A History of the Origin of the Place Names
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Excerpt from A History of the Origin of the Place Names: Connected With the Chicago North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis Omaha Railways The primary purpose of this volume is to supply authentic information as to the origin and derivation of the names of the towns, cities and villages which are located on the Chicago and North Western and the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railways. In those instances where said names have some special meaning or significance, such meaning or significance is noted. While it was not in the plan of the work to furnish a history of the various places referred to, it has nevertheless often happened that the meaning or derivation of a name could only be made clear by introducing more or less information of an historic character. In such instances, the historic statement has been used. In compiling the work, voluminous correspondence has been had with state, county, city and town officials, for the purpose of gaining authentic information and of eliminating local, fanciful and unreliable legends. Local legends are generally the offspring of the imagination, or of personal vanity, and where reliable data is the end which is sought, are worthless. As far as possible these imaginative and local legends and "traveler´s stories" have been eliminated and established facts alone have been accepted. While it is true that the investigations of the writer have shattered many pretty romances, it is not unlikely that others have escaped his notice and may yet be handed down as history. In some cases positive evidence concerning names and their origin, has already been lost, and in such cases, the best possible information attainable has been used. Leger, in his "Wisconsin Place Names" says: "As a rule, (which, however, has notable exceptions), it will be found that the streams and lakes and mountains preserve the names given them by the Bed Men, or their equivalent in European tongues: many of the cities and villages bear names transplanted from European soil. Thus may be found scattered over this continent in juxtaposition to names of undoubted Indian origin, a nomenclature whereby the immigrant exiles sought to preserve in the wilderness, the associations endeared to them in youth." Many of the recently adopted names were selected for their brevity, or to avoid the objections of the United States General Postoffice Department. Many of the names were manufactured expressly for the place and have neither sense nor fitness, but as they have been registered in county records, they necessarily appear here. To secure the true history of the origin of many of the names has cost immense labor. As an illustration, attention is called to the name Marinesco. To get the facts about that name the Compiler was obliged to write more than one hundred letters! The oldest as well as the most modem records of cities, towns and villages have been ransacked. The journals and other papers preserved at the state Capitols and at county seats; the records of state historical societies, and local and state histories, have been searched and their stories freely used. Henry Gannett´s admirable "Origin of Certain Place Names," has given a great and valuable fund of reliable information. This has been freely used without acknowledgment, but which is now tendered to the fullest extent. Indian records, the "Jesuit Relations" and the like, have been freely used and relied upon, as they are generally reliable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
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