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Author
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
xviii, 411 pages ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Was Gasoline, Texas, named in honor of a gas station? Nope, but the name does honor the town's original claim to fame: a gasoline-powered cotton gin. Is Paris, Texas, a reference to Paris, France? Yes: Thomas Poteet, who donated land for the town site, thought it would be an improvement over "Pin Hook," the original name of the Lamar County seat. Ding Dong's story has a nice ring to it, derived from two store owners named Bell, who lived in Bell...
Author
Series
Gazetteer volume no. 44
Publisher
[n.p.]
Pub. Date
1963
Physical Desc
v, 292 p. : map. : 21 x 28 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Gazetteer volume no. 66
Publisher
[n.p.]
Pub. Date
1962
Physical Desc
391 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Geological Survey professional paper volume 567
Publisher
U.S. Govt. Print. Office
Pub. Date
1967
Physical Desc
xi, 1084 p. : front., maps (12 col.) ; 30 cm.
Language
English
33) The pocket guide to Minnesota place names: the stories behind 1,200 places in the North Star State
Author
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
xi, 186 p. : map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
36) Ohio place names
Author
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Pub. Date
c1996
Physical Desc
xiii, 286 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
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