{"product_id":"minnesota-place-names-a-geographical-encyclopedia-9780873513968","title":"Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia","description":"The names of places, the names that people give to the land, the rivers, the towns, and the cities, contain miniature history lessons, stories wrapped up in a few words. Naming a place is a way of connecting to it and making it more familar. An important aspect of identity, place names honor the past, telling who came before us, and they speak to the future, telling of our hopes and ambitions. And sometimes, they're simply products of our whimsy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Big Bird Lake to Cucumber Island, Big Stone to Wanamingo, Puposky Township to the Zumbro River, thousands of discoveries await the reader of \u003cem\u003eMinnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia\u003c\/em\u003e. This classic book tells the stories behind more than 20,000 names of the towns and cities, townships and counties, lakes and rivers of the North Star state.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis comprehensive volume is a browser's delight and a rich reference for historians, linguists, geographers, folklorists, genealogists, and those interested in the origin of place names. It includes tales for such curious place names as Embarrass and Sleepy Eye, Bemidji and Climax, the Rum River and Man Trap Lake. Did you know that the Rat Root River was named for the roots that fed muskrats that populated its banks, or that Winona is the Dakota word for \"first-born daughter\"?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished originally in 1920 as the culmination of Warren Upham's lifetime of collecting Minnesota minutiae, this book is a remarkable achievement and classic of Minnesota history. For this revised edition, the staff of the Minnesota Historical Society combed recent literature and databases to update entries and add new names.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this handsome new edition, \u003cem\u003eMinnesota Place Names\u003c\/em\u003e captures much of the lost lore of familiar places and of towns that have disappeared--and of the people who made the state what it is today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Warren Upham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Minnesota Historical Society Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 730\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.34h x 7.51w x 2.33d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780873513968\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUpham, Warren:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eDr. Warren Upham\u003c\/strong\u003e was a geologist, archaeologist, and librarian and a member of one of the first groups of Minnesota scientists to survey the state's geology.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Minnesota Historical Society Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43467033149555,"sku":"9.78087E+12","price":89.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_d0c774bd-7a4c-4bda-911b-4d760ea9a191.jpg?v=1755001504","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/minnesota-place-names-a-geographical-encyclopedia-9780873513968","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}