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Nevada Place Names
Language: en
Pages: 633
Authors: Helen S. Carlson
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1974-01-01 - Publisher: University of Nevada Press

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Author and researcher Helen Carlson spent almost fourteen years searching for the origins of Nevada’s place names, using the maps of explorers, miners, govern
Place Names of Hawaii
Language: en
Pages: 322
Authors: Mary Kawena Pukui
Categories: Foreign Language Study
Type: BOOK - Published: 1976-12-01 - Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

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Washington State Place Names
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Pages: 200
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Louisiana Place Names
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Authors: Clare D'Artois Leeper
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From Aansel to Zwolle, with Mardi Gras Bayou in between, avid writer Clare D Artois Leeper offers her own alphabet of places in Louisiana, both past and present