Can I read Columbia County place names on EtoBox?

Columbia County place names by Walter M. Brasch; [graphic artist, Mary Madeira; photographers, Eris-Marie Bunnell, David DeKok] is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Columbia County place names about?

Bulls Head and Red Tavern, Dog Town, Slabtown, and Noodle Doosey are among the 1100 geographical places in Columbia County, Pennsylvania. There are also Kawanishoning, Namescesepong, and Popomentang, as well as Oskohary, Lapachpetons Town, and Lovers Leap where a young Indian jumped to her death in protest and grief of her slain lover. In this fascinating study of how places in the county were named, Dr. Brasch specifies the type of place, location, the circumstances and people involved in the naming, spelling and pronunciation variants, etymology, date-range, degree and level of usage, as well as a brief history of the place.

Author

Walter M. Brasch; [graphic artist, Mary Madeira; photographers, Eris-Marie Bunnell, David DeKok]

Publisher

Columbia County Historical Society; Brand: Columbia County Historical Society

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9780880230285

Subjects

Travel, History, Humanities