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1001 noms de lieux du Colorado

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État
Très bon état: Livre qui ne semble pas neuf, ayant déjà été lu, mais qui est toujours en excellent ...
Release Year
1994
ISBN
9780700606337
Book Title
1001 Colorado Place Names
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Item Length
8.5 in
Publication Year
1994
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
0.7 in
Author
Maxine Benson
Genre
Language Arts & Disciplines, History
Topic
United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), Linguistics / Etymology
Item Weight
12.3 Oz
Item Width
5.1 in
Number of Pages
256 Pages

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Publisher
University Press of Kansas
ISBN-10
0700606335
ISBN-13
9780700606337
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1005846

Product Key Features

Book Title
1001 Colorado Place Names
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1994
Topic
United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), Linguistics / Etymology
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Language Arts & Disciplines, History
Author
Maxine Benson
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
12.3 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.1 in

Additional Product Features

LCCN
94-013556
Reviews
"Benson knows the highest state intimately. Her witty, wise, scholarly explanations of how places got their names will brighten your trails."- Thomas J. Noel , author of The City and the Saloon: Denver, 18581916 "This fact-packed volume of Colorado place names is an invaluable supplement to the study of Colorado's past. Tourists and travelers will want to keep it on the seat beside them as they drive through the state."-Liston E. Leyendecker, author of Palace Car Prince: A Biography of George Mortimer Pullman "A captivating look at Colorado's place names written by one of the state's premier historians. This book will settle arguments and start lively discussions--and be fun to read all the while."- Duane A. Smith , author of Rocky Mountain West: Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana, 18591915, "Benson knows the highest state intimately. Her witty, wise, scholarly explanations of how places got their names will brighten your trails."-- Thomas J. Noel , author of The City and the Saloon: Denver, 1858-1916 "This fact-packed volume of Colorado place names is an invaluable supplement to the study of Colorado's past. Tourists and travelers will want to keep it on the seat beside them as they drive through the state."--Liston E. Leyendecker, author of Palace Car Prince: A Biography of George Mortimer Pullman "A captivating look at Colorado's place names written by one of the state's premier historians. This book will settle arguments and start lively discussions--and be fun to read all the while."-- Duane A. Smith , author of Rocky Mountain West: Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana, 1859-1915, "Benson's excellent compilation will delight you, particularly if you also have fond memories of traveling through or living in Colorado."-- Journal of the West "A wry and witty look at some of Colorado's unusual monikers."-- Denver Post, "Benson knows the highest state intimately. Her witty, wise, scholarly explanations of how places got their names will brighten your trails."-- Thomas J. Noel , author of The City and the Saloon: Denver, 1858-1916 "This fact-packed volume of Colorado place names is an invaluable supplement to the study of Colorado's past. Tourists and travelers will want to keep it on the seat beside them as they drive through the state."-- Liston E. Leyendecker , author of Palace Car Prince: A Biography of George Mortimer Pullman "A captivating look at Colorado's place names written by one of the state's premier historians. This book will settle arguments and start lively discussions--and be fun to read all the while."-- Duane A. Smith , author of Rocky Mountain West: Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana, 1859-1915, "Benson knows the highest state intimately. Her witty, wise, scholarly explanations of how places got their names will brighten your trails."Thomas J. Noel , author of The City and the Saloon: Denver, 18581916 "This fact-packed volume of Colorado place names is an invaluable supplement to the study of Colorados past. Tourists and travelers will want to keep it on the seat beside them as they drive through the state."Liston E. Leyendecker , author of Palace Car Prince: A Biography of George Mortimer Pullman "A captivating look at Colorados place names written by one of the state's premier historians. This book will settle arguments and start lively discussionsand be fun to read all the while."Duane A. Smith , author of Rocky Mountain West: Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana, 18591915, "Benson's excellent compilation will delight you, particularly if you also have fond memories of traveling through or living in Colorado."Journal of the West "A wry and witty look at some of Colorados unusual monikers."Denver Post
Dewey Edition
20
Dewey Decimal
917.88/0014
Synopsis
When it came to labeling cities, towns, counties, crossroads, mining camps, rivers, forests, peaks, and passes, Colorado place namers looked to an array of sources for ideas. Many simply memorialized themselves and their families--Florence, Howard, Lulu City, Dacono (Daisy, Cora, and Nora combined)--or more well-known honorees--Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Kit Carson, Montezuma, Ouray. Some paid homage to explorers, war heroes, politicians, railroad executives, plants, animals, or landforms. Still others went for the more unusual or creative--Boreas Pass bears the name of the Greek god of the North Wind; Egnar is range backwards; Kim was inspired by the Rudyard Kipling novel; Artesia was renamed Dinosaur in 1965 to capitalize on tourist traffic headed to nearby Dinosaur National Monument; Almont was named for a horse, Gulnare a cow. In 1001 Colorado Place Names , Maxine Benson scrutinizes the most popular, interesting , and unique place names in the state. She discusses how the chosen names originated and what changes they have undergone. Included are Colorado's 63 counties, 716 past and present settlements, and 56 "fourteeners" (peaks more than 14,000 feet in elevation) along with other places known for their historical, geographical, geological, or onomastic significance. Benson also provides pronunciation of unusual names, county locations, post office dates, population figures, and anecdotes galore. The result is a mosaic of information of Colorado history, ethnicity, families, events, politics, settlement patterns, and local lore. Combining previous place-name research and new findings, Benson takes us on a colorful, entertaining, and educational journey through cities and towns, across the plains, and over the mountains., When it came to labeling cities, towns, counties, crossroads, mining camps, rivers, forests, peaks, and passes, Colorado place namers looked to an array of sources for ideas. Many simply memorialized themselves and their families--Florence, Howard, Lulu City, Dacono (Daisy, Cora, and Nora combined)--or more well-known honorees--Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Kit Carson, Montezuma, Ouray. Some paid homage to explorers, war heroes, politicians, railroad executives, plants, animals, or landforms. Still others went for the more unusual or creative--Boreas Pass bears the name of the Greek god of the North Wind; Egnar is range backwards; Kim was inspired by the Rudyard Kipling novel; Artesia was renamed Dinosaur in 1965 to capitalize on tourist traffic headed to nearby Dinosaur National Monument; Almont was named for a horse, Gulnare a cow. In 1001 Colorado Place Names , Maxine Benson scrutinizes the most popular, interesting, and unique place names in the state. She discusses how the chosen names originated and what changes they have undergone. Included are Colorado's 63 counties, 716 past and present settlements, and 56 "fourteeners" (peaks more than 14,000 feet in elevation) along with other places known for their historical, geographical, geological, or onomastic significance. Benson also provides pronunciation of unusual names, county locations, post office dates, population figures, and anecdotes galore. The result is a mosaic of information of Colorado history, ethnicity, families, events, politics, settlement patterns, and local lore. Combining previous place-name research and new findings, Benson takes us on a colorful, entertaining, and educational journey through cities and towns, across the plains, and over the mountains.
LC Classification Number
F774.B46 1994
ebay_catalog_id
4
Copyright Date
1994

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