The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-04-07
Names Of the States

MA1SE-So called from the provinces Of
Maine, in France, in compliment to Queen
Henrietta, of England. who, 1t has been
said, owned that province.
New Observation-Disclosures by John Ma.
son, in 1850 (wh0, with another, obtained
the grant of the CROWN. from Hampshire
county. in England. The former name Of
the domain was Lsconia
| VEnMoST-From The French rera mont.
or green mountain. indicative of the noun.
famous nature of tho State. This name
was first officially recognized January 10,
1877. 3.
| MAssAcnUsETTs-Ind name, signify
ing the country about tho great hills 1. e.,
the blue Hills"
RHODE IsLAND-This name was adopted
in 1914 from the leland of Rhodes, in the
Mediterranean, because Of its fnncicd re-.
scmblancc to that Island.
CoNSEcTICUr- This is the English or.
biography of the Indian word Quon -eh- t..
cut. which signifies ''thc long river"
New YoRK-Named by the Duke of
York, under color Of the title given him by
the English crown in 1904
New JERsEv-So called in honor of Sir
George Carterct, who was Governor of the
Island of Jersey, in tho British Channel.
PENNSYLVANIA - From William Penn,
the founder Of the colony, meaning PENIS
weeds"
DEL.wARE-Wa named for Lord lie 10
Ware, the first Governor OF Virginia.
MAHyLAND-Was so called in honor Of
Queen Henrietta Maria.
NORTH AND Sorru CAEoL1NA-Were ORR
ginally in one contract, called Carolina, {"
after Charles IN. Of France in 1904. Sub.
ssqucntly, in 1905, the name was altered to
Carolina.
GEoRG1A-So called in honor of George
II. who established colony in that region
in 1899.
FLoRIpA-Poncc lie Leon. who discov-
cIed this portion of North America in 1912.
named it Florida in commcmorstion of the
day he landed there, which was in Pasquas
dc Flores Of the Spaniards, or Feast of
Flowers" otherwise known as Easter Sun.
day.
ALABAMA-Formcrly portion of Missis.
sippi Territory, admitted into the Union o
State in 1919. The name is of Indian
origin, signifying there wo rest"
MISSISSIPPI Formerly portion of the
province of Louisiana. So named in 1900
from the great river, on its western line.
The term is OF Iud!aa origin, meaning ''lons
river"
LoU1slASA-Trom Louis XIV. of France,
who for some time prior to 1903 owned til.
territory.
AEKANsAs-From "Kansas." the Indian
word for ''smoky water" with the French
prefix ''arc," bow.
TENNEssEE--Indian for ''rivcr Of the big
bend" s. e., the Mississippi, which 10 its
boundary.
KENrucKy-Ind;sn for AT the head of
the river" 4H.
On1o-From the Indian. meaning ''beau.
iful." Previously applied to the river,
which traverses a great portion Of it, Dor.
ucrs. -~
MICHIGAN - Previously applied to the
lake, the Indian name for fish weir. So
called from the fancicd resemblance Of the
lake 10 fish trap. ser
INp1ANA-So called in 1902 from the
American Indians.
ILL1NoIs-From the Indian "il,ni," men,
and tic French sufiix, lois" together signi.
flying tribe of men,"
WISCONSIN - Indian name for wild
rushing channel.
MIssouRI-Nsmed in 1921 from tho grca.
branch of the Mississippi, which flows ,hro'
it. Indian term meaning muddy"
IowA-From the Indian signifying 1.-THE
drowsy ones"
MISSEsorA.-Indian for ''c!oudy water"
CALlFoRNIA-Thc name given BY Corlcs,
the discoverer Of that region. He probably
obtained it from an old Spanish romance.
in which an imaginary island Of that name