tract, called "Ca-
rolanna,D after Charles TX of France,
in 1904. Subsequently,, in 1856, the
name was changed to Carolina.
Georgia--So called in honor of
George II of England, who established
u colony there in 17l2.
i Florida-Popc de Leon who discov-
cred this portion of North America in
1912, named it Florida in commemora-
q ton Of the dag he arrived there, which
) was the Pas que de Flores of the
Spaniards, or "Feast Of Flowers,
f otherwise known as Easter Sunday.
{ Alabama--Eormerly portion OF
, Mississippi territory, admitted into the
Union as a State in 1916. The name
5 is of Indian origin, signifying "thcrs
I we rest.n
e Mississippi-Formerly a portion o
< the province of Louisiana. So named
!. in 1900, from the great river on it
: western margin, meaning "long river.
i Lonisiana-From Louis XIV O
;, France who for some time prior t,
1868 owned the Territory.
Arkansas--From "Kansas" the In
q dian word for 'smoky water,' with tn
French prefix care, bow"
- Tennessee-Indian for "river of TIN
d big bend" i. G., the Mississippi, whic
it is the western boundary.
; neutrality-suspicious. for Dat the hea
of the river"
j. Ohio-From the Indian, moanin
"beautiful." Previously applied to til
a river that traverses great portion {
its borders.
II Michigan-Previously applied to til
IF lake, the Indian name for a fish vie
/. SO called from the fancied resemblanc
1t of the lake to a fish trap.
Indiapa--So called in leOssS from th
G. American Indians.
< Illinois from the Indiana "Illinois,
= men, and the French sulfi 'oisy," tx
lie gether, signifying tribes of men.
j. Wisconsin-Indian term for vii
IS rushing channel
Is Missouri Named in 1921, from til
" great branch of the Mississippi While
10 flows through it. Indiana term; meal
1T ing muddy
" Iowa-From the Indian, signifyir
'the drowsy ones"
Minnesota-Indi for "cloudy WI
;, ter"
California; name given by Ca
p ter, the discovercr of that region. I
10 probably obtained it from an o
&c Spanish romance in which an imagin
~ ~ Try island Of that name is described
ia Astounding in gold.
nc Oregon---According to some of Il
Indian origon, ''river of the wes'
II Others consider it derived from Il
p Spanish "oregon" with mariormn, whi
ne grows abundantly on the Pacific coa'