Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-11-30
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Names of the States.

.Io Names of the States. .,.s-
Z A correspondent inquiries why the
States are called by theirpresentname
and what their derivation and mean.
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4 MATNElSo called from the proyines
4 of Maine, in France, in compliment to
4 Queen Henrietta. of England, who. ii
4 has been said, owned that province.
i This is the commonly received opinion.
n New HAMPsHIRE- Named By John
i Mason, in 1899 (who with another OBJ
4 tained the grant from the CROWN from
! Hampshire county, in England. The
| former name Of the domain was
4 Lae0nia.4i ssl s. .vfIHQ stit ~ e1.l l'i
] NERMoNT-From the French Uesd
4 nsoht, or green mountain, Indicative OF
| the mountainous nature of the State.
The name was first officially recognized
Jan. 16, ,1777. 5zii ear a72i ssl Z
A. 1 MASSACHUSETTS Indian name, sig
4 .nifying 'the country about the great
,hills.p ais..is3-tif sDa7srgaeD 4 =
VI RHoDR IsLAND4This name was
Eadopted in 1874 from the island of
Rhodes, in the Mediterranean, because
of its resemblance to that island! s1s IN
Z CoNNEcrIcUr-This is the English
forthograph of the Indian word Quon-
eh-ta-cut, which signifies 1.-THE long
New YoRK-Named' by the Duke of
York, under color of title given him by
/ the English crown in 1864. 70 Hsioi
New JERSEY So called in honor of
Sir George Cateret, who was Governor
of the Island Of Jersey, in the British
Channel .r5t-'-..f ~. -.
/ PENNsYLyANIA-F VIM. Penn,
| the founder of the colony, meaning
sfPenn's woods"
l. DEEAwAREAIn honor Of Thomas
l5West, Lord della Ware, who visited
the bay and died there in 1910. .A'a : =
II MARYLAND-A After Henrietta Maria,
Queen OF Charles l., of England. Sra
/ VIRGINIA-So called in honor of
Queen, Elizabeth, the ssvirgin queen,n
| in whose reign Sir Walter Raleigh
made the. first attempt to ,colonize that
regioii.3 - = 13s.ssiifs 81 rs iisa'5l z
Norm tag KID Il, So soutrH CARon1Nk a Ma were
originally in one tract, called "Carola-
nan after. Charles TX, of France, in
1504. Subsequently, in 1865, the name
was altered to Carolina. 5s...s.:z, -. ,e.,
GEoRGfA-So called in honor of
Georges H., of England, who establish
ed colony In that region ID 1882.
FLORIDA Ponce de Leon, who dis
covered this portion of. North America
in 1872 nained it Fl Ioriday-in cofnmemo-
ration of the day he landed there,
which wis the Pasquas de Flores OF. the
Spaniards, or "Feast of Flowers" 9TH
erwise known as Easter Sunday.izzsN
-AEABAMk Formerly a portion of
Mississippi Territory, admitted into
B the Union as a State in 1919. The name
is of Indian origin, signifying "Here
We rest.YsjG sdt 20 i-ags7 isBuae 9aR
MIssIssIPPI-Formeriy a portion of
the province OfsLouisiana. So named
in 1900 from the great river ON the
western line. The term is of Indian
origin, meaning long riyer.p oft igoI
From Louis XIV. rof
France, who for some time prior to 4
17G3 owned the Territory.lai Zoe - ii0ii
ARK From g sKansas,p2 the
Indian word for t.sInoky, water5Y with
the French prefix sYsarc,p bow. ~ ls9d 4
1TENNEssRE Ibdian for s,the rivefof
the big bend,n 4. e., the Mississippi,
whiehlfs its western boundry. ] 81 s5lilil
KENTucKY !, Ind EInldian. for ''at the head
of the river" = -
OHIoTFrom Ithe.l Indian, meaning
sbeautiful." Previously applied to the
river, which traveiseS a greater part OF
its b0fders. jgafn l;I9Y3f{ ss9.ffaJ 81
MTcHrGAN-PrevionsIy applied to ]
the lake.. the Indian name for a fish
weir So-called from the ancied re-
sendhlance of the lake to a fsh-trap. -
-INDIANA-So1called in 1902 from the
American Indians. 81 .t a-s s,,as1;9-
! ILLINoIsI4 From the Indian 4 illini;n
men, and the French ssufiix itsois,s toal
gether sigpifying stribe of men, -.
coNs1tN-In ndian term for a. Wild
rushing channel" -, .e,t, ri "a
MIssoURI-Named in 1921 from the
great branciIlOf the: Mississippi which |
flows threHgh it. Indian term, mean,
ing muddy" .b9Es4 anoifssapGa sd
; .IewA-From, the Indian, signifying
"the dtowsy ones. >, lI1e.ny aIssa..ifss,
Indian for sscloudy Wa
ter, g-9h.1f'' ii 2gDd yt9eiI 10 s5ni7
OALIFoRNfA-4Fhe oname' givenldby
CoEtes, the discover of hatregion. He
probably obtained it from an Old Span
ish romance in which an; imagi nary
island of that name is described as
+abonnding in gold, Ia, sr,3 in sst
OREGoN-- According to some from
the Indian. oregon, "river the west.n
Others consider it derived from the
Spanish ''eregano," wild majerarn,
which grows abundantly on the Pacific
coast. -.,. s.,..a..,.-..g =,