Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-02-16
Sobriquets Of American Cities.

Boston, the "ClaSSic City, the Modern
Athens" and the Literary Emporium
SO called from its accredited eminence in
literature and the fine arts. 1t is also de-
nominated the Hub by some of its liter
airy autocrats, who rather realistically
claim it to be the focal point OF learning
] from Which radiate streams of knowledge,
! like the sEokes of a wheel. 4,
Baltimore is called the Monumental
City," because of the numerous beautiful
monuments which adorn the city and it's
en%virolls promins Mt among which is the
great Battle Monument.
/, Charleston, South Carolina. is calledt the
'PalEietto City" on account of the album
dance of palmetto trees i'll and around it.
Cincinnati, the Queen City, SO chris
tered when it was the %undisputed COM
mercial center of the West-when ST.
Louis was q village, and before Chicago
had emerged from the sedge-grass ard wild
onions of it's native swamp: and "Porko-
polis," because of the immense quantities
OF pork packed every winter in that place.
Cleveland, Ohio, is the ''Forest City,"
The name arises fiom the original forest
trees still standing in the parks and pub.
lie squares, and from the strikingly rural
aspect of many of its streets and private
grounds. Savannah, Georgia, bears the
same nickname, and very appropriately,
too.
Chicago is called the s!Garden City,"
from the large number of public parks and
the striking resemblance which the North
Side bore to a mammoth flower-garden pre-
vious to the great fire of II. I'd
Chilicothe, Ohio, is the "Ancient Me-
tropolis,7 = from its being the former capt.
tai of the state. H
Fon Du Lac, Wisconsin, the "Fountain
City, p from the multiplicity of It's foun-
tains,
Keokuk, Iowa, is the sGate City, a
translation Of it's Indian name.
Hartford, Connecticut, is the "Charter
Oak City, from the old oak tree so famous
in II colonial history.
Indianapolis is the Railroad City, y from
the number of railroads centering at that
point.
La Crosse, Wisconsin, isscalled the "Gate-
way, City," being a natural point for
crossing the Mississippi to and from Min
Louisville, Kentucky, is the 'Falls City,
from its situation on the falls of the Ohio
river.
Lowell, Massachusetts,, is called h e"City |
OF Spindles.'' from it's extensive cotton
manufacturing.
Milwaukee. Wisconsin, is the "Cream
from the color of the brick used in
it's buildings.
New Haven is the Getty of Elms,'' from
profusion of elm trees in it's public
squares, and New York is the Empire
the metropolis of America" and
Gotham The first two. titles were Civ
it because of its extensive commerce
and numerous manufactures but the
origin of the last we do not know.
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, is the "Iron
from its iron-trade and manufacto-
ries, 1t is also, emphatically, the "Smoky
City," since bituminous coal is the only
fuel consumed, and is largely used in
''blasts," and the other processes of iron
st. Louis, Missouri, is the ':sMound City,"
from the ancient mound within and near
the city.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the QUA
CNy,"s so named from the religious
faith of its founders. It is also the ssCity
Of Penn" and the ''City of Brotherly Love-
which last name is nothing more than a
translation of the Greek original.
Washington, District of Columbia, is the
:City of magnificent Distances, first called
ironically, by Randolph. on account of
p%retentious scale on which it was