Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-28
Clayton county, for John M. Clayton,
COM tor from Delaware

governor of New York and protector
of the Erie canal.
Coralville. Johnson county,so named
because of coral formations under the
town.
Correctionville, Woodbury. county,
so named because it is on the correc.
ton line.
Council Bluffs, because on this spot
a council was held with the Indians by
Lewis and Clarke.
Creston, Union county, so named be-
cause it is the highest point on the
Burlington railroad
Dallas Center and Dallas county,
for George NJ Dallas, vice president
under Polk.
Davis and Davis county, for Carrot
Davis, a member of congress.
Decatur county for Commodore Ste
phen Decatur.
DEBORAH, Winnishiek county, for an
Indian chief. Decorie.
Deep River, Poweshiek county, nam
ed for near by creek
Delaware county for Lord de la
War;, governor and first captain gen
eral of Virginia.
Denison, Crawford county, for j.
w. Denison, who laid it out.
Des Moines. from the Indian word
mikonang, meaning the road" The
name was applied by the Indians to
the place in the form of Mongona
which the French shortened to Moin
calling the river the 'riviere des
Moines." Finally the name became
associated with the Trappist monks,
and the river by spurious etymology
was called ia riviere des MONIES" or
| the river of the monks"
Dickinson county for Daniel S. Dick
inson, United States senator from New
York in 1874.
Doom, Lyon county, from river in
| Scotland.
Bows, Wright county, for a railroad
contractor.
Drakesviiie, Davis county, for John
A. Drake, who laid it out.
Dubuque, for the French trader,
named Julien Dubuque, who carried on
a big trade with the Indians at this
point.
Duncombe, Webster county, for the
Hon. J. F. Duncombe.
| Dunlap, Harrison county. for the SUI
| perintendent of the Chicago and North
western railroad.
| Durant, for Thomas Durant.
Dyersville, Dubuque county, for
James Dyer. one of the former own
ers.
| Dysart. town in Scotland.
| Earlville. Delaware county, for the
first settler, G. NJ. Earl
Eddyville, Wapello county. for J. P
Eddy who established a post there at
an early date -
Eldora, Hardin county. from, the
| Slanish FL Dorado, golden land "
4, !, Ellsworth, Hamilton county, for a
banker at Iowa Falls.
b < Emmetsburg, Palo Alto county for
the Irish patriot, Robert E. Emmett.
Epworth Dubuque county, for a
town in Lincolnshire, England.
Estherville. Emmett county, for Es-
Their A. Ridley wife of one of the orig
inal proprietors.
Farley, Dubuque, for the superin-
tendent of the Sioux City railroad.
4 Farragut. Fremont countyy,fo for Admit
1 raj Farragut.
( Felix township. Grundy county. fJr
Felix Grundy, a Tennessee senator.
Floyd. county, town and river, for
I Sergeant Charles Floyd, of the Lewis
and Clarke expedition.
! Fontanelle, Adair county, named for
q trapper with the American Fur COM
pany.
TT Dodge, for Senator Dodge, of
( Wisconsin.
Fit. Madison, for President James
Madison. az 81
Franklin county, for Benjamin
/ Franklin, very common in the United
| StatesD 9JuG
| Gilman. Marshall county, for atrail-
! road contractor. 4aif- -
| Glidden. Carroll county, for manu-
| facturer of barbed wire. sas
Grand Junction. Greene county, so
! named because it is situated at the
! junction Of the Keokuk, and Des
| Moines and Chicago and Northwestern
railroads. d
Grant, Montgomery county, for Gen
eral Grant. te
Greene county. for Gen. Nathaniel
! Greene, of the Revolution. e9G
Grimes, Polk county, for Senator
| Grimes.
/ Grinnell, for Hon, w. H. Grinnell, a
citizen.
Guthrie county, for Capt. Edwin B.
! Guthrie.
Gutenberg, Clayton county, the
name of the inventor of printing.
I Hamilton, for Gen. Hamilton, COVER.
nor of South Carolina
/ Hancock county, for John Hancock
| the first signer OF the declaration OF
4 independence.
Hardin county, for Col. John Hardin.
Harlan, Shelby county, for Senator
Harlan.
Harrison county. for VIM. Henry
Harrison, president of the United
4 States.
Hawkeye, Fayette county, a noted
J Indian chief.
Hedrick, Keokuk county, for Gener
i al Hedrick
/ Henry county, for Gen. Henry Dodge
a governor of the territory of Wiscon
sin.
Hepburn, Page county for Congress
: man Hepburn.
Howard county, for Senator t. A
; Howard, of Indiana
} Hull, Sioux county, for John Hull.
Illyria. Fayette county, from an an
! cient kingdom in Austria.
Iowa Falls, from the falls in thc