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Author : Frederic Gomes Cassidy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : Dane County (Wis.)
ISBN : 0299050246
Author : Frederic Gomes Cassidy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Names, Geographical
ISBN : OCLC:262703124
Author : Frederic Gomes Cassidy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : Names, Geographical
ISBN : MSU:31293036610933
Author : Frederic G. Cassidy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Names, Geographical
ISBN : OCLC:5116744
Author : Frederic G. Cassidy
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780299232931
Dane County Place-Names is an entertaining record of the heritage of Dane County, Wisconsin’s capital region, from its earliest days through the 1940s. This classic work by the late lexicographer Frederic G. Cassidy is back in print for new generations to enjoy. Cassidy applied his insightful eye to the origins and evolution of local names that reveal a colorful history: Whiskey Creek, Brag Hollow, Marxville, Pancake Valley, Halunkenburg, Skunk Hollow, and Tipple School. This edition features a new introduction by local historian Tracy Will and a foreword by Isthmus journalist David Medaris.
Author : Robert E. Gard
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780870207082
“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.”
Author : Frederic G. Cassidy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : Names, Geographical
ISBN : UCSD:31822028494276
Author : Virginia O. Foscue
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN : 9780817304102
Catalogs some 2700 Alabama communities, ranging from Abanda, in Chambers County, to Zip City, in Lauderdale County.
Author : Joseph H. Marter,Robert N. Cheetham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Watersheds
ISBN : WISC:89037169448
Author : Henry Gannett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1902
Category : Names, Geographical
ISBN : UIUC:30112105068651
Author : Henry Gannett
Publisher : Genealogical Publishing Com
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0806305444
Author : James P. Leary
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1999-01-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780299160333
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.
Author : Henry Gannett
Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-24
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9783849675103
Place names in the United States are often taken from the European nation that first colonized the land. Many names that have been transferred from Britain, as is the case with Barnstable, Massachusetts and Danbury, Connecticut. Many others are of French origin, such as Detroit, Michigan, which was established along the banks of the river they called le détroit du lac Érié, meaning the strait of Lake Erie. Many in the former New Netherland colony are of Dutch origin, such as Harlem, Brooklyn and Rhode Island. Many place names are taken from the languages of native peoples. Specific (personal or animal) names and general words or phrases are used, sometimes translated and sometimes not. However complicated the tracing back of the place names was, this encyclopedia lists thousands and thousands of place names in the United States of America and provides valuable information as to the origin and the history of the name. A fantastic reference work for everyone interested in American history.
Author : Virgil J. Vogel
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : 0299129845
List of place-names, primarily those names after American Indian tribes or individuals, including some historical information about each person or tribe.
Author : Thomas Purnell,Eric Raimy,Joe Salmons
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780299293338
Wisconsin is one of the most linguistically rich places in North America. It has the greatest diversity of American Indian languages east of the Mississippi, including Ojibwe and Menominee from the Algonquian language family, Ho-Chunk from the Siouan family, and Oneida from the Iroquoian family. French place names dot the state's map. German, Norwegian, and Polish—the languages of immigrants in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries—are still spoken by tens of thousands of people, and the influx of new immigrants speaking Spanish, Hmong, and Somali continues to enrich the state's cultural landscape. These languages and others (Walloon, Cornish, Finnish, Czech, and more) have shaped the kinds of English spoken around the state. Within Wisconsin's borders are found three different major dialects of American English, and despite the influences of mass media and popular culture, they are not merging—they are dramatically diverging. An engaging survey for both general readers and language scholars, Wisconsin Talk brings together perspectives from linguistics, history, cultural studies, and geography to illuminate why language matters in our everyday lives. The authors highlight such topics as: • words distinctive to the state • how recent and earlier immigrants have negotiated cultural and linguistic challenges • the diversity of bilingual speakers that enriches our communities • how maps can convey the stories of language • the relation of Wisconsin's Indian languages to language loss worldwide.