Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-09-11
Pennsylvania Towns and
Streams Indicate Origin.
Welsh Colony Left It's Impress Upon
Territory Near Phi%ladelphia-
Along the Delaware River
Upper and Lower Dublin.


Philadelphia.-Few states have such
peculiar as Pennsylvania, and
the vicinity OF this city contributes a
complement Of them, besides telling as
correctly as history itself Of the n a
tionality Of early settlers and the
places whence they came.
These, in many instances, show the
philology Of the language to which
they belong; others have been trans.
planted from beyond the seas, and
some, such as those of Indian origin.
designate the topography OF the 10.
~calities they name.
EARLY Welsh settlers left their i'm
press 9on territory contiguous to Phila-
delphia by naming their settlements
after towns, hills and valleys In their
native Gwalia. Bryn Mawr. is one OF
the places they named. Bryn means
hill and Mawr is great or big, and
Pencoyd is the Welsh for head of the
woods. Pen mean head and coyd Is
woods.
Bala, across the Schuylkill from
Manayunk. in the Welsh is town. ii
was named after the birthplace Of the
late George B. Roberts, one time presi-
dent of the Pennsylvania Railroad
company. Bala is also the Gaelic OF
the similarity between the tongues
GIadwyne, which was included In the
old Welsh tract on the west side OF
the Schuylkill, means white or clean
section, while Bethryn means broad or
open place, and Uchlyn Is the upper
lake. UGH is upper and lynn is lake.
Some say that Upper Dublin and
Lower Dublin. both suburban places,
were not named by Irish settlers but
by Welsh colonists, and the reason
claimed for this is that the name Dub
lin is Welsh as well .as irish. The
Welsh for Dublin is dark pool or pwll
Du, while the Irish for Dublin is
Dubh Lin, or black pool. Dubh Lin
was originally that part of the River
Liffey OF which the city Of Dublin now
stands. Our Dublin may be Irish. but.
like the Welsh names, 1t was trans
planted and has no bearing whatever
upon the topography OF the northern
tier OF this city.
There are North Wales and Gwy-
nedd, on the North Penn branch OF the
Philadelphia & Reading railway. They
are on a tract of land bought by
James Penn" and transferred 70 the
Welsh colony, which named 1t Ewy-
nedd. The land was divided later and
each OF the two sets of Scolonists want
ed the name Gwynedd retained bat
II 1x.ktag rc.%S ~ a. 49, 4I.s :. 49,
section. There was a compromise on
the northern part being named North
Wales and the lower part was permit
ted to be Gwynedd, which white
land, or northland, in old Welsh. To
live in Wales was an aspiration Of
these sturdy colonists.
In the same territory as Upper Dub
lin is the hamlet of Kincora. Elm lis
the Gaelic or old Celtic for head and
cora Is sweet scented. There is moth
ing in the locality which calls for such
q cognomen; no knobs, hills of flowers
or ferns scent 1t at any period of the
year.
Cornweli is from the old Celtic name
corn wall, which means horned cliffs,
such as are on the coast OF Cornwall,
and from where it got It's name In the
early ages Of the British Isles.
Tullytown Is half Celtic also, but
when you reach Tacony and hear the
conductor shout "Tack-oo-nee," ther
you should know he is giving you 8
touch OF the Indian dialect Of the
Delawares tribe. The Delawares are
credited with doing the christening Ii
their tongue after a swamp near the
river. There are many Indian names
along the Delaware all the way up t
Pocono, big hills, and Manunka Chunk
highest mountain spot.