Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-12

An Ingenious Map which VIII Be Exhibited
at Chicago.


at Chicago.
Although America was not named after its
rightful discoyerer. the shades Of Columbus
need not be grieved away because Of base in
gratitude. very generous disposition has
been shown in the United States to atone for
this past deficiency in appropriate nomencla-
ture by naming cities, towns and counties after
| the great discoverer. In this direction Column
bus has received far more honor than George
Washington.
DIR. G. Browne Goode Of the National Museum,
who has charge of the government exhibit at
the world s fair. has prepared an ingenious map
that well illustrates the extent to which this has
been DONE 1t is to be set in large and elegant
frame and hung in the Convent La Rabida at
Chicago with the interesting relics Of Columbus,
which form part of the Spanish exhibit. This
convent is an exact reproduction, SO far as pos
sible. OF the original one of that name in Spain,
from which Columbus set sail to discover
America
duplicate Of this map was on exhibition at
the Madrid exposition, just closed, and was
awarded a gold medal 1t hung In the famous
Columbus room in the gallery of Columbus
portraits collected by Mr.. ". E. Curtis of the
Department of State. who had charge Of the
Latin American exhibit, and excited much ia
yorable comment.
1t is prepared from large-sizsd map Of the
and Mexico. 1t is found that the remaining
portions Of North America have not been par
ticularly mindful of Columbus name. In fact
the territory settled by the Spanish people alone
remains entirely without Columbian names.
All the cities. towns and smaller political divis-
ions are designated this map. Wherever
any form of the name of Columbus has been
used brass peg with large fiat head is in
serted. To this a silken cord is tied, holding a
neatly printed cardboard label. diamond
shaped which bears on either side the name and
political importance of the place. The finished
map presents a very unique appearance and
embodies an interesting idea 1t shows very
strikingly how prominent the remembrance of
Columbus has been in bestowing local names
and how curiously the fitful fancy OF giving
honor to distinguished men seizes upon locali-
ties.
There are 10j Columbian names on this map.
OF which all except four are in the United
States. These four are in Canada, the most i'm
po-tant being British Columbia. The other
three are in the province of Ontario. Mexico
has none al ell The greater portion of these
names takes the form of plain Columbus or Co.
lumbia. the latter being compliment to the
discOverer and at the same time the poetic
name of the United States. This was int ended
in the name OF the district which contains the
seat of government There are number of
variations. however. Virginia has Columbia
Furnace and West Virginia Gas Columbia Sui
phur SPRING. Other states have Columbiana
from the classic Latin. Virginia again has
Columbian Grove. Pennsylvania has Columbia
Crossroads and Columbia Farm and Iowa has
Columbia Junction. To sixty-nine of these
places Uncle Sam sends mail. which undoubt-
edly causes more confusion in the Post Office
Department than the forty places by the
name Of Washington.
There twenty-five Columbia villages
equally distributed among the people and nine
teen Columbia or Columbus townships. The
older and more thickIy settled states are gener-
ally found to have the greatest profusion of Co.
lumbar names. although this is not always
true. Massachusetts,. Vermont and Rhode
Island have none. and one may well ask why
this should be. since it is not the case with any
other state east OF the Mississippi river. In fact,
every state and territory in the Union excepting
ten nave from one to twelve Columbian names.
Excluding those just named they Idaho,
Montana, North Dakota. Wyoming. Utah, Colo
RADIO. New Mexico AMI Arizona. II will be seen
that the most of these are the new states in the
region of the Rockies.
Ohio leads with the largest number twelve
and is closely followed by Illinois with eight
and Pennsylvania with seven: Iowa. Washing
ton and New York have six eacn; Michigan and
North Carolina, five; South Dakota. Nebraska.
Kansas. California. Oklahanla, New Hampshire.
Connecticut. Maryland, West Virginia. South
Carolina. Mississippi Louisiana and Tennessee
have one each.
Few places adorned with this name have at
tanned tee dignity of cities. but there are two
important oaes. Columbia, the capital of Ohio
and Columbia in South Carolina. The other
Columbia cities are five number-Co!umbia
Ga; Columbia. Ill. Columbia. Wash. and two
cities in Iowa by name Columbus.
Seven states have Columbia counties. They
are New York. Pennsylvania. Georgia. Florida,
Arkansas Wisconsin and Oregon. North Caro-
lima stands alone with a county designated
Columbus. Ohio blossoms out with the Latin
sutEx and calls one of ker counties Columbiana
strange fOndness occurs for punching Co.
lumbar names in groups of three. the towns
or counties being situated near each other.
This appears in New Iork-whch has Columbia
county with Coiumbiavllle and Columbia
SPrings-Oh iO-and Washington. while Illinois
has group of four. Some states show much
consistency. all the Columbian places in New
Jersey-three yillaSes-bearipg The name CO.
lumbia.
There is but one Columbian river. and that is
In the extreme northwes: OF the country.