Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-10-04

the wife of Sir John Franklin, tn,
explorer who lost his life IL
first finding the Northwest passag,
through the great Ice of the Polal
regions. There Is perhaps no more
beautiful story of untiring devotion
and persistent effort than that Of
Lady Jane Franklin who, after the
failure of many attempts. fitted ouI
a ship, which, though 1t brought
back to her the definite proof of the
loss of her husbands expedition, es.
tablished his achievement of his OBJ.
ject.
Pocahontas and Victoria.
The picturesque stories of the lit
tie Indian princess Pocahontas al
ways will hold a loved place In the
hearts of American childhood. Coun-
ties In Iowa and West Virginia, vii
lagos in Bond county. Illinois. and
Cape Girardeau county, Mississippi
and the Rocky mountains In Alberta,
Canada. are named for her.
Queen Victorla's name Is wrapped
around the British empire from the
capital of British Columbia, over
the heart of Africa at Victoria Ny
ANA and Victoria Falls, and be-
yond into the Queensland and Vic
toria In far-away Australia.
America, too, In its early days of
colonization paid Its tribute to the
queens of the mother country and
to the gracious ladies who braved
the dangers of untried shores with
their lords, Elizabeth, a cape In
Maine, and Elizabeth City In vir-
ginia, as well as the state itself,
together with some twenty-five other
places In the United States, bear the
name of the clever, witty, versatile
coquette, who took the discussion
torn England and whipped 1t into a
place as a world power. Elizabeth
Carteret, the charming wife of one
of the aristocratic proprietors of
New Jersey, shares with Queen
Elizabeth some of the honors of the
name. Elizabethtown In North Car
DINA. and Elizabeth City, In New
Jersey, are named for her.
There wasn't any Martha of Mar
thas Vineyard. The first name Is
supposed to be a corruption of Mar
tin, a friend of the discoverer of
the island. The word Vineyard was
added later on account of the wild
grapes found on the island. Vim
land, the name which Lief Erickson
gave the North American continent,
was suggested in a similar tanner
Maryland and Virginia are fairly
despatched with the names of the
queens and princesses of England,
the very s~tate-names themselves be-
Ing taken from that of Queen Henri
eta Maria, the wife of Charles l,
and the dlsputably fortunate estate
of Elizabeth. Then, too, there are
Annapolis, named for the wife of
James | of England; and Anne
Arundel and Caroline counties, In
Maryland, called after the wives of
two of the Calverts Fluvanna coun-
ty and the North Anna river In Wiz.
ginia named for Queen Anne; and
Charlotte, Amelia and Caroline
counties and Charlottesville, the
home of the University of Virginia,
all called for the wives and daugh-
ters of the English kings.
For c~onstantine's Mother.
st. Helena, the rugged little island
in the Pacific which has such q
soothing effect upon the restless ten
denotes of %autocrats, bears the name
of the mother of Constantine the
Great, who. according to legend, dis
covered the cross upon which Christ
died, during a visit she made to the
Holy Land. She was known In the
early days of Christianity for her
religious zeal and piety. Helena,
Mont, though opinions differ as to
the origin of the name. is said to
have been so called because OF the
resemblance of its location to that
of st. Helena. |
The naming Of Hart county, Geor-
gia, is a generous tribute to a Dixie
heroine of the Revolution. Nancy
Hart.
The harbor Beara In Ireland Is
said to have been named by Owen
More, king of Munster during the
reign of Conn of the Hundred Bat
ties, for his wife. a Spanish prin.
cess. No saint perhaps holds a
dearer place In the Irish heart than
st. lite, or Tde, often called Brigid
of Munster, and we find her name In
several variations In the James of
churches and places throughout that
country.