From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History (Indiana) - Softcover

Baker, Ronald L

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0253209552 ISBN 13: 9780253209559

Publisher: Indiana University Press, 1995

Synopsis

Ronald L. Baker presents the folklore and the history of the names of populated places in Indiana. Over 4,000 entries are arranged alphabetically and include the current spellings, local pronunciations, and origins of Indiana place names, as well as variant spellings and variant names and dates of settlement and/or establishment. This fascinating cultural study offers the lore, folk legends, jokes, and anecdotes that flesh out the bare bones of dates and details, humanizing the study of place names. Place-name legends may be more fanciful than factual, but they provide the student of culture with information on what the names mean to the people who use them: telling these legends enables Hoosiers to form a closer bond with their region and to situate themselves in history.

About this edition

• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0253209552
• ISBN 13: 9780253209559
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384