City Names and How They Got Them
The LA Times has a great article today talking about cities in our area and how they got their names. A snippet:
This area was part of Rancho San Pedro, one of the few Spanish land grants to remain in the same family for generations. To this day, the Dominguez family has extensive landholdings in the area.
The community was named for George Henry Carson, who married one of Don Manuel Dominguez’s six daughters and managed the rancho after his father-in-law’s death.
The name Carson is said to have won out over Dominguez and the imaginative Carsolinguez simply because it was easier to spell.
Other cities covered include Cerritos, Claremont, El Segundo and more…
- Fox Studios ~ Century City
- Bring Back the Redcars?
- Happy Birthday, Buk
- Dia De Los Muertos
- Sweedish Newspaper ~ Downey
- Al Langer, RIP
- Negrohead Mountain Name Changed ~ Malibu
No Tacos
frankiely wrote:
Check out this interesting website for the origin of state names. State names are mostly inspired by Native American words or English royalties but the sweetest thing is that California owes its name to a heroin of literature called Queen Califa who tamed and rode wild beasts and inspired real life conquerors to venture into the unknown and discover her land of treasures.
Origin of state names:
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0854966.html?mail-08-29
Excerpt from book about Queen Califa:
http://www.califa.org/index2.php?option=content&do_pdf=1&id=15
Posted on 02-Jul-07 at 8:27 pm | Permalink
Hadley wrote:
Look lady, don’t mention heroin unless you got some.
Posted on 02-Jul-07 at 11:48 pm | Permalink
frankiely wrote:
Oops! Pardon my French sir! Une heroine in French means a female hero. I thought you used that word too in English but it looks like in your language it means something very different that Miss Califa probably used in order to tame and ride wild beasts.
Posted on 03-Jul-07 at 9:40 am | Permalink