Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-08-28

WHO accompanied the lOunQer on MS
first visit to the spot.
Limesprings, Howard county, from
springs in the rocks nearby.
Linn county, for Hon. Lewis F.
Linn, senator from Missouri.
Little Sioux river, from the French
name Petite Rivereire des Sioux"
Lone Tree, Johnson county, from
single tree which stands in the
prairie.
Louisa county, for Louisa Massey.
Lynnyille, Jasper county, so named
because of nearby Eastwood grove.
Lyon county, for Gen. Nathaniel
| Lyon, U. S. A.
McGregor, Clayton county, for an
early proprietor, Alex McGregor.
Malcolm, Poweshiek county, for an
early Scotch settler
Manning, Carroll county, for mer-
chant at that place.
| Manson, Calhoun county, for a resi-
dent of the town.
| Maquoketa, Jackson county, from
the Indian word meaning, high bank" "
"a feather" or "a bear"
| Marion county, for Gen. Francis
Marion.
Marshall county, for Chief Justice
Marshall.
Miles, Jackson county, for the man
who laid it out.
Mills county, for Major Mills of
Iowa.
Mitchell for John Mitchell, the r.
ish patriot.
Mitchellville, Polk county, for Thos.
Mitchell.
Mondamin, Harrison county, from
an Indian word meaning, corn" or
"cornfield."
Monroe county, for President James
Monroe, Every common name in U. 81
Montgomery county, for Gen. Rich
ard Montgomery. who was killed in
the assault of Quebec.
Moulton, Appanoose county. for an
engineer on the c., B. & Q. railway.
/ Nishnabotna river, Indian name
meaning canoe making river"
Norwalk, Warren county, "a point of
land
| Ocheyedan, Osceola county, Indian,
"a place of mourning"
Osceola, for the Seminole Indian
chief.
Oskaloosa. Mahaska county, for the
wife of the Indian chief Mahaska.
Owassa, Hardin county, the Indian
word meaning bear.
Palo, Linn county. from Spanish
word meaning stick"
Pella, Marion county, so calle' by
the Dutch settlers of the town to
whom the word meant city of refuge. >
Peosta, Dubuque county, an Indian
word meaning, gorge in the rocks
Plymouth county from the town in
Massachusetts which was the landing
place of the Pilgrims.
~ Polk county, for President James X.
Polk.
FL Pottawattamie county. from an In
Edian tribe name meaning makers of
fire. The tribe assumed separate
sovereignty by building couacil ire
for themselves.
Poweshiek county, for an Indian
chief
Primghar, O'Brien county, a combin-
alton of the initials of the persons
present at the laying OF the corner
stone.
4 Quasqueton. Buchanan county, the
Indian word for rapid water
A Red Cedar river, SO named from tbs
4 abundance Of that tree found on its
banks.
Redtield, Dallas county, for Colonel
Redfeld
Riceville, Mitchell county, for three
brothers.
Ringgold county, for Major Samuel
Ringgold, an officer in the Mexican
war.
Rippey Greene county. for Capt. G
! NJ Rippey, an old settler.
|, Riverside, SO called from is situation
On the river CA very common town
name.)
II Rolfe, Pocohontas county: some say
4 it is named for the Englishman who
married Pocohontas. and others for an
early settler of that name.
Scott county, for General Winfield
Scott.
Sheffield. Franklin county, for James
4 Sheffield, a railroad contractor
Sigourney, Keokuk county. for tho
poetess, Mrs. Lydia H. Sigourney.
Sioux county. for the Indian tribe
means "a species of snake the tribe
appellation being enemies"
Spirit Lake. from a name which the
Indians called it meaning spirit wat
err"
State Center, Marshall county, Sc
named because it is thought to be {
geographical center
Steamboat Rock, Hardin county be
couse of large rock in the vicinity
which resembles a steamboat in form
Strawberry Point, Clayton county
because of the abundance of that frui
in the vicinity
Titonka, Kossuth county, the lndiar
: ward meaning big house"
Union county, so named as the eX
: preston of the sentiment OF all Amer
leans.
Valley Junction, Polk county, june
ton of railroads.
Van Buren,, for eighth president o
the United States.
Volney, Allamakee county, fol
, Count Volney, the French writer.
Wapello, an Indian word with tw'
meanings, "the pioneer and the lit
: tie prince"
Wapsipinicon river, from a roo
found on it's bank which the indians
called white potatoes"
Warren county, for Joseph Warren
who fell at Bunker Hill.
Washington, for General Georg'
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