The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-17
NAMES OF STATES.
Their Derivation and How Many ofThem
Were Applied.

Their Derivation and How Many of Them
Were Applied.
From the Philadelphia Times.
Alabama comes from a Greek word
and signifies 'land of rest"
Nebraska means shallow waters
Oregon is SpanhS word, signifying
wales of wild thyme"
Dakota means "leagued or allied
tribes
wyoming is an Indian word for "b.g
plains"
Washington gets it's name from our
first president.
Montana means mountainous.
Idaho is a name that has never been
satisfactorily accounted for.
California is a name in much dispute
Some writer's say. it first appeared in
Spanish romance in $780, the heroine
being an Amazonian named "Califor-
MA
Colorado is a Spanish word applied to
that portion of the Rocky mountains on
account of their many ceored peaks.
Connecticut's real name is Queen en-
ta-cut.s 1t is a Mohican word, which
means long river"
Delaware derives its name from
Thomas West, Lord de la War;.
Florida gets it's name from Kannmas
de Flores, or feast of the flowers"
Georgia had it's name bestowed when
it was colony, in honor of George II.
Illinois is supposed to be derived from
an Indian word, which was intended to
mean a superior race of men.
Indiana means LAND of Indians"
Iowa is named from an Indian tribe,
the Kiowas, so called by the Illinois
Indians because they We're across the
river.
Kansas is based the same as Arkan-
eas. and has three or four Indian inter-
pretations, the best being that it signi-
fies smoke waters the French pre-
fix 'ark" meaning bow.
Kentucky is derived from the Indian
word 'Kain-tuck," signifying some
thing great" It does not mean, as
some suppose, dark and bloody
ground
Louisiana was so named in honor of
Louis XIV.
Maine takes its name from the PROV
ince of Maine, in France, and was so
called as compliment to the queen of
Charles I, Henrietta, who was rts
owner.
Maryland was also named in honor
of Henrietta Maria, queen of Charles I.
Massachusetts in an Indian word, sig
nifying country above the great hills"
Michigan is from an Indian word and
means great lake.
Mississippi is a Natchez word and
means father of waters"
Missouri means muddy waters"
Nevada Is Spanish word signifying
SNOW covered mountains"
New Hampshire took it's name from
Hampshire. England. 1t was originally
called Lanconia.
New Jersey was named for Sir George
Carter, who was at that time governor
of the island of Jersey, in the British
channel. s,
New York was so named as compile
ment to the Duke of York, whose
brother, Charles II, granted him that
territory.
The Carolinas get their names from
Charles (Carolus) II.
Pennsylvania takes it's name from
William Penn, the sylvia part of il
meaning woods. Literally it is Penn S
woods"
Rhode Island gets its name from its
fancied resemblance to the island Of
Rhodes, in the Mediterranean.
Tennessee, according to some writers,
is from Tenasaa, an Indian chief: others
have it to mean river Of the big
bend"
Texas was called by the Spanish mis-
sionaries in 1924 "Mixtecaph,' and The
people "Mixtecas." From the last word
the name of Texas is supposed to have
been derived.
Virginia got its name from Queen
Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen"
Wisconsin is an Indian word mean
ing wild, rushing waters