Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-02-12
STATES AND TERRITORIES.
ORIGIN OF NAMES AND NIcKNAAEs OF
STATES AND TERRITORIES.

aIiLoua leTEitoIl-ai. Auuiah "oiu,
meaning "Sand Hills"
Arkansas-French and Italian words,
signifying Bow Of Smoky Waters"
The fictitious name Of the State is Bear
State" from the number of these ami
mails formerly found there.
Cslifornia-F:om Spanish words
meaning "Hot Furnace" The fictitious
name is Golden State"
Colorado-Spanish word meaning
"Colored."
Connecticut-An Indian name signi-
flying "The Long River" The nick
names are "FreeStone State, Nutmeg
State" and Land of Steady Habits"
Dakota-Indian word meaning "Al-
lied
Delaware-Named in honor of Lord
Delaware. 1t is called the Diamond
State" from its small size and its in
trinsic value; also, "Blue Hen State"
FlOrida-From the Spanish, meaning
"Flowery," so called from the abund-
ance of flowers and the day Easter Sun
day upon which it was discovered.
From its shape il is sometimes called
the peninsula State"
Georgia-Named in honor Of King
George IL, of England. The nickname
is Empire State Of the South"
Illinois-An Indian word signifying
Tribe of Men," The sobriquet Is Prai-
rie State also. Sucker State"
Indiana-Is 80 called from the Indians.
The original meaning of the word In
dian is "river." The nickname is "The
Hoosier State"
IOwa-An Indian word meaning "The
Sleepy Ones" The fictitious name is
"Hawkeye State"
Kansas-An Indian word signifying
"Smoky Water" The sobriquet Is
Garden of the West"
Kentucky-An Indian name signify
ing The Dark and Bloody Ground"
The nickname is "The Corn Cracker
State"
Louisiana-Named In honor Of King
Louis XIV of France. The sobriquet is
Creole State"
Maine-So called from Maine In
France. The fictitious name is "The
Pine Tree State"
Marylanh-Named in honor Of Queen
Henrietta Maria of England.
Massachusetts-An Indian name, sig
nifying "Blue HILL" The fanciful
name is "The Bay State"
Michigan-An Indian word, meaning
The Lake County," Ii is nick-named
"The Wolverine State"
Minnesota-From Indian words mean
ing CLOUDY Water" It's 1.-The Gopher
State"
Mississippi-An Indian word which
means Father of Waters" It nick
named "The Bayou State"
Nebraska-An Indian word meaning
"Shallow River"
Missouri-An Indian word meaning
muddy Water"
Nevada-SpaDish. signifying "Snow
Clad" The fictitious name is Sage
Hen State"
New Hampshire-Narned from Hamp-
shire county, England. The sobriquet
is "The Granite State"
New Jersey-Named for the Isle Of
Jersey. The sobriquet 1.-The Jersey
Blue"
New Mexico-Spanisb, named from
the country of Mexico, meaning "The
place Of Aztec-Goj Of War"
New YOrk-Named in honor OF the
Duke OF York and Albany. IL is called
'The Excelsior State" and the Empire
State"
North Carolina-Named, with South
Carolina, In honor Of Charles i Of Eng
land. The fictitious names are "Tbe
Old North State" "The Tar State" and
"The Turpentine State"
Ohio-An Indian word signifying
"Brnutiful." IL Is nickDamed The
Buckeye State"
oregon-Signihes "The River Of the
West"
Pennsylvania-Pen woodland Il
the Specification. The sobriquetis is "The
Keystone State"
Rhode Island-Named from the Isle
of Rhodes In the Mediterranean.
Rhodes signifies "A Rose" II Ia q
nicknamed Little Rbody."
South Carolina-Named in the same
manner as North Carolina, which see.
'rhe sobriquet II "The Palmetto State. ="
Tennessee-Derived from Indian
words signifying 1.-The Big Bend State. "
Texas-Spanish, said TO signify
'Friend." 1t is Licknamed "The Lone
Star State"
Uah-Named from the Utes or Utah
Indians.
Vermont-From the French; signi-
flying Screen Mountains. IL is called
"Tae Green Mountain State"
Virginia Named for Elizabeth, Queen
Of England, the "yirgin Queen" Ii
is nicknamed 1.-The Mother Of Presi-
DENTS" also, "The Old Dominion"
Washington Territory-Named for
President Washington.
West virginia-See Virginia. IL Is
| nicknamed 1.-The PaB-Handle State, y
and Mountain State"
wiscoDsin-Named from its principle
river, and that from the French, mean
ing Flowing Westward. "1'he fictitious
name Is "The Badger State"
Wyoming Territoty-An Indian term
meaning Large Plains"