Arizona Place Names

Arizona Place Names
Author: Will Croft Barnes
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Total Pages: 514
Release: 1988-02
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 9780816510740

Will Croft Barnes (1858-1937) first came to Arizona as a cavalryman and went on to become a rancher, state legislator, and conservationist. From 1905 to 1935, his travels throughout the state, largely on horseback, enabled him to gather the anecdotes and geographical information that came to constitute Arizona Place Names. For this first toponymic encyclopedia of Arizona, Barnes compiled information from published histories, federal and state government documents, and reminiscences of "old timers, Indians, Mexicans, cowboys, sheep-herders, historians, any and everybody who had a story to tell as to the origin and meaning of Arizona names." The result is a book chock full of oddments, humor, and now-forgotten lore, which belongs on the night table as well as in the glove compartment. Barnes' original Arizona Place Names has become a booklover's favorite and is much in demand. The University of Arizona Press is pleased to reissue this classic of Arizoniana, which remains as useful and timeless as it was more than half a century ago.

The Place Names of New Mexico

The Place Names of New Mexico
Author: Robert Julyan
Publisher: UNM Press
Total Pages: 420
Release: 1996
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780826316899

The indispensable traveler's guide to the history of places throughout the Land of Enchantment.

Arizona Place Names

Arizona Place Names
Author: Will Croft Barnes
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Total Pages: 510
Release: 2016-10-01
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 0816534950

Will Croft Barnes (1858–1937) first came to Arizona as a cavalryman and went on to become a rancher, state legislator, and conservationist. From 1905 to 1935, his travels throughout the state, largely on horseback, enabled him to gather the anecdotes and geographical information that came to constitute Arizona Place Names. For this first toponymic encyclopedia of Arizona, Barnes compiled information from published histories, federal and state government documents, and reminiscences of "old timers, Indians, Mexicans, cowboys, sheep-herders, historians, any and everybody who had a story to tell as to the origin and meaning of Arizona names." The result is a book chock full of oddments, humor, and now-forgotten lore, which belongs on the night table as well as in the glove compartment. Barnes' original Arizona Place Names has become a booklover's favorite and is much in demand. The University of Arizona Press is pleased to reissue this classic of Arizoniana, which remains as useful and timeless as it was more than half a century ago.

O'odham Place Names

O'odham Place Names
Author: Harry J. Winters (Jr.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1002
Release: 2013
Genre: Names, Geographical
ISBN: 9780982586624

Grand Canyon Place Names

Grand Canyon Place Names
Author: Gregory McNamee
Publisher: Big Earth Publishing
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2004
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9781555663346

Stories behind the names of the fabulous sights in Arizona's famous National Park.

Idaho Place Names

Idaho Place Names
Author: Lalia Phipps Boone
Publisher: Caxton Press
Total Pages: 452
Release: 1988
Genre: History
ISBN:

Dictionary format gives location and brief history or background of thousands of geographic places in Idaho.

Nooksack Place Names

Nooksack Place Names
Author: Allan Richardson
Publisher: UBC Press
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2011-08-25
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0774820489

Place names can lead us on fascinating journeys into other cultures. They convey a people’s relationship to the land, their sense of place. For indigenous peoples, place names can also be central to the revival of endangered languages. This book takes readers on an exciting voyage into the history, language, and culture of the Nooksack Tribe of Washington State and southern British Columbia. Allan Richardson and Brent Galloway trace the richness and strength of the Nooksack people’s connection to the land by documenting more than 150 places named by elders and mentioned in key historical texts. Descriptions of Nooksack history and naming patterns – combined with maps, photographs, and detailed linguistic analyses – give life to a nearly extinct language and illuminate the intertwined relationships of place, culture, language, and identity.

The Region of Lost Names

The Region of Lost Names
Author: Fred Arroyo
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2008
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780816526574

Remember that the dream of one is the dream of everyone. Ernest is searching for a place where he can live beyond his past. His family has returned to Puerto Rico, and Ernest remains in the States, desiring only distance from his memories of childhood displacement and work, his parentsÕ tumultuous relationship, and his own love for Magdalene. Magdalene, too, looks to move beyond her memories as she follows ErnestÕs family home, seeking resolution to her motherÕs hurtful secrets, her fatherÕs unknown identity, and her love for Ernest. As Ernest moves through the fields of Michigan, as Magdalene traverses the jungles of Puerto Rico and the shores of the Caribbean, they discover that their dreams and identities are linked within the framework of their families and their pasts. Together, Ernest and Magdalene must come to terms with the secrets and mistakes made by the previous generation, the histories of disloyalty and abandonment, of secrecy and sorrow. Their struggles take place in a region of lost names, where loves and memories are banished and found. Fred Arroyo writes a story in two voices, following Ernest and Magdalene by turns in prose that is elegant and lyrical. His words evoke another world lush with the scent of salt spray, the taste of mangoes, and the rush of leaves, alive with characters whose ardors and pathos are achingly real. Arroyo explores the ebb and flow between past and present and themes that are enduring. Ultimately, Ernest and Magdalene must live with more than their memories; they must rediscover the intimacies of the region of lost names.