Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-26
HE UNITED STATES.
zach state Came by It's Name.
|ghe Observation-Disclosures
for the People.
.,.r Of mighty Interesting Reading.
ncrn of an Immense Amount
OF Research.


n ALABAMA.
ushamas were band OF Mexican
'''''s that soon after the death of Mon
wa q. M, beqan TO migrate eastward, ant
ns,,e. NOT until after many sanguinarl
49, with their old enemies, tn,
Mrses or Creeks, who were also
Wing IN similar direction, and q
Mns ,ons encounter with DtSoto and
IN cast OF the Mississippi IN l54l,
Slt1 hey found resting place on The
. shich bears their Rame, which name
. MM ubseauenuy given to the state
ma. ord has the beautiful meaning VI
"PaAa|| A, We rest,r ana is ia delightful con.
M 10 that applied to the natives
rds.n There seems to be no soub.
i, SRA. 4. for the state
Wo ARKANSAS.
- yeu IS the French for bow and
I, sasn the Indian for "smoklng wa
!, , the combination Of which, chow
rNy oking waters" is applicable TO the
Enr strta Of that state. The prefix
was originally used but the "c''
soon dropped. The nickname is the
fM4r State" that animal having for
I n sbouuded there IN great numbers.
l1IN# famous Arkansas bowie-knife un.
Il btedy suggested "rooth.picksn for
beople.
IA CALIFORNIA.
ttme authorities assert that California
DHnyed from the Spanish words, cali.
fornalla, signiiylDg shot furnace, +"
which were suggested by the numer-
Mhot springs, gey sers, beds Of volcanic
ss, etc., that exist there; but this is
rob bic, as Cortez never visited the
trIor Of the country, which he un-
btedly named upon its discovery in
1t is quite probable that he took
III name from popuar romance of the
entitled "Sergus Of EsplAudian,u
81 twnich 1t is applied to an
BgiDary island "on the right
I'D Of the indies" and every near to
N Terrestrial Paradise peoplei by
4, tx amszons, whose EARNS were all of
~ "a h, aud so were the caparlsons OF the
4 n d beasts which they rode, after having
=. bed them, for Ia all the island there is
other metal" Co~tez supposed he had
+ /. ched that Island, "the strongest in the
~ Mid, from its steep rocks and great
U.s." as this description answered well
the region before him. 1.-THE Golden
bte" is The fictitious name, with "gold
&hters" for Inhabitants
sl COLORADO.
4 This is another river named state. The
Erd is derived from the Spanish, and
totes q muddy or ford appearance,
ich is characteristic If the Colorado
Hey. 1t has but recently been admitted
eong the niok-named states, 1t taking it's
#Pce as the Potato Bug State" aud it
,iHsuggested to call the residents "Po-
70 Buggers," though they are already
Town as Growers" from their former
ylng disposition.
CONNECTICUT.
r The river from which 1t was named was
Blown to the Indians as the Qunnihticut,
Ne Interpretation Of which is Eat the
thng river" To keep IN remembrance the |
w "Blue Laws, 1t Is sometimes spoken |
II as the Gland of Steady Habits,n on |
INher occasions it Is termed "The Free
|Ftone State,h from the large quantities of |
mat stone quarried within It's borders,
500 also "The Nutmeg State" and the peo-
ne "Wooden Nuimegs," as illustrative of
.Heir reputation for shrewdness. "The
ue Ligh State" Is political term that
~ now seldom used.
81 DELAWARE.
"A The bay aud river that form portion
n Its boundaries furnish its name, and
hey were so called for Lord Baltimore,
pc Ct the early governors of the Virginia
plony. The area is small, but the
Psessed property valuation very large
pr the size, which is the reason why IL Is
fequeLtly alluded TO as the eGDiamond
4hte;" but more general sobriquet is
fThe Blue Hen State" the origin OF
&hieh will bear explanation. Capt
CALDWELL, of the First Delaware.
regiment In the revolution
Poted Tor its lighting qualities,
pas an enthusiastic sdmirer OF cock
Fshtlng, the popular amusement OF the
FINES, and was credited with having the
pest breed of gamesters in the state =
Fhen officers would return to recruit for
Pc regiment the men would say they had
zone for more o. Caldwell's game.cocks,
put Caldwell would claim "that no cock
'ould be truly game unless the mother
Fas a blue hen," from which came "blue |
len chickens,n as applied TO the natives, ;
md 'Blue Hen State" "Muskrats" Is
mother nickname for the people.
FLORIDA.
II was on Easter Sunday in 1912 that
'once de Leon, while In search for the
Fountain OF Youth" landed on its east
I'm coast. The prOiusion OF flowers that
reeted his eyes reminded him that with :
us people the day was Pascua Florida, or
Feast of Flowers" and suggested the
racefnl name the country bears. The
hape of Florida warrants the title Of .
The Peninsular Staten "Fly-up-the- = !
reeEs" is said to have been Characteristic
the Inhabitants, and they are stlll SO
allied.
GEORGIA.
So named in honor CT George H., under
those patronage 1t was colonlzed. 1t is
The Empire State OF the South" and
bounds with "buzzlrds" and "Goober- :
rabbers.n
ILLINOIS,
rom the Algonquin word llliniwek, mean
Nc eve are men," in the sense of be-
)nging to Il superior race, and the change
Illinois is due TO the French explorers, :
nat it might conform more nearly 10 !
heir own language. 1t has two sObIl
uets; "The Prairie Safe" which eX-
lains itself, and "The Sucker State"
1th population composed of Suckers"
ut IN name only. Says the Providence '
ournal of an old date:
"rhe Western prairies are in many !
laces full Of holes made by the cTawlsb, ;
hich descend to the water beneath. In /
iTly times when travellers wendell ID ir
ay over the INN nse plains they very
rudently provided themselves with u
ing, hollow r. ed, and when thirsty thrust
into these natural artesians and thus .
ia hn gtr~ar ffuft