Author: Raus McDill Hanson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
What Virginia county, river, mountain range and town share the same name--a name which means "Daughter of the Stars"? Any age group can easily find some surprises, and some humorous historical examples where the local residents had difficulties in agreeing on the name chosen. So the "mail can go through", post offices must have distinct names but geographical place names, which show much less originality and even a bit over-used, are rather frequent. The organization of the book into county areas and the largest independent cities, together with its index were planned to make it a ready reference. Adults will find the book has helpful and concise information for many places, a great amount of history as well as geography. The included information for many places make the book rank as a Virginia encyclopedia. -- Front book flap.
Virginia Place Names
Author: Raus McDill Hanson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
What Virginia county, river, mountain range and town share the same name--a name which means "Daughter of the Stars"? Any age group can easily find some surprises, and some humorous historical examples where the local residents had difficulties in agreeing on the name chosen. So the "mail can go through", post offices must have distinct names but geographical place names, which show much less originality and even a bit over-used, are rather frequent. The organization of the book into county areas and the largest independent cities, together with its index were planned to make it a ready reference. Adults will find the book has helpful and concise information for many places, a great amount of history as well as geography. The included information for many places make the book rank as a Virginia encyclopedia. -- Front book flap.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
What Virginia county, river, mountain range and town share the same name--a name which means "Daughter of the Stars"? Any age group can easily find some surprises, and some humorous historical examples where the local residents had difficulties in agreeing on the name chosen. So the "mail can go through", post offices must have distinct names but geographical place names, which show much less originality and even a bit over-used, are rather frequent. The organization of the book into county areas and the largest independent cities, together with its index were planned to make it a ready reference. Adults will find the book has helpful and concise information for many places, a great amount of history as well as geography. The included information for many places make the book rank as a Virginia encyclopedia. -- Front book flap.
Place-Names of the Northern Neck of Virginia
Author: Mary R. Miller
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780884900993
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780884900993
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
West Virginia Place Names
Author: Hamill Kenny
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 798
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 798
Book Description
Place Names in Alabama
Author: Virginia O. Foscue
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 081730410X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Catalogs some 2700 Alabama communities, ranging from Abanda, in Chambers County, to Zip City, in Lauderdale County.
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 081730410X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Catalogs some 2700 Alabama communities, ranging from Abanda, in Chambers County, to Zip City, in Lauderdale County.
Virginia Geographic Names
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.). Branch of Geographic Names
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
Powhatan Indian Place Names in Tidewater Virginia
Author: Martha W. McCartney
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780806320625
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Gives variations of historic Indian place names under their most common spelling or modern equivalent. The information was drawn from land patents, government records, public and private archives, and collections of historical maps, enabling researchers to see how Indian place names changed over time and how they correspond to the modern landscape.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780806320625
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Gives variations of historic Indian place names under their most common spelling or modern equivalent. The information was drawn from land patents, government records, public and private archives, and collections of historical maps, enabling researchers to see how Indian place names changed over time and how they correspond to the modern landscape.
Our Towns
Author: James Fallows
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1101871857
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • "James and Deborah Fallows have always moved to where history is being made.... They have an excellent sense of where world-shaping events are taking place at any moment" —The New York Times • The basis for the HBO documentary streaming on HBO Max For five years, James and Deborah Fallows have travelled across America in a single-engine prop airplane. Visiting dozens of towns, the America they saw is acutely conscious of its problems—from economic dislocation to the opioid scourge—but it is also crafting solutions, with a practical-minded determination at dramatic odds with the bitter paralysis of national politics. At times of dysfunction on a national level, reform possibilities have often arisen from the local level. The Fallowses describe America in the middle of one of these creative waves. Their view of the country is as complex and contradictory as America itself, but it also reflects the energy, the generosity and compassion, the dreams, and the determination of many who are in the midst of making things better. Our Towns is the story of their journey—and an account of a country busy remaking itself.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1101871857
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • "James and Deborah Fallows have always moved to where history is being made.... They have an excellent sense of where world-shaping events are taking place at any moment" —The New York Times • The basis for the HBO documentary streaming on HBO Max For five years, James and Deborah Fallows have travelled across America in a single-engine prop airplane. Visiting dozens of towns, the America they saw is acutely conscious of its problems—from economic dislocation to the opioid scourge—but it is also crafting solutions, with a practical-minded determination at dramatic odds with the bitter paralysis of national politics. At times of dysfunction on a national level, reform possibilities have often arisen from the local level. The Fallowses describe America in the middle of one of these creative waves. Their view of the country is as complex and contradictory as America itself, but it also reflects the energy, the generosity and compassion, the dreams, and the determination of many who are in the midst of making things better. Our Towns is the story of their journey—and an account of a country busy remaking itself.
Virginia Place Names
Author: Geographic Names Information System
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Approved Place Names in Virginia
Author: United States Board on Geographic Names
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
West Virginia Town-county Place Names List
Author: Marshall University, Huntington, W. Va. Department of Geography
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description