Author: Harry Ellsworth ColePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baraboo (Wis.)
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Baraboo and Other Place Names in Sauk County, Wisconsin
Author: Harry Ellsworth ColePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baraboo (Wis.)
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
The Romance of Wisconsin Place Names
Author: Robert E. GardPublisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN: 0870207083
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
“The names of places lie upon the land and tell us where we are or where we have been or where we want to go. And so much more.”—From the introduction Fifty years ago, educator and writer Robert E. Gard traveled across Wisconsin, learning the trivial, controversial, and landmark stories behind how cities, counties, and local places got their names. This volume records the fruits of Gard’s labors in an alphabetical listing of places from every corner of Wisconsin, and the stories behind their often-unusual names. Gard’s work provides an important snapshot of how Wisconsin residents of a bygone era came to understand the names of their towns and home places, many of which can no longer be found on any map. Celebrated rural historian Jerry Apps introduces this reprint of Gard’s work, saying that in “some ways The Romance of Wisconsin Place Names is a reference book, a place where you can go to learn a little more about your home town. But in many ways it is much more than that, for it includes the stories of places throughout the state, submitted by the people who knew them. It is a book where story, people, and place all come together.”
Origin and Changes of Names of American Cities
Author: Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America. Civic Development DepartmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Wisconsin Folklore
Author: James P. LearyPublisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 0299160335
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
Highly entertaining and richly informative, Wisconsin Folklore offers the first comprehensive collection of writings about the surprisingly varied folklore of Wisconsin. Beginning with a historical introduction to Wisconsin's folklore and concluding with an up-to-date bibliography, this anthology offers more than fifty annotated and illustrated entries in five sections: "Terms and Talk," "Storytelling," "Music, Song, and Dance," "Beliefs and Customs," and "Material Traditions and Folklife." The various contributors, from 1884 to 1997, are anthropologists, ethnomusicologists, historians, journalists, museologists, ordinary citizens reminiscing, sociologists, students, writers of fiction, practitioners of folklore, and folklorists. Their interests cover an enormous range of topics: from Woodland Indian place names and German dialect expressions to Welsh nicknames and the jargon of apple-pickers, brewers, and farmers; from Ho-Chunk and Ojibwa mythological tricksters and Paul Bunyan legends to stories of Polish strongmen and Ole and Lena jokes; from Menominee dances and Norwegian fiddling and polka music to African-American gospel groups and Hmong musicians; from faith healers and wedding and funeral customs to seasonal ethnic festivities and tavern amusements; and from spearing decoys and needlework to church dinners, sacred shrines, and the traditional work practices of commercial fishers, tobacco growers, and pickle packers. For general readers, teachers, librarians, and scholars alike, Wisconsin Folklore exemplifies and illuminates Wisconsin's cultural traditions, and establishes the state's significant but long neglected contributions to American folklore.
The American Language
Author: Henry Louis MenckenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Americanisms
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States
Author: Henry GannettPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Bibliography of Place-name Literature
Author: Richard Burl SealockPublisher: Chicago : American Library Association
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Decisions on Geographic Names in the United States
Author: United States Board on Geographic NamesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Hungarian-American Historical Connections from Pre-Columbian Times to the End of the American Civil War
Author: Eugene PiványPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States
Author: Henry GannettPublisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 9780806305448
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description