The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-19
HOW |OAW PLACES
| GOT THEIR NAMES
MOS. Of the cosnem.ns Of Cities.
Towns and Rivers In Hawkeys
state Found to Have
Meanings
INDIAN NAMES ARE USED
French Explorer. and Settler. Gave
Other Places Their rifles One
Town Named for
Preacher.
INDIAN NAMES ARE USED

A loyal Iowan has compiled q list
Of names OF Iowa towns and rivers
and some explanations as to their pos
sible meaning. as follows:
The name Iowa is derived from the
name Of an Indian tribe and means
sleepy ones" or "drowsy ones"
The name Des Moines is thought to
have been derived from the Indian
word mikonang, meaning road" This
name was applied by the Indians in
the form OF moingona, which the
French shortened into moin, calling
Des Moines river. riviere Des Moins.
Finally the name became associated
with the Trappist monks and the river
by spurious etymology was called la
riviere des moins, "the river of the
monks"
Burlington took its name from the
city of Burlington. Vt.
Clinton is one of the numerous geo
gra phical namesakes of De Witt Gin
ton. governor of New York and pro-
jector of the Erie canal.
Council Bluffs was so called from
council held there by Lewis and Clark
with the Indians.
Davenport owes its name to Colonel
Davenport, an early settler.
The name of Mnscatine was prob
ably derived from the Indian, the
word signifying "dweller in the prai-
RE"
DUBUQUE was named for a French
trader, Julian Dubuque.
Sioux City derived Its name from
the Dakota or Sioux Indians OF Dakota
and Minnesota, the largest tribe In
the United States. The word is an
! sbbreviation of their Ojibwa name
signifying little snakes" hence "ene-
mics"
Fort Dodge was named for Senator
Dodge OF Wisconsin.
Keokuk bears the name OF an Indian
chief, the word meaning running
fox" or "watchful fox"
Marshalltown was so called in hon
or OF Chief Justice John Marshall.
Ottumwa has an Indian name said
to mean place OF the lone chief but
more probably signifying rapids or
"tumbling water"
Waterloo is one OF number OF
places in the country named from the
battlefield of Belgium.
Fort Madison was named In honor
of James Madison, president OF the
| United States.
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wife of the Indian chief Mahaska. A
town In Kansas is similarly named.
| Boone owes it's name to Captain
Boone Of the United States dragons.
who captured Des Moines valley
above Coon Forks.
] Creston was SO named because II
! was the highest point on the Chicago
burlington and Quincy railroad.
Charlton probably received its name
! from the early French settlers. the
original form of the word and there
fore the translation being lost. Some
/ saw there was a French trader who
1 had his agency near the mouth OF
! Charlton river whose name was SINH
i lar.
/ Charles City was named by Kelley
St. Charles for his son.
| Cherokee is one Of many places IN
the country named for the Indian
tribe. The meaning OF the word is
Uncertain
/ Clarinda owes its name to Clarinds
Buck. q niece of the founder
4 DEBORAH derived its name from De
here, or become. Winnebago chief
tain. The word means spoon"
Baskerville was named for Esther
A. Ridley, wife Of one of the original
proprietors-
Glenwood is indebted for its name
to a Presbyterian minister, Glenn
Wood
Grinnel1 is the namesake Of Hon
w. II. Grinnell, q citizen.
! independence, with twenty-odd 9th
e- places in the country, was named
In commemoration OF the declaration
of Independence.
The name LeMars was made NJ
from the initials OF the ladies WHIT
accompanied its founder on his frs
l visit to the spot.
i Red Oak was SO named on account