Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-12-17

Missouri in st. LoLuis, st. Francois
and Cape Girardeau.
Every traveller knows that Califor.
mia county names are almost entirely
Spanish, from Los Angeles and San
Diego to San Francisco and Del Norte.
New Mexico shows the same prefer.
ence with Guadalupe. Hidslgo and
San Miguel. while Colorado has
Conejos. Montesuma, Dolores and
others of the same distinctive stamp
Names Of Indian tribes and chief
tains naturally find prominent place.
with all the variations that distin-
guished the original inhabitants.
maine glories in Androscoggin and
AroOstook, New York has Genesee
and Atsega. Florida brings Osceola
and Seminole. Alabama Cherokee and
Choctaw, Oklahoma has Muskogee,
Okmulgee and Sequoyah, Arizona ha.
Apache and Navajo. Montana contrib.
utes Flathead, Oregon has Multno-
NAH and Wasco. Idaho has recorded
Neg Perez and Shoshone, and Wash.
ington presents Klickitat and Skama-
MIA.
AS Eastern states became dense.
ly populated the local geography set
tied down, and in some Of them no
new counties have been created for
generations. This is also told in the
names of the counties. for the histori-
cal names do not extend further
than Washington, Franklin, Jefferson,
Hamilton, Randolph, Schuyler and
Wayne. Further west and south, in
the states Of the next generation, ap.
pear the later names of Jackson,
Clay. Calhoun. Crawford. Webster
and Monroe. Still further west come
the names of the generals and states
men of the Civil war, and only In the
Far West can be found Blaine, Gar.
field. Cleveland and Roosevelt.
Only in the. South will be found
counties named Jefferson Davis, Lee.
johnson and Beauregard. Only in
the states of the West, where the tids
Of immigration followed the Civil war,
will be found Grant, Sherman. Sheri-
dan, Meade and Hancock. The name
of Lincoln has been diffused over the
South, though in some instances the
man honored was the general of the
revolution, instead of the later presi.
dent. It seems singular that Illinois
has neither q Lincoln nor a Grant
county, although it has Logan.
Local history appears in the names
in many states. and in others names
important in state history. though not
so well known to the nation. A few
instances are Garland in Arkansas,
Routt, Teller and Moffat in Colorado,
Flagler, Broward and Pasco in Flor.
ida. Gooding in Idaho, Carter, Toole,
Hill and Sanders in Montana. Curry,
Baker and Lane in Oregon, Vance and
Hoke in North Carolina, Lamar and
Walthall in Mississippi. SEWER in
Tennessee, Houston, Coke, Mills and
Reagan in Texas, Rusk, Villas and
Sawyer in Wisconsin, Dickinson in
Michigan. and Thurston in Nebraska.
Texas. with its immense domain,
has planted the informalities of cow.
boy days on the names of its counties
in such designations as Deaf Smith,
Tom Green, Jen Davis, Jim Hogg, Jim
Wells and Maverick. II is in Florida
and California, of course. that Citrus
and Orange counties are found.
Geographical characteristics mark
the names Of many counties. such a
Canyon. Limestone. Lake and Valley.
Other pictures Of local scenes are pre-
scented by WhsAtland, Mineral, Iron.
Glacier. Cascade, Red Willow and Boz
Elder.
Every president has had his name