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Author | : Robert E. Gard |
Publisher | : Wisconsin Historical Society |
Total Pages | : 383 |
Release | : 2015-09-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0870207083 |
Download The Romance of Wisconsin Place Names Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
“The names of places lie upon the land and tell us where we are or where we have been or where we want to go. And so much more.”—From the introduction Fifty years ago, educator and writer Robert E. Gard traveled across Wisconsin, learning the trivial, controversial, and landmark stories behind how cities, counties, and local places got their names. This volume records the fruits of Gard’s labors in an alphabetical listing of places from every corner of Wisconsin, and the stories behind their often-unusual names. Gard’s work provides an important snapshot of how Wisconsin residents of a bygone era came to understand the names of their towns and home places, many of which can no longer be found on any map. Celebrated rural historian Jerry Apps introduces this reprint of Gard’s work, saying that in “some ways The Romance of Wisconsin Place Names is a reference book, a place where you can go to learn a little more about your home town. But in many ways it is much more than that, for it includes the stories of places throughout the state, submitted by the people who knew them. It is a book where story, people, and place all come together.”
Author | : Edward Callary |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Names, Geographical |
ISBN | : 9780299309688 |
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Author | : Wisconsin State Genealogical Society |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 108 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : |
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 810 |
Release | : 1893 |
Genre | : Wisconsin |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Robert Edward Gard |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Names, Geographical |
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Download The Romance of Wisconsin Placenames Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Robert S. Rudolph |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : |
Download Wood County Place Names Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book is a listing of the place names of Wood County Wisconsin, with explanations of their origins. The book is copyrighted by the University of Wisconsin Press, which retains all rights.
Author | : Thomas Purnell |
Publisher | : University of Wisconsin Pres |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 2013-09-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0299293335 |
Download Wisconsin Talk Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Wisconsin is one of the most linguistically rich places in North America. It has the greatest diversity of American Indian languages east of the Mississippi, including Ojibwe and Menominee from the Algonquian language family, Ho-Chunk from the Siouan family, and Oneida from the Iroquoian family. French place names dot the state's map. German, Norwegian, and Polish—the languages of immigrants in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries—are still spoken by tens of thousands of people, and the influx of new immigrants speaking Spanish, Hmong, and Somali continues to enrich the state's cultural landscape. These languages and others (Walloon, Cornish, Finnish, Czech, and more) have shaped the kinds of English spoken around the state. Within Wisconsin's borders are found three different major dialects of American English, and despite the influences of mass media and popular culture, they are not merging—they are dramatically diverging. An engaging survey for both general readers and language scholars, Wisconsin Talk brings together perspectives from linguistics, history, cultural studies, and geography to illuminate why language matters in our everyday lives. The authors highlight such topics as: • words distinctive to the state • how recent and earlier immigrants have negotiated cultural and linguistic challenges • the diversity of bilingual speakers that enriches our communities • how maps can convey the stories of language • the relation of Wisconsin's Indian languages to language loss worldwide.
Author | : Hjalmar Rued Holand |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 602 |
Release | : 1917 |
Genre | : Door County (Wis.) |
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Download History of Door County, Wisconsin, the County Beautiful Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Virgil J. Vogel |
Publisher | : Univ of Wisconsin Press |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780299129842 |
Download Indian Names on Wisconsin's Map Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
List of place-names, primarily those names after American Indian tribes or individuals, including some historical information about each person or tribe.
Author | : Carl Baehr |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 350 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
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Download Milwaukee Streets Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"Milwaukee's eight hundred street names offer fascinating glimpses into the city's rich heritage; from French fur traders to Yankee speculators, from wealthy German tycoons of the Gay Nineties to African American leaders of the 20th century. In this unique book you can read about Tom Mason, who started a war that gave the Upper Peninsula to Michigan; the bitter six-year religious controversy sparked by the naming of Santa Monica Boulevard; "Uncle Jerry" Rusk, the man who gave the order that caused the "Bay View Massacre;" Willaim Merrill's ill-fated diamond mind in Waukesha County!