Place Names of the Outer Banks
Author | : Roger L. Payne |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Outer Banks (N.C.) |
ISBN | : |
Download Place Names of the Outer Banks Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Are you looking for read ebook online? Search for your book and save it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Download Place Names Of The Outer Banks PDF full book. Access full book title Place Names Of The Outer Banks.
Author | : Roger L. Payne |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Outer Banks (N.C.) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Roger L. Payne |
Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | : 498 |
Release | : 2021-02-09 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 1469662299 |
The rich history of North Carolina's Outer Banks is reflected in the names of its towns, geographic features, and waterways. A book over twenty years in the making, The Outer Banks Gazetteer is a comprehensive reference guide to the region's place names—over 3,000 entries in all. Along the way, Roger L. Payne has cataloged an incredible history of beaches, inlets, towns and communities, islands, rivers, and even sand dunes. There are also many entries for locations that no longer exist—inlets that have disappeared due to erosion or storms, abandoned towns, and Native American villages—which highlight important and nearly forgotten places in North Carolina's history. Going beyond simply recounting the facts behind the names, Payne offers information-packed and entertainingly written stories of North Carolina, its coastal geography, and its people. Perfect for anyone interested in the North Carolina coast, this invaluable reference guide uncovers the history of one of the most-visited areas in the Southeast.
Author | : Roger L. Payne |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Outer Banks (N.C.) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Sandy Nestor |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 469 |
Release | : 2015-05-07 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0786493399 |
The American Indians have lost much of their land over the years, but their legacy is evident in the many places around the United States that have Indian names. Countless placenames have, however, been corrupted over time, and numerous placenames have similar spellings but different meanings. This reference work is a reprint in one combined volume of the two-volume set published by McFarland in 2003 and 2005. Volume One covers the name origins and histories of cities, towns and villages in the United States that have Indian names. It is arranged alphabetically by state, then alphabetically by city, town or village name. Additional data include population figures and county names. Probable Indian placenames with no certain origin also receive entries, and as much history as possible is provided about those locations. Volume Two covers more than 1400 rivers, lakes, mountains and other natural features in the United States with Indian names. It is arranged by state, and then alphabetically by natural feature. Counties are provided for most entries, with multiple counties listed for some entries where appropriate. In addition to name origins and meanings, geophysical data such as the heights of mountains and lengths of waterways are indicated.
Author | : Helen C. Rountree |
Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | : 201 |
Release | : 2021-06-11 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1469662949 |
Roanoke. Manteo. Wanchese. Chicamacomico. These place names along today's Outer Banks are a testament to the Indigenous communities that thrived for generations along the Carolina coast. Though most sources for understanding these communities were written by European settlers who began to arrive in the late sixteenth century, those sources nevertheless offer a fascinating record of the region's Algonquian-speaking people. Here, drawing on decades of experience researching the ethnohistory of the coastal mid-Atlantic, Helen Rountree reconstructs the Indigenous world the Roanoke colonists encountered in the 1580s. Blending authoritative research with accessible narrative, Rountree reveals in rich detail the social, political, and religious lives of Native Americans before European colonization. Then narrating the story of the famed Lost Colony from the Indigenous vantage point, Rountree reconstructs what it may have been like for both sides as stranded English settlers sought to merge with existing local communities. Finally, drawing on the work of other scholars, Rountree brings the story of the Native people forward as far as possible toward the present. Featuring maps and original illustrations, Rountree offers a much needed introduction to the history and culture of the region's Native American people before, during, and after the founding of the Roanoke colony.
Author | : Karen Bachman |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 2012-01-10 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 0762775815 |
Insiders' Guide to North Carolina's Outer Banks is the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information. Written by a local (and true insider), it offers a personal and practical perspective of this beautiful coastal land and its surrounding environs. Published annually, this guide is fully revised and updated and features a new interior layout and a new cover treatment.
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.
Author | : James B. McMillan |
Publisher | : University Alabama Press |
Total Pages | : 463 |
Release | : 2018-12-11 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 0817359362 |
A collection of the total range of scholarly and popular writing on English as spoken from Maryland to Texas and from Kentucky to Florida The only book-length bibliography on the speech of the American South, this volume focuses on the pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, naming practices, word play, and other aspects of language that have interested researchers and writers for two centuries. Compiled here are the works of linguists, historians, anthropologists, sociologists, and educators, as well as popular commentators. With over 3,800 entries, this invaluable resource is a testament to the significance of Southern speech, long recognized as a distinguishing feature of the South, and the abiding interest of Southerners in their speech as a mark of their identity. The entries encompass Southern dialects in all their distinctive varieties—from Appalachian to African American, and sea islander to urbanite.
Author | : Johannes Carl Andersen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 1927 |
Genre | : Banks Peninsula (N.Z.) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : John Moss |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword History |
Total Pages | : 415 |
Release | : 2022-09-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1399087487 |
‘Celtic Places’ are typified by some several hundred townships and villages whose names still bear the imprint of their earliest Celtic roots, but the scope of the book is not restricted to human settlements; it is also true of the many mountains and rivers that they named, and to several thousand sites of standing stone monuments, Celtic high crosses, henges, hill figures, funeral barrows and hillforts, which are all included in the book. What they all have in common is that they reflect the rich cultural heritage that was implicit in the names of places in the British Isles and Ireland as it existed before the Romans arrived.