The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-03-27
NAMES OF THE A
THEIR ORIGIN AND THEIR srexrrrcArros

THEIR oRIoIN AND THEIR sIGNIFIcATION.
Maine-So called from the province Of
Maine, in France. in compliment to Queen
Henrietta OF England, who, it has been
said, owned that province. This is the
commonly received opinion.
New Hampshire-Samed by John Mason,
in 1873 twho with another obtained the
grant from the CROWN, from Hampshire
county, in England. The former name of
the domain was Laconia.
Vermont-From the French words rerd
mont, or green mountain, Indicative Of the
mountainous nature Of the State. The
name was first officially recognized January
10, 1777.
Observation-Disclosures name, signifying
1.-THE country about the great hills"
Rhode Island This name was adopted
in l Il from the Island of Rhodes, in the
Mediterranean. because Of its fancied ro-
semblance to that island.
Connecticut-This is the English orthog-
raphy Of the Indian word q" Quon-eh-tS-
cut," which signifies the long river"
New York-Named by the Duke of York
under color of title given by the English
crown in 1864.
New Jersey called in honor of Sii
George Carteret, who was Governor of the
Island Of Jersey, in the British Channel.
tLhl. lNhuLh-E TOin hhllhlIn rem. inc
founder OF the new colony, meaning
"Penn's woods"
Delawnre-In honor of Thomas West,
Lord de Ware, who visited the bay and
died there in 1910.
Maryland-After Henrietta Marie, the
Queen of Charles 1. of England.
Virginia-So called in honor of Queen
Elizabeth. the Virgin Queen in Whose
reign Sir Walter Raleigh made the Rr.'
attempt to c~olonize that region.
North and South Carolina were originally
in one tract, called Carolina after Charles
IX. of France, in 1901. Subsequently
Q665) the name was altered.
Georgia-So called in honor of George
II. of England, who established R colony
in that region.
~Florida--Ponce de Leon, who discovered
this portion of North America in 1919.
named it Florida III comncmoration of the
day he landed there. which was the Pas
quas de Flores of the Spaniards, or "Feast
OF Nowers.n otherwise known as Easter
Sunday.
Aabama-Formerly a portion of Missis.
sippi Territory, admitted into the Union a.
a state in 1919. The name Z, of Indian
origin, signifying Here we rest"
Nississippi-Formerly a portion of tho
province of Louisiana. So named in 1900
from the great river on the western line
Tic Term is of Indian origin, meaning the
'inn@ river"
Louisiana From Louis XIV. of France.
who. for some time prior to 1868, owned
the territory.
Arkansas-Fron kansas the Indian
name for smoky water with the French
prefix arc" bow.
Tonnessec--Indian for the river of the
big bend" l. C., the Mississippi, which is
its western boundary.
Kentucky-Indian for lat the head of
tho river"
~Ohio-From the Indian. meaning beau
tiful." Previously applied to the river
which traverses n great part of its borders.
Michigan-Previously applied to the lake,
the Indian name for n fish weir. So called
fro.a he fancied resemblance of the lake
to q fish trap.
~lniiana-So called in 1909 from American
InG.uus.
Iimois--from the Indian illini,r men,
ana the French sufiix - ois," together signi-
Tying &c tribes of men,"
Wlscuusiu--Indian name for a " wild.
rushing channel"
Missouri-Named in 1920 from the great
branch of the Mississippi which flowl
through it. Indian term, meaning muddy
Iowa-From the Indian, signifying " the
drowsy ones"
Minnesota-Indian for /" cloudy water"
California-Tho name given by Cortes,
the discovercr of hat region. He probably
obtained it from an old Spanish romance,
in which an imaginary island of that name
is described as Astounding in gold.
Oregon-According to some, from the
Indian, /" Oregon" river of the west. "
Others consider it derived from the Spanish
" oreganoo," wild majoram, which grows
on the Pacific coast Worcester Gazette.