| Show M MI HOW MONTANA NAME I 5 Oon James W Denver It to Senator Stephan StephanS S A Douglas Douglos In the tho y iE r 1813 1 Was al aI a law I stu student dentIn dent in the laW Of Gen oral J 1 W Denver Dearer In D DC DC C and also aeo tb the ot Of dork clerk to him During a conversation between behnen u us about Mon Montana tana Territory l the general aSked Inc Ine It if J I knew how the got Us its name I In the tho negative and he remarked t I am the onlY person peron who ho and proceeded proceed In hi his modest w way lr to the Incident to me Denver had been the much beloved territorial governor the grea greatest part It If not nil ot of the present State ot of Cob clo ratIo rado no lie was verY Intimate with A Douglas I cannot remember ber the exact time ot of this Incident A as given rae mo by Denver but It was attar after Denver tad had been governor ot of Territory and before Dou Doulas Doug las Ins sent sont for Denver to come to lila his hou house e which Will was In Washington D DC DC C both being there here at the time Dur DurIng lag Ing th the evenings conversation Douglas stated that he Will was going to Introduce a 11 bill to form torm some new Territories and Denver ner to gIve Ie hini an appropriate name lb had bad a map I ot of the tho before Colorado the but I was Vas name lu suggested Douglas reviled replied I haw hae selected that i name for tor this one pointing on the 6 A 6 6 6 6 6 6 A ut m Ina l to what hat Ii 15 JIOW tho State Stat ot of Colorado I want a for tor n a Territory r I am Alii going to mark out up UD here In the mountains Deller the West and service In the war Vor made him familiar liar with many Spanish words worde and lie remarked not call It Montana f Douglas Immediately said What does It mean Denver Dener replied It Is 1 a word vord and means mean a mountainous country wife was one ot of the most not tit of the tho capital till and he heI I doubting knowledge ot of Span SpanIsh Spanish Ish walked out Into the tho hall hail and call calling 1111 In ing his wife who was upstairs My dear do you know an any such word as Montana 7 II to which she readily replIed refilled 1 It is III a 11 Spanish word that means Q a country Douglas returned and said Gayer Its just the word sord and I 1 will adopt II IIA A bill followed In a few en days In which I appeared The bill did not pass at that time and If I tOrr correctly remember the story not In Inthe inthe the life Ire time Ume of at Douglas but the name stuck and from that Incident Montana got fiot Its n name lime General Denver Dener W was S a vcr very modest man ani and rarely even een to Intimate friends spoke ot of events with he was connected and as ho he Is now dead I ma be the only person who knows ot of this thi Incident I have Iven It to you as related to tome me by time the gen In ertl Mid I thought Y ur tI might light be not only Sn in knowing the tho story but In M r Cloy Clev Clevenger enger Wilmington O 0 OA a A an A A St |
