Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-20


the uttermost parts of the earth, is
shown the respect in which the great
name of Washington is held. There
is no name in all the world so honored
by it's geographical use. At the ex-
treme north of Greenland is Washing
ton Land, and a little east of it is
Cape Washington. Then there is
Washington in Oxford county, Ontario.
In the mid-Pacific south of Hawaii. is
Washington Island. and further south,
on one of the Fiji islands, is Mount
Washington. In Paris is the Rue
Washington, opening into the Avenue
deS Champs Elysees-
Turn to the United States and you
will find 296 Washingtons, which
means more than five for each state,
District, territory and each of the for
eign possessions. OF these, the first
that comes to mind is the national
capital, then the great northwest
state and after these the numerous
subdivisions of the various states. In
Alabama there is a Washington coun-
ty; in Arkansas county and a town;
in California. a county, two towns,
three townships, and to these are add
ed WaShingtontown and Washington
Corners; in Connecticut there is a
town and a Washington Depot; in Flor
ida town; Georgia, county and
town; Idaho, town; Illinois coun-
ty, town, two townships, and to
these are added Washington Heights.
In this list the word town" is used in
its broadcast sense so as to embrace
everything from hamlet to city.
Indiana has a county. two towns.
and forty-three townships; Iowa.
county. a town. forty-one townships,
Mills and Washington Prairie; Kan
sas. county, two towns. six town
ships, and a Washington Creek; Ken
lucky, a county town and Mount
Washington; Louisiana, a parish and
a town: Massachusetts, a town and
Mount Washington; Maine. a county
a town and Washington Plantation:
Maryland. a county. town. Washing
ton Junction, and also Mount Wash
lngton, Michigan. a town, two town
ships, Washington Island and Wash
fngton Harbor: Minnesota. a county
town, a township. and Washington
Lake; Mississippi, county and a
town.
In Missouri is great nest of Wash
ingtons: a county, town. twenty-one
townships. Washington Centre and
Mount Washington; Montana. Wash
ington Bar. Washington Gulch and
Mount Washington; Nebraska a
county; North Dakota. a North and
south Washington lake: New Hamp-
shire a town. a township and Mount
Washington; New Jersey a town. five
townships. Washington crossing.
Washingtonville, Washington Corners
and Washington Place: New York, a
county, two towns. Washingtonville.
Washington Mills. Washington Hollow
and Washington Four Corners; North
Carolina, county and two townships.
Then comes Ohio. with a remark
able display, a county, four towns.
forty townships, Washingtonyille
Washington Station and Mount
Washington; Oregon, county: :
pennsylvania, county. three
towns. twenty-one townships and
Mount Washington; Rhode Island. a
county and town; Vermont, a coun-
ty and town; Virginia. a county. a
town and "Washington's Birth Place. {"
IN Westmorland county, Washington,
washington lake; Wisconsin, a coun-
ty, six townships, Washington Island
and Washington Harbor; Wyoming
Mount Washington
When one thinks of the monuments
to Washington, the first that comes tn
mind is the mighty shaft in the cant
tai Then there is the celebrated
marble statue in the central hall of
the Capitol at Richmond, by Jean An
tome Houdon. and not far away the
imposing monument in Baltimore sur.
mounted by colossal statue of the
patriot There is no state. in fact
there is no city of any considerable
size. where Washington is NOT con.
tinually kept in mind by the same tab
let to his memory. and they are in
creaslng now more rapidly than ever
before, since the Sons and Daughters
OF the Revolution, the Colonial
DANES and the various other patri-
QUO organizations have begun their
work These are seen in the granite
tablet under the Washington En-, -
cambridge. concentrating that event
OF July ., IT'S. when the great general
t'ok command of the first American