Large hardcover 1974 reprinting of the 1969 revised and enlarged edition, in excellent, unmarked, near-pristine condition (slightest handling, unmarked). 416 pages. The dust jacket is VG with slight wear, slight age-yellowing, one tiny corner tear, and is protected by a new, clear, removeable cover. [2.5 lbs].

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Title

California Place Names: The Origin and Etymology of Current Geographical Names

Publisher

University of California Press

Publication Date

1969

Language

English

ISBN 10

0520015746

ISBN 13

9780520015746

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

3rd Edition.

Condition

Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

Book Type

Book

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Californiana

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Absco, a Southern Pacific station, was coined in the 1920s from the name of the American Beet Sugar Company, which had a factory in Oxnard.Pochea is an Indian village site in Riverside County, said to mean "where the rabbit went in."Siskiyou was the Chinook word for 'bobtailed horse,' originally taken over from the Cree language. From Abadi Creek to Zzyzyx Spring, thousands of discoveries await the reader of California Place Names. This is the fourth edition, extensively revised and expanded, of a classic work of Californiana. The curious traveler or resident, as well as the serious student, will find a wealth of description and history in these names, as rich and various as the California landscape itself.Like its predecessors, this edition concentrates on the origins of the names currently used for the cities, towns, settlements, mountains, and streams of California, with engrossing accounts of the history of their usage. It has been updated to

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