Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-23
WHAT'S IN SOME
 GEOGRAPHIC NAMES

Names of such wome as Joan of 1 Arc and Edith Cavell are written in- delibly upon the hearts of people for all ages. Generous and well deserv ed tributes have been paid lastingly to others, but so much have their names become a part of our daily lives that many who frequently pronounce them are unmindful of their signifi- canoe. Cities, rivers, provinces and islands bear the james of women of distinction" says a bulletin from the Nationsa Geographic Society.
 Lady Franklin Island, near Baffin Island in the Arctic Circle, is named for the wife of Sir John Franklin, the explorer who lost his life in first find ing the Northwest Passage through the great ice of the Polar regions. There is perhaps no more beautiful story of untiring devotion and per sistent effort than that of Lady Jane Franklin who, after the failure of many attempts, fitted out ship which, though it brought back to her the definite proof of the loss of her hus- | bands expedition establisheH his achievement of his object.
 "The picturesque stories of the lit the Indian princess Pocohontas always will hold a loved place in the hearts of I American childhood. Counties in West Virginia, villages in Bond coun- I ty, Illinois, and Cape Girardeau Coun- ty, Missouri, and in the Rocky Noun l tains in Alberta, Canada, are named l for her
 Queen victoria's name is wrap ped around the British Empire from the capiptal of British Columbia, over the heart of Africa at Victoria Ny l anza and Victoria Falls, and beyond 1 into the Queensland and Victoria in
 far away Australia.
 America, too, in it's early days of 1 colonization paid it's tribute to the l queens of the mother country and to the gracious ladies who braved the
 dangers of untried shores with their lordse. Elizabeth, cape in Maine,
 and Elizabeth City in Virginia, as well
 as the stSte ltstll together with some twenty-five other places in the United States, bear the name of the clever, witty, versatile coquette, who
 took the dissention-t England and
 whipped 1t into place as a world 1 power. Elizabeth Carteret, the charm ing wife of one of the aristocratic
 proprietors of New Jersey, shares with Queen Elizabeth some of the honors of the name. Elizabethtown, in North T Carolina, and Elizabeth City, in New
 Jersey, are named for her.
 The name of Clara Barton is per
 petuated in Barton County, Kansas
 and the wife of George Washington
 who before her first marriage wa.
 Martha Dandridge, is honored in the
 town of Dandridge, Tennessee
 There wasn't any Martha, of Mar.
 tha's Vineyard, however The frs , name is supposed to be a corruption O Martin, a friend of the discoverer O
 the island. The word Vineyard wa. added later on account of the wilC
 grapes found on the island. Vinland the name which Lief Ericson gay
 the North American continent, wa suggested in a similar manner.
 Maryland and Virginia are fairl, oespattered with the names of tn : queens and princesses of England, tn : very state-names themselves bein, taken from that of Queen Henriett;
 Maria, the wife of Charles I, and tn : oisputably fortunate estate of Eliz abeth. Then, too, there are Annap oils, named for the wife of James of England; anl Anne Arundel an Caroline counties, in Maryland calle after the wives of two of the Calverts
 FIuvana County and the North Ann
 River in Virginia named for Quee
 Anne; and Charlotte, Amelia an dCaro
 line Counties and Charlottesville. tn nome of the University of Virginia e all called for the wives and daughter
 of the English kings.
 k Marietta, Ohio, was named fo n the hauEhty, charming Marie Ar, e tolnette. The Aleutian Islands. off th
 coast. of Alaska, when that terri.or was Russia, were known as Catha . . rlne Archipelago in honor of Cath arine the Great Ekaterinburg wa " named for the Russian Catharine wh