| Show origin of the names of states maine was so called as early as 1623 from maine in france of which henrietta maria queen of england was at that time proprietor new hampshire was the name given to the territory conveyed by the plymouth company to capt john mason by patent nov ath 1620 with reference to the patentee who was governor of portsmouth in hampshire england vermont was so called by the inhabitants in in their declaration of independence jan loth 1777 from the french verd mont the green mountains massachusetts was so called from massachusetts bay and that from the massachusetts tribe of indians in the neighbor neighborhood bood of boston the tribe is thought to have derived its name from the blue hilts hills of milton 11 had learnt says roger williams that the massachusetts was ivas so called from the blue hills rhode island was so called in 1664 in reference to the island of rhodes in the mediterranean connecticut was so called from the indian name of its principal river connecticut is a word s signifying aznif long iong river river new york was wis so called in 1661 1 in reference to the duke of york and albany to whom this territory was granted by the king 0 of england new jersey was so called in loo 1661 1 from t the he island of jersey on the coast of france the residence of sir geo carteret to whom the territory was granted pennsylvania was so called in 1688 1683 after wm win penn delaware was so called in 1703 from delaware bay on which it lies and which rece received iv i its name from lord de la ware who died in this bay maryland was so called in honor of henrietta maria marla queen of charles I 1 in his patent to lord baltimore june 30 1632 virginia was so called in 1584 after elizabeth the vir virgin in queen of england carolina vas iks was so called by the franchin Fren Frenc chin bin hin 1564 in honor of king charles IX of france georgia was so called in 1732 in honor of ein KID king george 11 II alabama was so called in 1816 from its principal river mississippi was so called in 1800 from I 1 its western boundary mississippi is said to denote the whole river i e the river formed by the union of many great river louisiana was so called in honor of louis XIV of france tennessee was so called in 1796 frob from I 1 its S principal c river the word tennessee is said to signify i lif if y a curved spoon ken kentucky tu was so called in 1795 from its principal river I 1 illinois was so called in 1809 from I 1 its t s principal river the ile word is said to shi signify ran fy the river river riven of men indiana was so called in 1809 from th the e american indians ohio was so called in 1802 from its southern boundary k missouri was waa so called in 1821 from its principal river Alic michigan higan was so called in 1805 from the lake on its border arkansas was so called in 1812 from its pr principal c i al river florida florida was so called br by juan ponce de feon leon in 1572 because it was discovered I 1 is covered on easter sunday in spanish pascua florida 0 columbia was so called in reference to columbus wisconsin was so called from its principal river iowa was so called from its principal river oregon was also called from its principal river deseret was so called from the name given in the bookoff mormon to the honeybee honey bee deseret bein being the name by which it was known among the te Jared ites california wasso was so called from the latin words calida forma or in the spanish te form formallo for malla maila alla alia a ahot hot furnace vanegas however thinks that the name california owed its origin to some accident possibly to some words spoken by the indians and misunderstood by the spaniards I 1 RIVERS rio del norte river of the north red river from the red earth in tha water col coi comrado arado from the color of the waters red amazon from amazons societies of armed women aia Ala madeira delra deira it means woods from the forest through which it flows rio negro black river river salt river superior means upper as lake superior detroit means strait nia niagara 9 ara 0 ni aw 0 ga ra rah the thunder of waters minn ninn minnesota desota lau laughing h ing water e missouri river of 61 mud can any andone anyone ne give the meaning of the following names viz viz kansas kentucky ohio iowa oregon utah nebraska LT 05 to learn nothing but lanou lanau languages ages is is to spend ones money in buying purses to hold it or to study the lords prayer in all the tha tongues without praying it iu in any Cr 93 there alq ar three sorts of nobility divine worldly and moral the divine depends upon the greatness of our birth the moral upon the liberty olour of our mind ta some are so much accustomed to disguise themselves to others that at length guise themselves to themselves |
