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[100 word] The business of naming is as old as language itself. Toponomy the names folks bestow on their rivers and river banks, streets, buildings and other landmarks provide a window into the soul of those people, through the history they have chosen to celebrate. The Placenames of Portsmouth, the first entry in The Placenames of America Series, takes the reader through 466 streets and 375 years of the history of one of this countrys earliest New England seaports. An entertaining approach to times and names gone by, it serves as much as a vehicle for telling Portsmouth stories as a guide to its colorful streets. [250 word] The business of naming is as old as language itself. Toponomy the names folks bestow on their rivers and river banks, streets, buildings and other landmarks provide a window into the soul of those people, through the history they have chosen to celebrate. In 1623, the first settlers arrived in what would one day be known as Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The Native Americans in those parts already had a name for the swift-flowing Piscataqua River. The settlers took over from there. Delighted with the vegetation they found, they named their new home Strawbery Ba

Author

Nancy Wright Grossman

Publisher

Back Channel Press

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9780976759003

Subjects

History, Travel, Humanities