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Union Springs is the county seat of Bullock County, incorporated by the state legislature in 1844. Located in north-central Bullock County, the city is known as the "Bird Dog Field Trial Capital of the World" and hosts amateur field trials every February.
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Before Europeans landed on American shores, the upper stretches of the Alabama River in present-day Alabama used to be the home lands of a Native American tribe called – drum roll, please – the Alabama (Albaamaha in their own tribal language). The river and the state both take their names from the tribe, that's clear enough, but the meaning of the ...
Like Alabama (and, as we'll see, plenty of other state names), the name Alaska comes from the language of the area's indigenous people. The Aleuts (a name given to them by Russian fur traders in the mid 18th century; they used to, and sometimes still do, call themselves the Unangan), natives of the Aleutian Islands, referred to the Alaskan Peninsul...
There are two sides in the argument over the origin of Arizona's name. One side says that the name comes from the Basquearitz onak (“good oak”) and was applied to the territory because the oak trees reminded the Basque settlers in the area of their homeland. The other side says that the name comes from the Spanish Arizonac, which was derived from t...
The first Europeans to arrive in the area of present-day Arkansas were French explorers accompanied by Illinois Indian guides. The Illinois referred to the Ugakhpa people native to the region as the Akansa (“wind people” or “people of the south wind”), which the French adopted and pronounced with an r. They added an s to the end for pluralization, ...
California existed in European literature way before Europeans settled the Western U.S. It wasn't a state filled with vineyards and movie stars, but an island in the West Indies filled with gold and women. The fictional paradise, first mentioned in the early 1500s by Spanish author Garci Ordóñez de Montalvo in his novel Las Sergas de Esplandián, is...
Colorado is a Spanish adjective that means “red.” The early Spanish explorers in the Rocky Mountain region named a river they found the Rio Colorado for the reddish silt that the water carried down from the mountains. When Colorado became a territory in 1861, the Spanish word was used as a name because it was commonly thought that the Rio Colorado ...
The state is named after the Connecticut River, which was named quinnitukqutby the Mohegans who lived in the eastern upper Thames valley. In their Algonquian language, the word means “long river place” or “beside the long tidal river.”
Delaware is named for the Delaware River and Delaware Bay. These, in turn, were named for Sir Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, the first colonial governor of Virginia, who traveled the river in 1610. The title is likely ultimately derived from the Old French de la werre(“of the war” or a warrior).
Six days after Easter in 1513, the Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León landed near what is now the city of Saint Augustine. In honor of the holiday and the area's plant life, he named the land Florida for the Spanish phrase for the Easter season, pascua florida(“feast of flowers”). The name is the oldest surviving European place-name in the U.S...
In the early 18thcentury, the British Parliament assigned a committee to investigate the conditions of the country's debtor prisons and didn't like what they found. A group of philanthropists concerned with the plight of debtors proposed the creation of a colony in North America where the “worthy poor” could get back on their feet and be productive...
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Alabama’s state name originated from the Alabama River, a significant waterway that traverses the state. The river’s name, in turn, originated from the indigenous Alabama (Alibamu) tribe that once inhabited the area.
Feb 28, 2019 · Historians believe the tribe name is a portmanteau combining Alba (vegetation) and Amo (gatherer), which makes sense since Native Americans cleared a lot of the land in the state to grow...
The main street of Union Springs is proud to be the home of five impressive murals painted by renowned artist Wes Hardin. This mural depicts Hank Williams, country singer from southeast Alabama, performing in downtown Union Springs in 1948.
Union Springs is the county seat of Bullock County, located about 40 miles southeast of Montgomery, the state capital. The city has population of approximately 3,800, contains 47 structures that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is known as the Field Trial Capital of the World.
Historic Sites - Union Springs. It was said that in those days, 27 springs of fresh water fed the area, making the land around the prominent Chunnenuggee Ridge a fertile oasis for the migrating Creeks.
