The Place Names of New Mexico

The Place Names of New Mexico
Author: Robert Julyan
Publisher: UNM Press
Total Pages: 416
Release: 1996-08-26
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 082635114X

The Place Names of New Mexico is an invaluable guide to the state's geography and history. It explains more than 7,000 names of features large and small throughout the state--towns, mountains, rivers, canyons, counties, post offices, and even abandoned settlements--as well as providing relevant information about location, history, and current status. The revised edition contains more than fifty expanded and updated entries. The accounts are also journeys into New Mexico's past, offering glimpses of the lives and values of the people who named the place. Humor, tragedy, mystery, and daily life--they can all be found in this book.

Encyclopedia of Place Names in the United States

Encyclopedia of Place Names in the United States
Author: Henry Gannett
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2017-08-24
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 3849675106

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.

A Dictionary of New Mexico and Southern Colorado Spanish

A Dictionary of New Mexico and Southern Colorado Spanish
Author: Rubén Cobos
Publisher: UNM Press
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2003-06-30
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 0890135371

This book, continuously in print since 1983, has become a classic Spanish reference book, widely used in classrooms across the United States. Linguist and folklorist Rubén Cobos, now in his nineties, has been diligently working on revisions for the past decade. Much expanded—the number of pages has increased by seventy—this revised edition will assume its place as the most authoritative reference on the archaic dialect of Spanish spoken in this region.

An International Glossary of Place Name Elements

An International Glossary of Place Name Elements
Author: Joel F. Mann
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2005
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780810850408

Place name elements from over 300 languages are arranged alphabetically, followed by the name of the language or language group of origin, the meaning in English and, in many cases, the word's usage in an actual place name.

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.

The Cultural Geography Reader

The Cultural Geography Reader
Author: Timothy Oakes
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 495
Release: 2008-03-03
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1134113161

The Cultural Geography Reader draws together fifty-two classic and contemporary abridged readings that represent the scope of the discipline and its key concepts. Readings have been selected based on their originality, accessibility and empirical focus, allowing students to grasp the conceptual and theoretical tools of cultural geography through the grounded research of leading scholars in the field. Each of the eight sections begins with an introduction that discusses the key concepts, its history and relation to cultural geography and connections to other disciplines and practices. Six to seven abridged book chapters and journal articles, each with their own focused introductions, are also included in each section. The readability, broad scope, and coverage of both classic and contemporary pieces from the US and UK makes The Cultural Geography Reader relevant and accessible for a broad audience of undergraduate students and graduate students alike. It bridges the different national traditions in the US and UK, as well as introducing the span of classic and contemporary cultural geography. In doing so, it provides the instructor and student with a versatile yet enduring benchmark text.

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.

Speak Like Singing

Speak Like Singing
Author: Kenneth Lincoln
Publisher: UNM Press
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2007
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780826341709

Speak Like Singing honors talk-song visions for all relatives and seeks to plumb, if not to reconcile, Native and American poetics, tribal chorus, and solitary vision.

Roadside New Mexico

Roadside New Mexico
Author: David Pike
Publisher: UNM Press
Total Pages: 444
Release: 2004
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780826331182

The people, geological features, and historic events that have made New Mexico what it is today are commemorated in over 350 historic markers along the state's roads. This guide is designed to fill in the gaps and answer the questions those markers provoke.

A Compendium of Curious Colorado Place Names

A Compendium of Curious Colorado Place Names
Author: Jim Flynn
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 191
Release: 2016-12-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 1439658730

The origins of Colorado place names offer insightful glimpses into the state's formative years. Emanuel Saltiel named his new community along the Arkansas River Cotopaxi, after a volcano in Ecuador. Rifle Creek and the town of Rifle earned their names thanks to a rifle left behind along the banks of the creek. Optimistic miners mistakenly believed Tarryall had an abundance of gold and thus named it as a place where prospectors could mine and tarry. And despite attempts by government officials to rename a small community along the I-70 corridor in western Colorado, locals refused to call it anything other than No Name. Learn these stories and more as author Jim Flynn unravels the intriguing origins of Centennial State place names.