Author: Allen Morris
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1561648396
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Many names of Florida places evoke fantastic images: Caloosahatchee, Okeechobee, Loxahatchee, Everglades, Miami—to mention only a few. Did you know that Florida's places were often named to honor prominent local citizens such as postmasters, landowners, or war heroes? Jacksonville, for example, was named for Florida's first American governor, Andrew Jackson. Later the state's interest in attracting new residents produced names that suggested pleasant places to live, such as Belle Glade and Avon-by-the-Sea. From Alachua (from the Seminole for "jug") to Zolfo Springs (from the Italian for "sulphur"), Florida Place Names delights and educates with a rich and varied offering of Florida lore.
Florida Place Names
Author: Allen Morris
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1561648396
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Many names of Florida places evoke fantastic images: Caloosahatchee, Okeechobee, Loxahatchee, Everglades, Miami—to mention only a few. Did you know that Florida's places were often named to honor prominent local citizens such as postmasters, landowners, or war heroes? Jacksonville, for example, was named for Florida's first American governor, Andrew Jackson. Later the state's interest in attracting new residents produced names that suggested pleasant places to live, such as Belle Glade and Avon-by-the-Sea. From Alachua (from the Seminole for "jug") to Zolfo Springs (from the Italian for "sulphur"), Florida Place Names delights and educates with a rich and varied offering of Florida lore.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1561648396
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Many names of Florida places evoke fantastic images: Caloosahatchee, Okeechobee, Loxahatchee, Everglades, Miami—to mention only a few. Did you know that Florida's places were often named to honor prominent local citizens such as postmasters, landowners, or war heroes? Jacksonville, for example, was named for Florida's first American governor, Andrew Jackson. Later the state's interest in attracting new residents produced names that suggested pleasant places to live, such as Belle Glade and Avon-by-the-Sea. From Alachua (from the Seminole for "jug") to Zolfo Springs (from the Italian for "sulphur"), Florida Place Names delights and educates with a rich and varied offering of Florida lore.
Florida Place Names of Indian Origin and Seminole Personal Names
Author: William Alexander Read
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781258552985
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781258552985
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Florida Place Names
Author: Claudine Payne
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780964228948
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780964228948
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Florida Place-names of Indian Origin and Seminole Personal Names
Author: William Alexander Read
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Louisiana Place-names of Indian Origin
Author: William Alexander Read
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Florida Place Names of Indian Origin and Seminole Personal Names
Author: William A. Read
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780849018459
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780849018459
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Florida Place-names
Author: Bertha Ernestine Bloodworth
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
A Provisional Gazetteer of Florida Place-names of Indian Derivation
Author: James Clarence Simpson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Indian Place Names in Alabama
Author: William A. Read
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 081730231X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
This is a revised edition with a foreward, appendix, and index by James B. McMillan.
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 081730231X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
This is a revised edition with a foreward, appendix, and index by James B. McMillan.
Placenames of Georgia
Author: John H. Goff
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820331295
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
John Goff wrote for people of all reasonings--historians, linguists, anthropologists, geographers, cartographers, folklorists, and those ubiquitous intelligent readers. Comprising one of the most informative and appealing contributions to the study of toponymy, his short studies have never before been widely available. Placenames of Georgia brings together the sketches that appeared in the Georgia Mineral Newsletter and other longer articles so that all interested in Georgia and the Southeast can share Professor Goff's intimate knowledge of the history and geography of his state and region, his linguistic rigor, and his appreciation of the folklore surrounding many of Georgia's names.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820331295
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
John Goff wrote for people of all reasonings--historians, linguists, anthropologists, geographers, cartographers, folklorists, and those ubiquitous intelligent readers. Comprising one of the most informative and appealing contributions to the study of toponymy, his short studies have never before been widely available. Placenames of Georgia brings together the sketches that appeared in the Georgia Mineral Newsletter and other longer articles so that all interested in Georgia and the Southeast can share Professor Goff's intimate knowledge of the history and geography of his state and region, his linguistic rigor, and his appreciation of the folklore surrounding many of Georgia's names.