Our Storehouse of Missouri Place Names

Our Storehouse of Missouri Place Names
Author: Robert L. Ramsay
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Total Pages: 164
Release: 1973
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780826205865

This bulletin is one in a series published by the College of Arts and Science in which pertinent and interesting information that has been collected and analyzed in the research activities of regular departments of the College is made available to the public. The study of Missouri place names has been a project of Professor Robert L. Ramsay of the Department of English for a number of years. He has directed a series of eighteen masters theses in the field, and as a result of the research conducted by his students and through his own activities, a master file of Missouri place names has been prepared. This bulletin is only a sample of the information that has been collected and classified. The College of Arts and Science is making it available to the citizens of the State at a nominal price so that the public can have some knowledge and appreciation of this interesting and worthwhile study. The bulletin records a very significant part of our history and culture.

A to Z Missouri

A to Z Missouri
Author: Margot McMillen
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2014-09-12
Genre:
ISBN: 9781502363848

A to Z Missouri is a dictionary of Missouri place names and includes more than 1300 names of counties, cities, towns, villages, creeks, rivers, river bends, lakes, hills, mountains, points, parks, etc. Each entry presents truths and traditions about place names and place history and are arranged in easy to use alphabetical order. McMillen, the author of Paris, Tightwad, and Peculiar (University of Missouri Press, 1994) presents A to Z Missouri as a book of entertainment rather than a scholarship. Each brief story is fun to read and the humorous illustrations by Dennis Murphy are delightful. However the scholarship involved in collecting and verifying these Missouri place names is evident as in her many other Missouri history titles, such as The Golden Lane and Evolution of a Missouri Asylum

Paris, Tightwad, and Peculiar

Paris, Tightwad, and Peculiar
Author: Margot Ford McMillen
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Total Pages: 122
Release: 1994
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780826209726

Names of towns and cities in the State of Missouri are covered in this lively book on the history of place names. The origins behind the names range from humorous to descriptive.

Dictionary of Missouri Biography

Dictionary of Missouri Biography
Author: Lawrence O. Christensen
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Total Pages: 860
Release: 1999-10
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780826260161

Provides short biographies on notable men and women from Missouri from a variety of areas including politics, business, agriculture, entertainment, sports, social reform, science and religion.

Introduction to a Survey of Missouri Place-names

Introduction to a Survey of Missouri Place-names
Author: Robert Lee Ramsay
Publisher: Missouri University The University of Missouri studies; a quarterly of research ... vol. ix, no. 1
Total Pages: 796
Release: 1934
Genre: Names, Geographical
ISBN:

"The present volume is intended as an interim report of the study of Missouri place-names which has been carried on by students in the English department of the Graduate School of the University of Missouri for the past six years ... An account of the inception and progress of the undertaking is given first. This is followed by a copy of the detailed directions which are put in the hands of our workers. Next are given some specimens of Missouri names that present problems of peculiar interest and difficulty. Then comes a general bibliography of our library sources, compiled by Mr. Allen Walker Read. Finally, as a specimen of the actual work accomplished ... Pike County"--Preface

Native American Placenames of the United States

Native American Placenames of the United States
Author: William Bright
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Total Pages: 632
Release: 2004
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780806135984

This volume combines historical research and linguistic fieldwork with native speakers from across the United States to present the first comprehensive, up-to-date, scholarly dictionary of American placenames derived from native languages." "Linguist William Bright assembled a team of twelve editorial consultants - experts in Native American languages - and many other native contributors to prepare this lexicon of eleven thousand placenames along with their etymologies. New data from leading scholars make this volume an invaluable reference for students of American Indian culture, folklore, and local histories. Bright's introduction explains his methodology and the contents of each entry. This comprehensive, alphabetical lexicon preserves native language as it details the history and culture found in American indian placenames.