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Page 362
... Oregon was de- scriptive for the initiated . Wabasso in Florida was the reversal of a local Indian name , although also the exact spelling of the White Rabbit in Hiawatha . Romley in Colorado arose from Morley by reversal of the first ...
... Oregon was de- scriptive for the initiated . Wabasso in Florida was the reversal of a local Indian name , although also the exact spelling of the White Rabbit in Hiawatha . Romley in Colorado arose from Morley by reversal of the first ...
Page 363
... Oregon combined Multnomah , Oregon , and Portland , but the name proved a mouthful , and local people soon developed a tendency to call it Multiple Butte in- stead . Michillinda in California united the abbreviations of three states ...
... Oregon combined Multnomah , Oregon , and Portland , but the name proved a mouthful , and local people soon developed a tendency to call it Multiple Butte in- stead . Michillinda in California united the abbreviations of three states ...
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... Oregon , they commemorated also their allies . In 1920 an Arizona copper - camp took the name Clemenceau . The old statesman apparently was moved , and in his will be- queathed a vase : designed by Chaplet in a light lilac color , which ...
... Oregon , they commemorated also their allies . In 1920 an Arizona copper - camp took the name Clemenceau . The old statesman apparently was moved , and in his will be- queathed a vase : designed by Chaplet in a light lilac color , which ...
Contents
Contents Authors foreword | ix |
Publishers note | xiii |
George R Stewart and the American land Introduction by Wallace Stegner | xv |
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